Game 54: Rangers at Bruins

February 14, 2012|Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff

Good morning from TD Garden, where the second-place Bruins will host the first-place Rangers. The teams went to overtime in their last meeting last month.

This is the last home match for the Bruins before their six-game road swing, which kicks off tomorrow in Montreal.

Puck drop: 7 p.m.

TV/radio info: NESN (Jack Edwards, Andy Brickley, Naoko Funayama),98.5 The Sports Hub (Dave Goucher, Bob Beers)

Records: Rangers 36-13-5, Bruins 24-17-2

Projected Bruins lineup:

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Tyler Seguin
Milan Lucic-Chris Kelly-Rich Peverley
Benoit Pouliot-David Krejci-Jordan Caron
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton

Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg-Joe Corvo
Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid

Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask

Healthy scratches: Josh Hennessy, Andrew Bodnarchuk

Storylines: Nathan Horton will miss his eighth straight game because of a concussion. No word yet on whether he’ll join the team on the trip… Hennessy and Bodnarchuk will be the Bruins’ extra players tonight. Both are expected to join the team on its road trip… Brian Boyle, a former Boston College standout, should be especially insufferable today after his Eagles topped the Terriers in overtime last night, 3-2. Was a dandy of a game… Could see a Shawn Thornton-Mike Rupp rematch. Both heavyweights are members of a mutual admiration society. Tough job being a tough guy… Dave Jackson and Justin St. Pierre will be the referees. Derek Nansen and Dan Schachte will be the linesmen.