The Bruins and Red Wings will be back at it, this time at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
The two teams squared off on Saturday, with the Bruins prevailing at home in a shootout behind 24 saves from Jeremy Swayman, who denied all three of Detroit’s attempts in the shootout.
“I knew that it was going to be a big momentum win for us, so staying with that one-shot-at-a-time mentality, just focusing on that breakaway at hand,” Swayman said. “Just excited to be part of it. I couldn’t be happier to be a Bruin, couldn’t be happier to be part of this team, playing in this league.”
Morgan Geekie had both goals in regulation and is tied with Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon for the league lead with 20.
“Just try to be in the right spots for those guys to see me, and hopefully, good things will happen,” Geekie said. “Lately, they’ve been finding me.”
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When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Where: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM 98.5
Line: Detroit -195. O/U: 5.5.
BRUINS
Season record: 15-12-0. vs. spread: 19-8. Over/under: 14-13
Last 10 games: 5-5-0. vs. spread: 6-4. Over/under: 4-6
RED WINGS
Season record: 13-11-2. vs. spread: 13-13. Over/under: 13-9, 4 pushes
Last 10 games: 4-4-2. vs. spread: 4-6. Over/under: 7-3
TEAM STATISTICS
Goals scored: Boston 81, Detroit 75
Goals allowed: Boston 86, Detroit 88
Power play: Boston 25.3%, Detroit 21.2%
Penalty minutes: Boston 339, Detroit 261
Penalty kill: Boston 83.0%, Detroit 78.9%
Faceoffs won: Boston 52.0%, Detroit 52.5%
Stat of the day: Jeremy Swayman has a .915 save percentage and didn’t give up more than three goals in any of his 10 November starts.
Notes: The Bruins will again be without David Pastrnak. The forward did not make the trip to Detroit and will miss his third game since suffering a lower-body injury in last week’s win over the Islanders. … Forward Viktor Arvidsson, out since Nov. 15 with a lower body injury, is expected back in the lineup for the Bruins. … With just six defensemen on the roster, forward Jeffrey Viel spent part of Monday’s practice as a blue liner. … After tonight’s game, the Bruins will return home for a pair of games. They will face the Blues on Thursday and the Devils on Saturday. … The Red Wings have lost four straight and five of their last six. They had allowed six goals in each of their previous two games before surrendering just two in regulation against the Bruins Saturday.
Material from Field Level Media was used in this report
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