Krejci missed the Bruins vs. three games of the season with an undisclosed injury, but was a full participant in Bruins practice on Sunday and is waiting for medical clearance to join Boston's lineup tomorrow. Monitor his status during Monday's morning skate.
Rask allowed two goals on 24 shots in the Bruins 2-1 loss to the Red Wings on Thursday. The Bruins struggled playing on consecutive nights, but should be much better in front of Rask tonight vs. Washington. He was 1-1 with a 2.03 GAA and .915 SV% vs. the Capitals last year.
Rask allowed one goal on 20 shots in a 2-1 win over the Flyers last night. The Bruins are one of three teams who are starting the season with back-to-back games and they will turn to last year's Vezina Trophy winner for both games. He was 1-3-0 with a 3.29 GAA and .871 SV% in four regular season starts against Detroit last season.
Rask is coming off of a Vezina Trophy winning season in which he posted 36 wins with a 2.04 GAA and .930 SV%. The Bruins did not change much this summer, so expect much of the same from the 27-year-old netminder. Tonight he starts his season against the Flyers, a team he dominated last year--Rask won all three starts with a 1.95 GAA and .942 SV% vs. Philly.
Rask is coming off of a Vezina Trophy winning season in which he posted 36 wins with a 2.04 GAA and .930 SV%. The Bruins did not change much this summer, so expect much of the same from the 27-year-old netminder. Tonight he starts his season against the Flyers, a team he dominated last year--Rask won all three starts with a 1.95 GAA and .942 SV% vs. Philly.
Krejci was placed on IR yesterday and will miss the first three games of the season but is eligible to return to the lineup on Monday vs. the Avalanche. The Bruins will go with Patrice Bergeron, Ryan Spooner, Carl Soderberg and Craig Cunningham as their four centres while Krejci out.
Krejci suffered in the second period of Saturday's final preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings. Krejci will miss a minimum of seven days, beginning from when he suffered the injury on Saturday. Consider him day-to-day.
After Jeff Skinner was diagnosed with a concussion on Monday, the Hurricanes were in need of a winger because it is unlikely that Skinner will be ready for the Hurricanes' season opener on Friday. Brown skated on the third line with Jay McClement and Brad Malone this morning. The 22-year-old forward signed with Carolina this offseason after four years at Boston College.
Pastrnak, 18, was the Bruins' first round pick (25th overall) in this summer's draft. He stuck around for awhile and had a solid camp, but was one of the last cuts and will start the season in the AHL.
Head coach Claude Julien said that Krejci has not "healed" as well as they thought he would. There is no word on what is ailing Krejci, but it caused the Bruins to shake their lines up significantly. Monitor Krejci's status during tomorrow's morning skate.
Krejci, 28, was set to become a free agent at the end of next season, but is now locked up through the 2020-21 season with an annual cap-hit of $7.25 million. Krejci is coming off of his second best point total as a pro having totaled 19 goals, 50 assists (69 points) with a plus-29 rating in 80 games.
Stralman had 13 points (1G / 12A) in 81 games with the Rangers this season. The Lightning freed up a lot of cap-space ahead of July 1st, and they gave Stralman a nice contract. The 27-year-old Swede had a strong postseason and will be a reliable defenseman on the Lightning blueline for the next few years.
Rask gave up four goals on 28 shots in the 4-0 loss in game 6. Rask has given up 16 goals with a .910 SV% in the first six games of this series, but none of that matters heading into a winner takes all game 7. Tonight, will mark Rask's third career game 7 start, he is 1-1 with a 3.87 GAA and .855 SV%--so history is in the Habs favour.
Rask stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 4-2 win over the Habs in game 5.The Bruins are one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals, and they are back in Montreal where Rask has stopped 55 of 58 shots (.948 SV%) in games 3 and 4. Rask leads all playoff goaltenders with a 1.70 GAA and .940 SV% in 10 postseason starts.
Rask turned aside all 33 shots he faced in the Bruins' 1-0 OT win in game 4. They head back to Boston to start the best of 3 to see who moves onto the Eastern Conference Finals. Rask has posted the same 2.26 GAA as Carey Price through the first four games, but a slightly lower SV% at .916.
Rask allowed three goals on 28 shots in a 5-3 win over the Habs in game 2. The Bruins looked like they were going to go down 2-0 heading to Montreal, but they scored four unanswered in the final 10 minutes of the third period to send it back to Quebec knotted up a ones. Rask holds a 2-0 record with a 0.90 GAA and .967 SV% on the road this postseason. There was a lot of chirping between the Habs and Bruins prior to tonight, so game 3 should be a dandy.
Rask allowed four goals on 33 shots in the 4-3 double OT loss in game 1. Rask did not look all that comfortable on Thursday, but he will look to be better this afternoon so the Bruins can tie the series up. The Habs were able to get a lot of traffic in front of Rask, so expect that to be a reoccurring theme throughout this series.
Rask was great in the Bruins' first round win over the Red Wings. He sits atop the NHL with a 1.16 GAA and .961 SV% in the postseason. In four regular season starts against the Canadiens, Rask was 1-2-1 with a 1.95 GAA and .932 SV%. This rivalry goes back a long ways and the goaltending will play a crucial role in who advances to the Eastern Conference Finals.
No reason why Rask wouldn't start Game 2.
