Asked before the game if he’s only going to roll three lines given the missing players from his lineup, Guy Boucher said this:
Well the problem here is that we’re on the road, so I’m going to have to shuffle lines for sure tonight. I can’t go like I’ve been going the last games. First of all, the guys aren’t there, so I can’t keep the same lines; two guys out on two different lines so I’ll have to shuffle things around for sure. Of course, the line of the guys from the American league, uh, I doubt I’ll be able to put them out there as a line very often because of course, the opponent’s going to wait for that and probably send their best line out there and that’s just the way it is.