Saturday, November 14, 2009

Bruins and Penguins pre-game notes

The Boston Bruins are in Pittsburgh, for tonight's match with the Penguins.

The Bruins are coming off of a 1-0, SO loss to the Florida Panthers. Tim Thomas has recorded back to back shut outs against Florida, and Pittsburgh.

Look for Thomas to start in goal tonight for the black and gold, with Marc-Andre Fleury starting in net for Pittsburgh.

The Bruins lines remained the same today at practice and are as follows.
Forwards:
Sturm - Bergeron - Recchi
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Paille - Sobotka - Marchand
Thornton - Begin - Bitz
Defense:
Chara - Morris
Stuart - Wideman
Hunwick - Ference

The Penguins will have one of their super stars back in the lineup tonight. Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma announced that Evgeni Malkin will return to the lineup tonight against Boston, while Chris Kunitz is out with a lower body injury.

The Penguins should line up like this tonight.
Forwards:
Fedotenko-Crosby-Malkin
Bourque-Staal-Guerin
Cooke-Letestu-Dupuis
Rupp-Adams-Godard
Defense:
Skoula-Lovejoy
McKee-Goligoski
Eaton-Engelland
Look for a steady dose of the Chara and Morris pairing on the ice whenever the Crosby-Malkin line is out there. The two teams will face off from the Igloo tonight at 7:30.

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