Reinforcements are getting closer and closer for the Bruins’ battered blue line.
Both Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm were full participants in Boston’s skate at Warrior Ice Arena on Monday, with the team’s top defensemen donning regular practice sweaters as they continue to progress back from their respective injuries.
It was a welcome sight for the Bruins, who have not had both Lindholm and McAvoy anchoring their D corps together since the former suffered a lower-body injury on Nov. 12 against the Blues.
Lindholm has missed 34 straight games since taking a puck off his knee in St.