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| Team Stats (All Games) | 86 | 239 | 77 | 84 | 67 | 11 | 16 | 2557 | 9.3% | 282 | 50 | 17.7% | 383 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 43 | 105 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 1238 | 8.5% | 145 | 25 | 17.2% | 173 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 10.0% | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 18 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 226 | 58 | 73 | 81 | 14 | 18 | 2488 | 9.1% | 320 | 59 | 18.4% | 390 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 114 | 32 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 1288 | 8.9% | 162 | 32 | 19.8% | 196 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 17 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 10.4% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 30 |
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| MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (All Games) | 38 | 36 | 986 | 901 | 91.4% | 1 | 21-15 | +8.3 | 21-15-0 | +10 | 21-12 | | MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (Road Games) | 19 | 18 | 502 | 454 | 90.4% | 0 | 10-8 | +6.3 | 10-8-0 | +7 | 13-4 | | MICHAEL HUTCHINSON(vs. Non-Conference) | 14 | 13 | 363 | 335 | 92.3% | 1 | 8-5 | +1.9 | 8-5-0 | +2 | 7-6 | | MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 79 | 68 | 86.1% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.2 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 4-0 | | ONDREJ PAVALEC (All Games) | 54 | 50 | 1490 | 1367 | 91.7% | 4 | 22-28 | -7 | 22-28-0 | -7 | 24-23 | | ONDREJ PAVALEC (Road Games) | 28 | 25 | 778 | 724 | 93.1% | 3 | 10-15 | -4 | 10-15-0 | -4 | 8-15 | | ONDREJ PAVALEC(vs. Non-Conference) | 20 | 19 | 529 | 486 | 91.9% | 2 | 9-10 | -0.5 | 9-10-0 | 0 | 10-8 | | ONDREJ PAVALEC (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 137 | 122 | 89.1% | 0 | 0-4 | -4.6 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 3-1 |
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| TUUKKA RASK (All Games) | 70 | 67 | 2011 | 1855 | 92.2% | 4 | 34-33 | -10.3 | 34-33-0 | -8 | 24-27 | | TUUKKA RASK (Home Games) | 36 | 35 | 1022 | 951 | 93.1% | 2 | 22-13 | +0.5 | 22-13-0 | 0 | 12-15 | | TUUKKA RASK(vs. Non-Conference) | 25 | 23 | 749 | 688 | 91.9% | 1 | 10-13 | -7.1 | 10-13-0 | -6 | 11-7 | | TUUKKA RASK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 116 | 106 | 91.4% | 1 | 1-3 | -2.6 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 1-2 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN (All Games) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN(vs. Non-Conference) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | MALCOLM SUBBAN (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | NIKLAS SVEDBERG (All Games) | 18 | 14 | 425 | 390 | 91.8% | 2 | 7-7 | -6.2 | 7-7-0 | -7 | 5-7 | | NIKLAS SVEDBERG (Home Games) | 7 | 6 | 173 | 159 | 91.9% | 1 | 2-4 | -8 | 2-4-0 | -8 | 2-4 | | NIKLAS SVEDBERG(vs. Non-Conference) | 4 | 4 | 111 | 103 | 92.8% | 1 | 1-3 | -2.8 | 1-3-0 | -3 | 1-3 | | NIKLAS SVEDBERG (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 2 | 88 | 81 | 92.0% | 0 | 1-1 | -4.2 | 1-1-0 | -4 | 1-1 |
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| 10/8/2015 | at BOSTON | | | 10/9/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | | | 10/12/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | | | 10/13/2015 | at NY RANGERS | | | 10/16/2015 | CALGARY | | | 10/18/2015 | ST LOUIS | |
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| 10/8/2015 | WINNIPEG | | | 10/10/2015 | MONTREAL | | | 10/12/2015 | TAMPA BAY | | | 10/14/2015 | at COLORADO | | | 10/17/2015 | at ARIZONA | |
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| |  | WINNIPEG: LAST SEASON: 43-26-13, 99 points. Lost to Anaheim Ducks in
Western Conference quarterfinals.
COACH: Paul Maurice (18 NHL seasons, 521-495-99-86).
ADDED: LW Matt Fraser.
LOST: D Keaton Ellerby, RW Michael Frolik, LW T.J. Galiardi, C
Eric O'Dell.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien, who are both
scheduled to be unrestricted free agents after this season.
General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff has done an admirable job
stockpiling prospects and creating salary cap space but no
amount of money or young talent can adequately replace a top
forward and a top defenseman for nothing.
OUTLOOK: A year ago, the Jets were viewed as a franchise
treading water, a team that averaged 84 points over the previous
four seasons. Last season, however, the Jets jumped up to 99
points and a seventh-place finish in the Western Conference. Was
it an outlier or are the Jets ready to become a consistent
playoff contender? | | BOSTON: LAST SEASON: 41-27-14, 96 points. Fifth in Atlantic Division.
Missed playoffs for first time since 2007.
COACH: Claude Julien (ninth season, 13th NHL season).
ADDED: F Jimmy Hayes, D Matt Irwin, F Matt Beleskey
LOST: D Dougie Hamilton, F Milan Lucic, F Daniel Paille, F Carl
Soderberg, GM Peter Chiarelli.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Zdeno Chara. The 38-year-old defenseman is
coming off his worst season since 2002-03 with eight goals and
12 assists - an average of less than one point every three
games. The 2009 Norris Trophy winner sustained a knee injury
early last season and wasn't his dominating self after that. He
picked up an undisclosed upper body injury this preseason and is
day-to-day heading into the opener. The Bruins will need him to
recover, with No. 2 defenseman Dennis Seidenberg also out for
the start of the season.
OUTLOOK: Chiarelli was fired after deals that put the team in
salary cap purgatory and forced him to deal talent to make more
space. His former assistant and Harvard teammate Don Sweeney
took over and kept Julien on board. Sweeney dealt Lucic and
Hamilton to clear space. But with Chara, G Tuukka Rask and F
Patrice Bergeron remaining as the spine of the team that went to
the Stanley Cup Finals in 2013 and won the Presidents' Trophy
the following season, the Bruins shouldn't miss the playoffs
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| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (WINNIPEG-BOSTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Jets-Bruins Preview* =====================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Winnipeg (0-0-0) at Boston (0-0-0), 7:00 p.m. EDT
It's hard to say which was a bigger surprise in 2015: The Boston Bruins missing out on the playoffs or the Winnipeg Jets reaching them.
These clubs open play Thursday night with the Bruins, hoping to avoid another frustrating season, aiming for a 14th straight home victory against the Jets, who are trying to build on an impressive campaign.
Boston missed the postseason for the first time since 2007 despite a 41-27-14 record. General manager Peter Chiarelli was fired as a result, though Claude Julien remains behind the bench.
This is a new-look Bruins team in some regards after the club traded two of its top five point scorers in Dougie Hamilton and Milan Lucic. It wasn't all subtraction in the offseason, however, as Boston also signed Matt Beleskey after he scored a career-high 22 goals in 65 games for Anaheim. The Bruins also acquired Jimmy Hayes, who scored 19 goals with Florida.
Those additions should help a team that ranked 22nd with 2.6 goals per game in 2014-15.
"You hit a bump along the way - it doesn't mean that everything else explodes," said Julien, whom team president Cam Neely insisted wasn't on the hot seat. "Moving forward with this team this year, we've got a lot of changes, a lot of new faces that are coming into our lineup. And that's exciting for everybody."
Boston's top three goal scorers - Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and Loui Eriksson - all also return. The Bruins' 96 points were the most ever by a non-playoff team.
"That's how tight the NHL is," Beleskey said. "They've been winning for a long time and I'm sure that they're all very hungry to get back to it."
The Bruins excelled on the other end of the ice, ranking eighth with 2.5 goals per game allowed, though they'll be without defenseman Dennis Seidenberg for eight weeks due to back surgery.
Another hope is for a backup goaltender to emerge behind Tuukka Rask, who played in a career-high 70 games last season.
"I think our goaltending situation should be better than last year," Neely said. "I think we can reduce the amount of games that Tuukka had to play from last year."
Winnipeg reached the postseason for the second time in franchise history - and first time since relocating from Atlanta in 2011 - after going 43-26-13, but has still never won a playoff game after being outscored 16-9 by Anaheim in a four-game sweep.
Prior to the first round, though, the Jets were playing some of their best hockey, going 10-3-1 over their final 14 games, continuing to benefit from the February deal that sent Evander Kane to Buffalo in exchange for Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers, among other assets.
"When you drop the puck for the start of this season, everybody's on equal footing," general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said. "What you've done in the past is something you feel good about, but it's all about re-earning that opportunity in the future."
Winnipeg still has some question marks in its long-term future with stars Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien looming as unrestricted free agents. Ladd's 62 points led the team, while Byfuglien tallied 45 points.
Goaltending depth should be a strength for the Jets after Ondrej Pavelec posted a career-best 2.28 goals-against average to go with a career-high five shutouts. Michael Hutchinson was sturdy behind him, going 21-10-5 with a 2.39 GAA.
Pavelec has struggled at Boston, however, going 0-6-1 with a 4.00 GAA in eight starts during Winnipeg's 13-game losing streak there. The Bruins haven't lost at home in the series since a 3-2 defeat to the Thrashers on March 31, 2007.
Another loss by the Jets would tie their 14-game active drought in Pittsburgh as the longest road losing streak in franchise history.
Rask owns a 1.48 GAA over his last six starts against Winnipeg and has a 1.30 mark in six career starts against them in Boston.
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