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| 3 | CHICAGO | +110 | Ov 5,-135 | +150 | Ov 5,-135 | | 4 | BOSTON | -130 | Un 5,+115 | -170 | Un 5,+115 |
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| All Games | 28-19-0 | +3.8 | 28-19 | +3.8 | 16-20 | 2.8 | 29.3 | 2.6 | 31.1 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 11-10-0 | +0.9 | 11-10 | +0.9 | 5-9 | 2.4 | 28.0 | 3.0 | 30.3 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.8 | 3-2 | +0.8 | 4-0 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 3.6 | 30.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 47 | 132 | 40 | 38 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 1378 | 9.6% | 141 | 26 | 18.4% | 220 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 21 | 50 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 588 | 8.5% | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | 88 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 160 | 10.6% | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | 27 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 120 | 35 | 48 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1462 | 8.2% | 121 | 30 | 24.8% | 201 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 62 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 637 | 9.7% | 55 | 12 | 21.8% | 108 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 11.8% | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 30 |
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| COREY CRAWFORD (All Games) | 30 | 30 | 922 | 847 | 91.9% | 3 | 17-13 | 0 | 17-13-0 | 0 | 9-12 | | COREY CRAWFORD (Road Games) | 14 | 14 | 423 | 383 | 90.5% | 1 | 7-7 | -0.4 | 7-7-0 | 0 | 2-6 | | COREY CRAWFORD(vs. Non-Conference) | 10 | 10 | 295 | 266 | 90.2% | 0 | 7-3 | +3.9 | 7-3-0 | +4 | 5-2 | | COREY CRAWFORD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 121 | 106 | 87.6% | 0 | 2-2 | -0.1 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 3-0 | | SCOTT DARLING (All Games) | 20 | 17 | 538 | 497 | 92.4% | 1 | 11-6 | +3.8 | 11-6-0 | +4 | 7-8 | | SCOTT DARLING (Road Games) | 9 | 7 | 213 | 192 | 90.1% | 0 | 4-3 | +1.2 | 4-3-0 | +1 | 3-3 | | SCOTT DARLING(vs. Non-Conference) | 10 | 8 | 270 | 248 | 91.9% | 0 | 4-4 | -1.2 | 4-4-0 | -1 | 3-4 | | SCOTT DARLING (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 102 | 93 | 91.2% | 0 | 1-2 | -1.8 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 1-1 |
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| All Games | 23-25-0 | -7.8 | 23-25 | -7.8 | 20-24 | 2.5 | 33.9 | 2.6 | 26.6 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 10-11-0 | -6.3 | 10-11 | -6.3 | 10-9 | 2.5 | 34.5 | 2.7 | 25.9 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -3 | 2-3 | -3 | 3-2 | 3.4 | 35.8 | 3.6 | 22.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 48 | 122 | 36 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 1629 | 7.5% | 149 | 26 | 17.4% | 189 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 21 | 53 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 724 | 7.3% | 73 | 12 | 16.4% | 87 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 9.5% | 17 | 7 | 41.2% | 26 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 123 | 31 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1277 | 9.6% | 159 | 21 | 13.2% | 194 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 57 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 543 | 10.5% | 61 | 7 | 11.5% | 86 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 18 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 16.1% | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | 24 |
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| ANTON KHUDOBIN (All Games) | 8 | 7 | 200 | 177 | 88.5% | 0 | 1-6 | -6.6 | 1-6-0 | -6 | 3-4 | | ANTON KHUDOBIN (Home Games) | 6 | 5 | 153 | 137 | 89.5% | 0 | 1-4 | -4.5 | 1-4-0 | -4 | 3-2 | | ANTON KHUDOBIN(vs. Non-Conference) | 3 | 3 | 78 | 68 | 87.2% | 0 | 0-3 | -4.4 | 0-3-0 | -4 | 2-1 | | ANTON KHUDOBIN (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 88 | 76 | 86.4% | 0 | 0-3 | -4 | 0-3-0 | -4 | 2-1 | | ZANE MCINTYRE (All Games) | 6 | 3 | 129 | 112 | 86.8% | 0 | 0-3 | -3 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 2-0 | | ZANE MCINTYRE (Home Games) | 2 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ZANE MCINTYRE(vs. Non-Conference) | 2 | 0 | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | ZANE MCINTYRE (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 2 | 81 | 71 | 87.7% | 0 | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | TUUKKA RASK (All Games) | 37 | 37 | 929 | 854 | 91.9% | 4 | 22-15 | +2.8 | 22-15-0 | +3 | 15-19 | | TUUKKA RASK (Home Games) | 15 | 15 | 343 | 310 | 90.4% | 2 | 9-6 | -0.8 | 9-6-0 | 0 | 7-6 | | TUUKKA RASK(vs. Non-Conference) | 10 | 10 | 218 | 204 | 93.6% | 2 | 6-4 | +0.9 | 6-4-0 | +1 | 3-6 | | TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 67 | 56 | 83.6% | 0 | 1-3 | -4 | 1-3-0 | -3 | 2-2 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 81.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 81.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN(vs. Non-Conference) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 81.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 81.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 0-1 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: CHICAGO 3.01, BOSTON 3.07 |
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| 12/27/2016 | WINNIPEG | 1-3 | L | 0, -155 | L | 5 ov | U | | 12/29/2016 | at NASHVILLE | 3-2 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5 ov | P | | 12/30/2016 | at CAROLINA | 2-3 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5 ov | P | | 1/2/2017 | vs ST LOUIS | 1-4 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5 ev | P | | 1/5/2017 | BUFFALO | 4-3 | W | 0, -185 | W | 5 ov | O | | 1/6/2017 | CAROLINA | 2-1 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 1/8/2017 | NASHVILLE | 5-2 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 ov | O | | 1/10/2017 | DETROIT | 4-3 | W | 0, -185 | W | 5 ov | O | | 1/13/2017 | at WASHINGTON | 0-6 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5 un | O | | 1/15/2017 | MINNESOTA | 2-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5 ov | P | | 1/17/2017 | at COLORADO | 6-4 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 1/20/2017 | at BOSTON | | | 1/22/2017 | VANCOUVER | | | 1/24/2017 | TAMPA BAY | | | 1/26/2017 | WINNIPEG | | | 1/31/2017 | at SAN JOSE | |
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| 12/27/2016 | at COLUMBUS | 3-4 | L | 0, +100 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/29/2016 | at BUFFALO | 4-2 | W | 0, -145 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/31/2016 | BUFFALO | 3-1 | W | 0, -205 | W | 5 ov | U | | 1/2/2017 | at NEW JERSEY | 0-3 | L | 0, -150 | L | 5 ev | U | | 1/5/2017 | EDMONTON | 3-4 | L | 0, -155 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/7/2017 | at FLORIDA | 4-0 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 ov | U | | 1/8/2017 | at CAROLINA | 3-4 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/10/2017 | at ST LOUIS | 5-3 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 1/12/2017 | at NASHVILLE | 1-2 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5 ov | U | | 1/14/2017 | PHILADELPHIA | 6-3 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5 ov | O | | 1/16/2017 | NY ISLANDERS | 0-4 | L | 0, -245 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 1/18/2017 | at DETROIT | 5-6 | L | 0, -145 | L | 5 ov | O | | 1/20/2017 | CHICAGO | | | 1/22/2017 | at PITTSBURGH | | | 1/24/2017 | DETROIT | | | 1/26/2017 | PITTSBURGH | | | 1/31/2017 | at TAMPA BAY | |
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| |  | CHICAGO: LAST SEASON: 47-26-9, 103 points. Finished third in Central Division. Lost to St. Louis Blues in first round of Western Conference playoffs.
COACH: Joel Quenneville (ninth season, 20th NHL season).
ADDED: D Brian Campbell, D Michal Kempny, F Nick Schmaltz, F Tyler Motte, F Jordin Tootoo.
LOST: F Andrew Shaw, F Teuvo Teravainen, LW Andrew Ladd, RW Dale Weise.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Marian Hossa. The rugged winger is coming off one of the worst seasons of his outstanding career, finishing with 13 goals and 20 assists in 64 games. He turns 38 in January and is one away from 500 career goals. With the Blackhawks likely going with a younger group of forwards, they need Hossa to return to his usual production.
OUTLOOK: The expectations are always the same for Chicago, which has been Stanley Cup or bust ever since Jonathan Toews and NHL MVP Patrick Kane developed into two of the top players in the league. But they are going to need a couple of their top forward prospects to develop quickly if they are going to bounce back from last year's first-round exit against St. Louis. | | BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 42-31-9, 93 points. Fourth in Atlantic Division. Failed to qualify for Stanley Cup Playoffs.
COACH: Claude Julien (10th season, 14th NHL season)
ADDED: F David Backes, F Riley Nash, F Dominic Moore, G Anton Khudobin.
LOST: F Loui Eriksson, G Jonas Gustavsson, D Dennis Seidenberg.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Brad Marchand. If the 37 goals Marchand scored for the Bruins last season wasn't enough to catch the attention of the entire NHL, he definitely alerted everyone to his status as an elite talent during the recent World Cup of Hockey. Playing for victorious Team Canada, Marchand led the tournament with five goals in six games. He also scored the game-winning short-handed goal in the third period of the decisive second game of the best-of-three finals against Team Europe. During the tournament, the Bruins made sure Marchand wouldn't be leaving as an unrestricted free agent next summer by signing him to an eight-year, $49 million contract. Marchand has matured at both ends of the ice and there's no telling how much more he could improve in the next few seasons.
OUTLOOK: The Bruins seem to be caught between rebuilding and contending as they come off two straight seasons without qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs by a combined three points. With Backes their only major addition during the offseason, the Bruins are banking on the continued improvement or some of their younger players and the emergence of a couple prospects to turn their fortunes around. Boston again looks like a bubble team that will be playing for its life right down to the final weekend of the season. |
| | Julien, Bruins feeling heat ahead of clash vs. Blackhawks
BOSTON -- The talk shows are filled with the chatter. Social media is filled with tweets. Is Claude Julien about to lose his job coaching the Boston Bruins? The Bruins, fresh off a hard-to-swallow 6-5 shootout loss in a game that saw them lead 3-0 and 4-1, host the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. But the off-day, with the team off the ice, was reportedly a day for meetings. The brass is trying to find answers for a team mired in mediocrity. This isn't the first time the public has called for a Julien firing. Even in 2011, when the team eventually went on to win the Stanley Cup, there was talk he had lost control of his players. The talk was heavy after last year's second straight season of not making the playoffs, but he survived that -- and is now coaching a team that has had trouble scoring and had even more trouble winning at home, where the Bruins take a 10-11 record into Friday night's game. The Bruins (23-19-6) scored five goals Wednesday night in Detroit and all it got them was one point in the standings. "We collapsed," said Julien. "It's pretty obvious. It's one of those games. We didn't get the save when we needed it, and we made some mistakes, which gave them some chances, so a lot of things went wrong tonight after we took that lead." Now they have to deal with the Blackhawks, who won the Stanley Cup at TD Garden in 2013 and who come in with an 11-9-1 road record this season. It continues a stretch that includes two games against the Pittsburgh Penguins and a return match with Detroit. "Yeah, it's not going to get easier," said Tuukka Rask, who allowed five goals on 26 shots. "This is probably the biggest couple of weeks in our season coming up, really good teams against us. We'll have to play some good hockey." The Blackhawks have lost two of their last three, but won five of their last seven. Prior to last night's Minnesota game against Arizona, they were tied with the Wild for first place in the Central Division but had played four more games than Minnesota. Corey Crawford, who has started the last five games in the Chicago net, won't start in Boston, where Scott Darling gets the nod -- coach Joel Quenneville saying after Thursday's practice in Boston he wanted everyone to get a chance to  the team's dad's trip. And Crawford has been struggling. "We feel very comfortable that he'll be able to get back and be confident and doing his thing," Quenneville said of Crawford, a 6-4 winner at Colorado Tuesday night. "You look around the league over the last week or two, it's amazing the (high) scores." Darling stopped 39 of 40 shots in his last start, a 2-1 home win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Darling is 2-1 with a 3.40 goals against average and .905 save percent in his career against Boston; while Rask is 3-1-1 with a 2.36 average, a .920 percentage and a shutout against the Blackhawks. |
| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 3:48:54 PM EST. |
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