Tuukka Rask is playing his 500th game tonight. Fitting that’s it’s against the Leafs. Nothing more represents the Leafs past than that foolish trade, driven by ego and undeserved self confidence. The Bruins are the Leafs past, not their future, but it’s just a bit hard to see that yet.
David Krejci will still be out, which is good, because if the Leafs are down a player, so they need the Bruins to be missing their second most annoying centre.
From last night, no expected changes, Hutchinson gets the start.
Andreas Johnsson - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev - Alexander Kerfoot - Mitch Marner
Trevor Moore - Jason Spezza - Kasperi Kapanen
Dmytro Timashov - Nick Shore - Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly - Cody Ceci
Jake Muzzin - Tyson Barrie
Martin Marincin - Justin Holl
Frederik Andersen
Michael Hutchinson
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk - Charlie Coyle - Brett Ritchie
Danton Heinen - Par Lindholm - David Backes
Anders Bjork - Sean Kuraly - Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara - Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug - Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk - Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
The Bruins are who they are, and if you look at that lineup objectively, it’s really clear they have a talent deficit.