7:09 pm
December 1

Red Wings @ Bruins

Who will WIN this matchup?

Detroit Red Wings (11-11-3)

@ Boston Bruins (14-7-4)

 

Starting Goalies:

Jimmy Howard (DET): Likely

Tuukka Rask (BOS): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Detroit Red Wings: (+170)

Boston Bruins: (-200)

 

• Forward Todd Bertuzzi showed he has a knack of rising to the occasion, scoring twice on his own bobblehead night and delivering the game-winning goal in the third period. Bertuzzi had scored only once in the previous 10 games before banging home a rebound for the decisive tally. ‘He’s one of those guys that doesn’t just work, he competes,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “He finds ways to win pucks, gets stick on puck. We talk about hounding in the O-zone and hounding on the forecheck and that’s what he does. He goes to the net and he’s really good around the net.”

• Despite the paucity of offense over the past two weeks, the Bruins have thrived behind the goaltending tandem of Tuukka Rask and Jaroslav Halak. Rask had a shaky first month of the season but posted a 1.96 goals-against average in November and will make back-to-back starts for the first time since mid-October. “I don’t know. Maybe I just don’t want to play in October,” Rask said of his turnaround. “I don’t know. You just kind of work hard in practice, try to get some shots and work with the goalie coach, and then when the game time comes, you try to be there.”

• Red Wings F Andreas Athanasiou has seven goals in the last 10 games, including two against Boston on Nov. 21.

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Confidence
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Boston Bruins
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