Carolina Hurricanes (31-10-3) at Boston Bruins (26-15-3)
By now, you probably know the deal with the Hurricanes’ lineup for tonight. Teuvo Teravainen is a fingers-crossed part of the active lineup, as he’s been the past few games, but Rod Brind’Amour says he is hopeful that Turbo will be able to play. That’s more optimistic than we’ve heard before, so taking it at face value probably indicates that Teravainen will be in the lineup.
The real intrigue is on the other bench, so let’s get through the Hurricanes’ lineup quickly here to get to the real fun stuff:
Teuvo Teravainen - Sebastian Aho - Martin Necas
Andrei Svechnikov - Vincent Trocheck - Seth Jarvis
Nino Niederreiter - Jordan Staal - Jesper Fast
Steven Lorentz - Derek Stepan - Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin - Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei - Brett Pesce
Ian Cole - Ethan Bear
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Injuries and Scratches: Josh Leivo (healthy), Brendan Smith (healthy), Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Covid protocol)
Now for the good part.