It was a quick turnaround game for the Boston Bruins after coming off a convincing 4-2 victory against the Arizona Coyotes less than 24 hours earlier. A handful of questions followed the team in their 700-mile journey westward to the Motor City, including Jeremy Lauzon’s fate following his to the head on Derek Stepan.
What wasn’t readily apparent was the health and availability of Bruins goaltender Jaroslav Halak who was the scheduled starter and would have typically taken netminder responsibilities in the second game of a back-to-back. But Halak’s apparent upper-body injury paved way for Tuukka Rask to make his first start on consecutive days since November of 2016.