Game 18 Preview: Bruins vs. Islanders
Bruins start a three game road trip today. Last year the Bruins were road warriors.
This year it's been a different story but the Bs have yet to hit the open road since starting their seven game win streak. Luckily for Boston they won't have to play against the New York Islander-Mets while they wear their ugly third jerseys. That'll happen on March 31st. Like the Blue Jackets, the Islanders suck. Hopefully the Bs learned their lesson about playing down to their opponents and will actually play high caliber against a low caliber team tonight.
Last time the Bs and Islanders faced, the Bs steamrolled them. From our recap:
At the end of October we were all frustrated at the piss poor play of the Bruins, Rask was ready to murder small children because his team never play anything approaching good in front of him and Nathan Horton's picture was being posted on milk cartons around Boston.
Three games into November the Bruins are 3-0, Rask got a much needed win and Horton looks to be turning a corner.
Bruins looking to make it eight.
More preview after the jump
Projected Roster:
Johnny Boychuk is feeling better which is always good for Boston.
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Tyler Seguin
Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
Jordan Caron-Chris Kelly-Rich Peverley
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton
Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg-Joe Corvo
Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
Media:
TV: NESN
Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub
Game Day Links:
- Stubby sucks. BruinsHockeyNow breaks down his goalie anger flow chart.
- Have you designed Ryan Miller's new mask yet?
- Nov. 30th we're hosting a Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leaf viewing party. We're raffling off prizes, there'll be food, and some other cool stuff.
- Any video of Ference talking about being Green and riding a bike is awesome in our book.
Game Day Video:
Time to Go!
