Just a day after 19-year-old Matthew Poitras earned a full-time spot up in Boston, another top Bruins prospect is poised to make his NHL debut against the Maple Leafs on Thursday night at TD Garden.
Boston announced on Wednesday morning that it recalled defenseman Mason Lohrei up from Providence, with the playmaking blueliner expected to step into one of the two starting roles vacated following Matt Grzelcyk’s upper-body injury and Charlie McAvoy’s four-game suspension.
Lohrei, who was packing his bags with his teammates down in Providence ahead of a road trip down to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, got the call into the coaches’ office at 12:27 p.