BOSTON -- When the Detroit Red Wings last played tonight’s opponent, it was a game that began as farce and ended in victory.
The Wings take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden (7, FSD) a week after rallying from a three-goal, first-period deficit to win in a shoot-out. The Bruins (23-21-6, 52 points) are winless in their last four games and have lost the last two in regulation. The Wings (20-19-8, 48 points) are on a five-game point streak.
Jared Coreau was in the starter’s net at the optional morning skate. Thomas Vanek (lower body) and Dylan Larkin (upper body) are out, disrupting two lines.