Less than three weeks after acquiring him a year ago, Rick Nash suffered a concussion that compromised him and ultimately ended his career. This year, they’re again worried about a recent addition: Marcus Johansson, who left the Tuesday’s game at the Garden after just 59 seconds of ice time.
The Boston Bruins’ rivalry with the Hartford Whalers wasn’t much of a rivalry in a competitive sense, but the games were frequently physical affairs. Two of the three times Hartford ran up at least 115 penalty minutes in a game were against the Bruins at Boston Garden, with those 1991 and 1992 Adams Division battles also in Boston’s top 12.