Tied in the standings with an equal number of games played, tonight’s contest should be a fun and competitive potential round one preview. Of course, it’s far from a certainty with Boston sitting only two points back of both teams, but it’s an extra-interesting measuring stick game nonetheless.
After missing practice yesterday with an illness, William Nylander will be a game-time decision and may miss his first game of the season. If he can’t go, it looks likely that Nick Abbruzzese would join David Kampf and Pierre Engvall in Nylander’s spot. Based on how they practiced yesterday, Kyle Clifford would join Wayne Simmonds and Colin Blackwell on the fourth line.