The Bruins and Rangers are again at it Thursday evening, this time on the brilliant lights of Broadway with the Blueshirts internet hosting the B’s at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Bruins followers can catch all of the motion beginning at 6 p.m. ET on NESN with a full hour of pregame protection main into the showdown with New York.
HOW TO WATCH
6 p.m.: “Again to Work” preseason: Bruins at Rangers preview (NESN)
7 p.m.: Bruins at Rangers (NESN)
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THREE THINGS TO WATCH
1. David Pastrnak takes heart stage
Bruins coach Jim Montgomery revealed Pastrnak will make his preseason debut, saying Thursday there isn’t any higher place than Broadway for the winger to placed on a present. There most likely will not be a lot to take from Pastrnak’s on-ice debut, nevertheless it’s all the time good on your greatest participant to be on schedule with the brand new season. After the Bruins had been eradicated from the playoffs, Pastrnak joined his native Czechia on the world championships. He even scored the game-winning objective within the gold-medal sport in entrance of the house nation. Pastrnak did point out a potential hip harm, however there have not been any kind of setbacks, and he seems able to go. Pavel Zacha is additionally making the journey, presumably centering Pastrnak’s line Thursday evening.
2. Boston’s boosted blue line
Montgomery additionally confirmed we’ll get the primary take a look at a pairing of Charlie McAvoy and newly signed defenseman Nikita Zadorov on the Bruins’ again finish. Zadorov goes to offer Boston a component wanted on the blue line. The 6-foot-6, 248-pounder clearly brings dimension and a few snarl to the lineup. Bruins captain Brad Marchand expressed reduction he’ll not need to jockey for area across the web now that Zadorov wears the Spoked-B. A pairing of Zadorov and McAvoy needs to be borderline elite, and it is going to be fascinating to see how they play off one another because the season progresses.
3. Lingering nastiness?
That is the second Bruins-Rangers preseason sport in 5 days. That alone might result in some resentment for anybody getting run in each video games, however Sunday evening’s preseason opener had a great deal of chippiness. Bruins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon wasn’t pleased with a few of his interactions with Rangers ahead Brennan Othmann, and the 2 later tussled. Othmann really took some exception to the confrontation, and also you do ponder whether there could be some lingering stress between these gamers (Wotherspoon is within the lineup) or the 2 groups on the whole. Familiarity breeds contempt, and that could be enhanced when you will have gamers on the backside of those rosters seeking to make an affect in any method they’ll.
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