DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Total Man Games Lost: 24
Individual Man Games Lost: Robby Fabbri (12), Austin Czarnik (3), Klim Kostin (3), Jeff Petry (3), Ville Husso (2), Christian Fischer (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
11/19 – Assigned forward Austin Czarnik to Grand Rapids … Reassigned goaltender John Lethemon from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
TODAY’S GAME DETROIT RED WINGS (9-6-3) at BOSTON BRUINS (14-1-3)
Friday, November 24, 2023 / 1:00 P.M. ET / TD Garden / TV: Bally Sports Detroit / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TODAY: 617th all-time meeting, 310th at Boston … Third of four games this season, second of two at Boston
ALL-TIME vs. BOS: 264-251-95-6 / AWAY: 96-167-43-3 / LAST 10: 4-6-0 / IN 2022-23: 1-2-0 / THIS SEASON: 1-1-0
DET top scorers vs. BOS: Dylan Larkin (9-11-20 in 26 GP), David Perron (6-12-18 in 27 GP), Alex DeBrincat (5-4-9 in 14 GP), Lucas Raymond (2-4-6 in 9 GP), Moritz Seider (1-4-5 in 9 GP), J.T. Compher (1-4-5 in 10 GP)
BOS top scorers vs. DET: Brad Marchand (17-23-40 in 39 GP), David Pastrnak (15-15-30 in 26 GP), James van Riemsdyk (12-8- 20 in 34 GP), Kevin Shattenkirk (4-15-19 in 33 GP), Charlie McAvoy (4-7-11 in 15 GP), Pavel Zacha (3-8-11 in 19 GP), Matthew Poitras (1-1-2 in 2 GP)
BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TODAY’s GAME -The Bruins host the Red Wings today in the third of four games between these teams this season and the second of two games at TD Garden this year … The Bruins are 14-1-3 overall this season and they are 7-0-1 on home ice … They are 7-1-2 in games vs. Eastern Conference teams this season. – The Bruins play today their fIrst of 11 matinees this season (local time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have an 0-0-0 record in afternoon games so far. – They open today their second of 12 sets of back-to-back games this season, and will play at NY Rangers tomorrow afternoon … They are currently 1-0-0 in the fIrst game of those sets and 1-0-0 in the second games so far. -The Bruins host Detroit today and will next face road contests at NY Rangers tomorrow afternoon and at Columbus on 11/27..
RECENT GAMES -The Bruins have taken points from their last seven games at 5-0-2 with a 3-2 win in Dallas on 11/6, a 5-2 victory vs. NY Islanders on 11/9, a 3-2 OT setback in Montreal on 11/11, 5-2 wins each in Buffalo on 11/14 and vs. Montreal on 11/18, a 5-4 OT loss on 11/20 at Tampa Bay and 3-1 win in Florida on 11/22.
– 11/18: Bos 5 vs Mtl 2 … Trent Frederic scored twice and Charlie McAvoy, Pavel Zacha and James van Riemsdyk had single tallies … David Pastrnak (3A) and Brad Marchand and Charlie Coyle had 2A each … Jeremy Swayman extended his season-opening point streak to eight games at 7-0-1 … SOG: Bos 44, Mtl 22 … PP: 2/5 … PK: 0/2
– 11/20: Bos 4 at TB 5: The Bruins had goals by Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak (1-1=2 totals), Johnny Beecher and Charlie Coyle but the Lightning scored at 59:55 to tie the score and at 1:19 for their win … Jeremy Swayman allowed a season high 5 goals but allowed a point in the OT loss … SOG: Bos 27, TB 46 … PP: 0/2 … PK: 1/6
– 11/22: Bos 3 at Fla 1 … Charlie Coyle opened the scoring before the Panthers evened the score in the second period … Johnny Beecher answered that goal just 41 seconds later and Jake DeBrusk settled that score after an additional 3:05 for the fnal score … Linus Ullmark was the game’s frst star with his third straight win … SOG: Bos 25, Fla 28 … PP: 0/3 … PK: 0/2
INJURIES (36 man-games lost)
– Morgan Geekie: Upper body IR
– Matt Grzelcyk: Upper body IR
BOSTON vs DETROIT, LIFETIME SERIES
– The Bruins and Red Wings are meeting for the 617th time in their histories with Detroit holding a 259-257-95-5 margin and the Bruins having a 1,871-1,836 scoring edge in those games.
– The Bruins are 170-94-43-2 lifetime in 309 home games vs. the Red Wings with a 1,090-810 scoring advantage in those contests
SEASON NOTABLES
– The Bruins started the 2023-24 season with a ten-game point streak at 9-0-1 from 10/11-11/2/2023), which was their longest such streak in club history … The Bruins had opened their season at 6-0-0, tying their 1937-38 Bruins for the longest win streak to open a season in franchise history.
– Jeremy Swayman started his 2023-24 season with his longest such win streak at 6-0-0 … That tied Tuukka Rask (2016-17) and Tiny Thompson (1937-38) for second-longest such stretch in club history ahead of Tim Thomas (7-0-0 in 2010-11).
