Bruins Benders Podcast Bruins Game Day Preview
Game 17: Boston Bruins (13-1-2) at Tampa Bay Lightning (8-6-4)
Date: Monday, November 20
Time: 7:00 pm
TV: NESN
Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
BOS -1.5
TBL +1.5
O/U 6.5
Bruins Notes:
Bruins are 7-1-2 in their last 10 games, including a 5-2 win over Montreal on Saturday. Boston owns the best penalty kill in the NHL at 92 percent and has averaged 3.6 goals per game over the last 10 games.
Lightning Notes:
Tampa Bay has allowed almost four goals per game over their last 10 games (4-4-2). The Lightning were 1-3-0 against Boston last season. Tampa Bay defeated Edmonton 6-4 on Saturday.
Boston Bruins Lineup:
Marchand-Zacha-Pastrnak
Van Riemsdyk-Coyle-Frederic
Heinen-Poitras-DeBrusk
Lauko-Beecher-Steen
Lohrei-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Forbort-Mitchell
Ullmark
Swayman
Tampa Bay Lightning Lineup:
Hagel-Point-Kucherov
Stamkos-Cirelli-Paul
Jeannot-Motte-Eyssimont
Koepke-Barre-Boulet-Watson
Hedman-Perbix
Sergachev-Cernak
DeHaan-Raddysh
Johansson
Tomkins
Players To Watch:
BOS– David Pastrnak has led the Bruins with 11 goals, 16 assists, and 75 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Boston is Linus Ullmark, who is 6-1-1 this year with a 2.23 goals against average and a .928 save percentage.
TBL – Steven Stamkos has points in nine of his last 12 contests vs. BOS (8-5-13). Nikita Kucherov has found the scoresheet in five of his last 10 contests vs. BOS (1-7-8).
INJURIES:
BOS: Morgan Geekie – Upper-body
Milan Lucic – (Lower-body, Leave of absence)
Matt Grzelcyk – (Upper body)
TBL: Anthony Cirelli – Day-to-day
Conor Sheary – Upper-body
Andrei Vasilevskiy – Upper-body
Next game
BOS- November 22 at Florida
TB – November 22 vs Winnipeg
