The Associated Press posted an early preview of tomorrow’s Red Wings-Bruins game. The 10-9-and-3 Wings will face an 11-and-7 Bruins team that’s actually a point behind Detroit in the Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division standings:
BOTTOM LINE: Detroit visits Boston looking to break its four-game road slide.
The Bruins are 8-5-0 in Eastern Conference games. Boston ranks eighth in the Eastern Conference averaging 5.0 assists per game, led by Oskar Steen with 1.0.
The Red Wings are 5-6-2 in Eastern Conference play. Detroit ranks 10th in the Eastern Conference recording 7.7 points per game, averaging 2.8 goals and 5.0 assists.
In their last meeting on Nov. 4, Boston won 5-1. Patrice Bergeron scored a team-high four goals for the Bruins in the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS: Brad Marchand leads the Bruins with nine goals and has 24 points. David Pastrnak has eight assists over the last 10 games for Boston.
Lucas Raymond has 21 total points while scoring nine goals and totaling 12 assists for the Red Wings. Dylan Larkin has seven goals and four assists over the last 10 games for Detroit.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 6-4-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.4 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with a .908 save percentage.
Red Wings: 5-4-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.6 assists, 2.6 penalties and 5.5 penalty minutes while allowing 2.7 goals per game with a .918 save percentage.
