Nashville Predators Game Notes
Sat, Nov 3, 2018 NHL Game #202
Nashville Predators 10 - 3 - 0 (20 pts) Boston Bruins 7 - 3 - 2 (16 pts) Team Game: 14 4 - 3 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 13 4 - 1 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 8 6 - 0 - 0 (Road) Road Game: 8 3 - 2 - 2 (Road)
# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 35 Pekka Rinne 6 4 1 0 1.91 .940 40 Tuukka Rask 6 3 3 0 3.15 .902 74 Juuse Saros 8 6 2 0 2.49 .917 41 Jaroslav Halak 7 4 0 2 1.52 .947
# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Anthony Bitetto 4 0 1 1 1 0 10 L Anders Bjork 10 1 1 2 3 0 4 D Ryan Ellis 13 0 7 7 8 6 14 R Chris Wagner 11 1 1 2 -3 6 7 D Yannick Weber 13 1 1 2 5 2 20 C Joakim Nordstrom 11 2 0 2 1 2 8 C Kyle Turris 13 3 8 11 2 4 25 D Brandon Carlo 12 0 2 2 3 6 9 L Filip Forsberg 13 10 4 14 12 6 27 D John Moore 12 0 1 1 7 8 10 C Colton Sissons 13 1 2 3 9 7 33 D Zdeno Chara 12 3 1 4 1 14 13 C Nick Bonino 13 0 2 2 6 4 37 C Patrice Bergeron 12 7 12 19 5 4 14 D Mattias Ekholm 13 2 7 9 9 9 42 R David Backes 7 0 0 0 0 4 15 R Craig Smith 13 4 2 6 2 4 43 C Danton Heinen 10 0 3 3 3 6 19 C Calle Jarnkrok 13 3 2 5 6 0 44 D Steven Kampfer 5 0 1 1 0 4 20 R Miikka Salomaki 8 2 0 2 1 2 46 C David Krejci 12 2 7 9 3 0 22 L Kevin Fiala 13 1 4 5 -3 6 47 D Torey Krug 1 0 1 1 1 0 23 C Rocco Grimaldi 3 0 0 0 -2 0 48 D Matt Grzelcyk 11 0 5 5 -1 2 33 R Viktor Arvidsson 12 8 4 12 9 10 52 C Sean Kuraly 12 1 1 2 0 9 36 L Zac Rinaldo 12 1 0 1 1 15 55 C Noel Acciari 12 0 0 0 -6 9 38 R Ryan Hartman 13 3 4 7 5 2 63 L Brad Marchand 12 4 11 15 4 32 52 D Matt Irwin 2 0 0 0 2 0 74 L Jake DeBrusk 12 3 0 3 2 4 59 D Roman Josi 13 3 4 7 7 2 79 D Jeremy Lauzon 3 0 0 0 0 2 76 D P.K. Subban 13 2 8 10 6 6 88 R David Pastrnak 12 11 5 16 6 4 89 C Frederick Gaudreau 4 0 0 0 -2 0 92 C Ryan Johansen 13 2 13 15 11 14
President of Hockey David Poile President: Cam Neely Operations/General Manager General Manager: Don Sweeney Assistant General Managers Brian Poile/Jeff Kealty Assistant General Manager: Scott Bradley Head Coach Peter Laviolette Head Coach: Bruce Cassidy Associate Coach/Assistant Coach Kevin McCarthy/Dan Muse Assistant Coaches: Joe Sacco, Jay Pandolfo, Goaltending Coach/Video Coach Ben Vanderklok/Lawrence Kevin Dean, Bob Essensa Feloney (Goaltending), J.P. Buckley (Video Coordinator)
Tonight's Officials Referees Dean Morton (36), Marc Joannette (25) Linesmen Kiel Murchison (79), Ryan Gibbons (58) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Tamica Harris * Denotes Standby Official.
Today's Schedule OTT @ BUF : 2:00 EDM @ DET : 7:00 TBL @ MTL : 7:00 BOS @ NSH : 7:00 NJD @ NYI : 7:00 TOR @ PIT : 7:00 MIN @ STL : 7:00 CAR @ VGK : 7:00 DAL @ WSH : 7:00 CBJ @ LAK : 7:30 PHI @ SJS : 7:30 CHI @ CGY : 8:00 Nashville Predators: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Anthony Bitetto D 6' 1" 210 Jul 15, 1990 Island Park, NY, USA 4 Ryan Ellis D 5' 10" 180 Jan 3, 1991 Hamilton, ON, CAN 7 Yannick Weber D 5' 11" 200 Sep 23, 1988 Morges, CHE 8 Kyle Turris C 6' 1" 190 Aug 14, 1989 New Westminster, BC, CAN 9 Filip Forsberg L 6' 1" 205 Aug 13, 1994 Ostervala, SWE 10 Colton Sissons C 6' 1" 200 Nov 5, 1993 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 13 Nick Bonino C 6' 1" 196 Apr 20, 1988 Hartford, CT, USA 14 Mattias Ekholm D 6' 4" 215 May 24, 1990 Borlange, SWE 15 Craig Smith R 6' 1" 208 Sep 5, 1989 Madison, WI, USA 19 Calle Jarnkrok C 5' 11" 186 Sep 25, 1991 Gävle, SWE 20 Miikka Salomaki R 5' 11" 203 Mar 9, 1993 Raahe, FIN 22 Kevin Fiala L 5' 10" 193 Jul 22, 1996 St. Gallen, CHE 23 Rocco Grimaldi C 5' 6" 180 Feb 8, 1993 Anaheim, CA, USA 33 Viktor Arvidsson R 5' 9" 180 Apr 8, 1993 Skellefteå, SWE 35 Pekka Rinne G 6' 5" 217 Nov 3, 1982 Kempele, FIN 36 Zac Rinaldo L 5' 10" 192 Jun 15, 1990 Mississauga, ON, CAN 38 Ryan Hartman R 6' 0" 181 Sep 20, 1994 Hilton Head Isl., SC, USA 52 Matt Irwin D 6' 1" 207 Nov 29, 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 59 Roman Josi D 6' 1" 201 Jun 1, 1990 Bern, CHE 74 Juuse Saros G 5' 11" 180 Apr 19, 1995 Forssa, FIN 76 P.K. Subban D 6' 0" 210 May 13, 1989 Toronto, ON, CAN 89 Frederick Gaudreau C 6' 0" 179 May 1, 1993 Bromont, QC, CAN 92 Ryan Johansen C 6' 3" 218 Jul 31, 1992 Vancouver, BC, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 197 Age: 27.5
Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 5 Dan Hamhuis D 6' 1" 204 Dec 13, 1982 Smithers, BC, CAN
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks CALLE JARNKROK (2 / 2 Games) KYLE TURRIS (2 / 2 Games) ROMAN JOSI (1-2-3 / 2 Games) KYLE TURRIS (1-2-3 / 2 Games) CALLE JARNKROK (2-1-3 / 2 Games) RYAN HARTMAN (2-1-3 / 2 Games)
Boston Bruins: Roster Active (21 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 10 Anders Bjork L 6' 0" 190 Aug 5, 1996 Mequon, WI, USA 14 Chris Wagner R 6' 0" 198 May 27, 1991 Walpole, MA, USA 20 Joakim Nordstrom C 6' 1" 194 Feb 25, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 25 Brandon Carlo D 6' 5" 212 Nov 26, 1996 Colorado Springs, CO, USA 27 John Moore D 6' 2" 210 Nov 19, 1990 Winnetka, IL, USA 33 Zdeno Chara D 6' 9" 250 Mar 18, 1977 Trencin, SVK 37 Patrice Bergeron C 6' 1" 195 Jul 24, 1985 Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN 40 Tuukka Rask G 6' 3" 176 Mar 10, 1987 Savonlinna, FIN 41 Jaroslav Halak G 5' 11" 185 May 13, 1985 Bratislava, SVK 42 David Backes R 6' 3" 215 May 1, 1984 Minneapolis, MN, USA 43 Danton Heinen C 6' 1" 188 Jul 5, 1995 Langley, BC, CAN 44 Steven Kampfer D 5' 11" 198 Sep 24, 1988 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 46 David Krejci C 6' 0" 188 Apr 28, 1986 Sternberk, CZE 47 Torey Krug D 5' 9" 186 Apr 12, 1991 Livonia, MI, USA 48 Matt Grzelcyk D 5' 9" 174 Jan 5, 1994 Charlestown, MA, USA 52 Sean Kuraly C 6' 2" 213 Jan 20, 1993 Dublin, OH, USA 55 Noel Acciari C 5' 10" 205 Dec 1, 1991 Johnston, RI, USA 63 Brad Marchand L 5' 9" 181 May 11, 1988 Halifax, NS, CAN 74 Jake DeBrusk L 6' 0" 188 Oct 17, 1996 Edmonton, AB, CAN 79 Jeremy Lauzon D 6' 1" 204 Apr 28, 1997 Val D'or, QC, CAN 88 David Pastrnak R 6' 0" 194 May 25, 1996 Havirov, CZE 21 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 197 Age: 28.0
Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 58 Urho Vaakanainen D 6' 1" 185 Jan 1, 1999 Joensuu, FIN 73 Charlie McAvoy D 6' 0" 208 Dec 21, 1997 Long Beach, NY, USA 86 Kevan Miller D 6' 2" 210 Nov 15, 1987 Los Angeles, CA, USA
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Nashville Predators: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 92 Ryan Johansen 13 2 13 15 11 14 0 0 0 28 7.1 19:19 56.98 16 9 L 9 Filip Forsberg 13 10 4 14 12 6 3 0 1 44 22.7 19:16 0.00 12 7 R 33 Viktor Arvidsson 12 8 4 12 9 10 0 0 2 32 25.0 18:09 40.00 4 2 C 8 Kyle Turris 13 3 8 11 2 4 1 0 1 21 14.3 16:32 43.35 9 4 D 76 P.K. Subban 13 2 8 10 6 6 0 1 1 36 5.6 23:35 0.00 11 18 D 14 Mattias Ekholm 13 2 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 22 9.1 22:01 0.00 10 17 R 38 Ryan Hartman 13 3 4 7 5 2 0 0 2 20 15.0 13:40 33.33 11 4 D 59 Roman Josi 13 3 4 7 7 2 0 0 1 35 8.6 24:37 0.00 12 19 D 4 Ryan Ellis 13 0 7 7 8 6 0 0 0 21 0.0 24:07 0.00 10 28 R 15 Craig Smith 13 4 2 6 2 4 1 0 0 40 10.0 15:19 56.25 11 2 C 19 Calle Jarnkrok 13 3 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 12 25.0 15:44 58.82 6 6 L 22 Kevin Fiala 13 1 4 5 -3 6 1 0 0 25 4.0 14:54 0.00 2 4 C 10 Colton Sissons 13 1 2 3 9 7 0 0 1 11 9.1 13:32 54.67 14 9 R 20 Miikka Salomaki 8 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 7 28.6 09:04 0.00 11 3 D 7 Yannick Weber 13 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 10 10.0 11:46 0.00 10 4 C 13 Nick Bonino 13 0 2 2 6 4 0 0 0 8 0.0 15:47 51.30 1 11 L 36 Zac Rinaldo 12 1 0 1 1 15 0 0 1 7 14.3 07:40 0.00 28 4 D 2 Anthony Bitetto 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 09:09 0.00 9 2 D 5 Dan Hamhuis 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 11:46 0.00 3 9 C 23 Rocco Grimaldi 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 08:47 0.00 3 0 D 52 Matt Irwin 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 13:34 0.00 3 3 C 89 Frederick Gaudreau 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 07:00 20.00 1 0
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 35 Pekka Rinne 6 345 1.91 4 1 0 1 11 173 .940 0 0 0 74 Juuse Saros 8 433 2.49 6 2 0 1 18 199 .917 0 0 0
Boston Bruins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 37 Patrice Bergeron 12 7 12 19 5 4 2 1 1 38 18.4 18:49 56.89 5 12 R 88 David Pastrnak 12 11 5 16 6 4 3 0 0 56 19.6 18:41 0.00 6 1 L 63 Brad Marchand 12 4 11 15 4 32 2 0 2 22 18.2 19:26 33.33 6 1 C 46 David Krejci 12 2 7 9 3 0 1 0 1 13 15.4 17:43 48.46 2 3 D 73 Charlie McAvoy 7 1 5 6 1 10 0 0 0 7 14.3 20:55 0.00 9 14 D 48 Matt Grzelcyk 11 0 5 5 -1 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 19:50 0.00 6 9 D 33 Zdeno Chara 12 3 1 4 1 14 1 0 2 22 13.6 22:52 0.00 13 21 L 74 Jake DeBrusk 12 3 0 3 2 4 1 0 1 29 10.3 15:44 8.33 9 0 C 43 Danton Heinen 10 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 0 10 0.0 14:15 0.00 7 3 C 20 Joakim Nordstrom 11 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 21 9.5 14:31 51.42 13 9 L 10 Anders Bjork 10 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 9 11.1 11:34 100.00 4 7 R 14 Chris Wagner 11 1 1 2 -3 6 0 0 0 20 5.0 12:07 54.54 29 3 C 52 Sean Kuraly 12 1 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 21 4.8 12:43 48.93 20 5 D 25 Brandon Carlo 12 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 0 16 0.0 20:57 0.00 28 14 D 27 John Moore 12 0 1 1 7 8 0 0 0 19 0.0 18:52 0.00 19 14 D 44 Steven Kampfer 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 0.0 14:52 0.00 7 5 D 47 Torey Krug 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 18:13 0.00 0 0 D 86 Kevan Miller 7 0 1 1 5 7 0 0 0 9 0.0 18:07 0.00 14 12 R 42 David Backes 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0.0 13:26 52.27 11 5 C 55 Noel Acciari 12 0 0 0 -6 9 0 0 0 14 0.0 11:00 47.36 26 7 D 58 Urho Vaakanainen 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 09:06 0.00 0 0 D 79 Jeremy Lauzon 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 12:02 0.00 3 1
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 40 Tuukka Rask 6 324 3.15 3 3 0 0 17 156 .902 0 0 2 41 Jaroslav Halak 7 396 1.52 4 0 2 2 10 180 .947 0 1 0 Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators Team Records Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Last game: Tuesday AT CAROLINA (3-2 W) Thursday AT TAMPA BAY (4-1 W) Next game: Saturday AT NASHVILLE Saturday VS BOSTON Overall record/streak: 7 - 3 - 2 / Win 1 / Undef 1 10 - 3 - 0 / Win 2 / Undef 2 Home record/streak: 4 - 1 - 0 / Lost 1 4 - 3 - 0 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Road record/streak: 3 - 2 - 2 / Win 2 / Undef 2 6 - 0 - 0 / Win 6 / Undef 6 Last 5 Games: 3 - 1 - 1 3 - 2 - 0 Last 10 Games: 6 - 2 - 2 8 - 2 - 0 1-Goal Games: 1 - 0 - 2 3 - 1 - 0 2-Goal Games 0 - 0 2 - 1 3-Goal Games 6 - 3 5 - 1 Scoring first 5 - 0 - 1 8 - 0 - 0 Opponent scoring first 2 - 3 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 Leading after 1 period 5 - 0 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 1 period 1 - 3 - 1 2 - 2 - 0 Tied after 1 period 1 - 0 - 1 5 - 1 - 0 Leading after 2 periods 6 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 - 0 Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 3 - 1 1 - 2 - 0 Tied after 2 periods 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 0 OT Record - This Season: 0 - 2 1 - 0 OT Record - Franchise: 189 - 205 - 216 143 - 149 - 60 Shootout Record - This Season: 0 - 0 0 - 0 Shootout Record - Franchise: 62 - 70 62 - 65 Outshooting opponent: 2 - 1 - 2 4 - 1 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 5 - 2 - 0 5 - 2 - 0 Even shots: 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 vs. Atlantic: 4 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 vs. Metropolitan: 2 - 1 - 0 4 - 0 - 0 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 6 - 2 - 0 5 - 0 - 0 vs. Central: 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 vs. Pacific: 1 - 1 - 2 3 - 3 - 0 vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 1 - 1 - 2 5 - 3 - 0
Month by Month Record Boston Bruins Nashville Predators W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: 7-3-2 16 9-3-0 18 November: 0-0-0 0 1-0-0 2 Totals: 7-3-2 16 10-3-0 20 Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Boston Bruins: 9 13 15 0 37 ( 3.1 avg.) Opponents: 10 10 7 2 29 ( 2.4 avg.)
Nashville Predators: 11 17 17 1 46 ( 3.5 avg.) Opponents: 9 13 8 0 30 ( 2.3 avg.)
Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Boston Bruins: 122 118 118 1 359 (29.9 avg.) Opponents: 116 132 115 2 365 (30.4 avg.)
Nashville Predators: 137 134 114 4 389 (29.9 avg.) Opponents: 120 137 144 1 402 (30.9 avg.)
Power Play Boston Bruins Nashville Predators G Att % G Att % Overall: 11 37 29.7 (5th NHL) 6 46 13.0 (T-29th NHL) Home: 6 17 35.3 (3rd NHL) 4 32 12.5 (28th NHL) Road: 5 20 25.0 (T-10th NHL) 2 14 14.3 (24th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-7th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-7th NHL)
Penalty Killing Boston Bruins Nashville Predators G Att % G Att % Overall: 9 38 76.3 (21st NHL) 10 42 76.2 (22nd NHL) Home: 1 14 92.9 (3rd NHL) 7 26 73.1 (25th NHL) Road: 8 24 66.7 (T-28th NHL) 3 16 81.3 (T-12th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-9th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-9th NHL)
Penalties Boston Bruins Nashville Predators GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 12 137 11.4 (T-25th NHL) 13 107 8.2 (5th NHL)
Goal Situations Boston Bruins Nashville Predators For Against For Against 6 on 5: 0 2 0 1 6 on 4: 0 0 1 0 6 on 3: 0 0 0 0 5 on 5: 24 15 31 17 5 on 4: 8 1 5 1 5 on 3: 1 0 0 0 4 on 4: 1 0 0 0 4 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 3: 0 2 1 0 3 on 4: 0 0 0 0 3 on 5: 0 1 0 0 3 on 6: 0 0 0 0 4 on 5: 0 8 2 11 4 on 6: 1 0 0 0 5 on 6: 2 0 6 0 Empty Net: 4 2 7 1 Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 37 29 46 30 Boston Bruins @ Nashville Predators Situations Individual Leaders Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Points: P. BERGERON (19),D. PASTRNAK (16),B. MARCHAND (15) R. JOHANSEN (15),F. FORSBERG (14),V. ARVIDSSON (12) Goals: D. PASTRNAK (11),P. BERGERON (7),B. MARCHAND (4) F. FORSBERG (10),V. ARVIDSSON (8),C. SMITH (4) Assists: P. BERGERON (12),B. MARCHAND (11),D. KREJCI (7) R. JOHANSEN (13),P. SUBBAN (8),K. TURRIS (8) PP Goals: D. PASTRNAK (3),P. BERGERON (2),B. MARCHAND (2) F. FORSBERG (3),K. TURRIS (1),C. SMITH (1) SH Goals: P. BERGERON (1) P. SUBBAN (1) GW Goals: Z. CHARA (2),B. MARCHAND (2),P. BERGERON (1) R. HARTMAN (2),V. ARVIDSSON (2),P. SUBBAN (1) 3+ Goals: P. BERGERON(1),D. PASTRNAK(1) F. FORSBERG(1) PIM: B. MARCHAND (32),Z. CHARA (14),C. MCAVOY (10) Z. RINALDO (15),R. JOHANSEN (14),V. ARVIDSSON (10) Shots: D. PASTRNAK (56),P. BERGERON (38),J. DEBRUSK (29) F. FORSBERG (44),C. SMITH (40),P. SUBBAN (36) +/-: J. MOORE (+7),D. PASTRNAK (+6),P. BERGERON (+5) F. FORSBERG (+12),R. JOHANSEN (+11),M. EKHOLM (+9)
Shootout Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG
Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S %
Power Play Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Player G A P Player G A P Patrice Bergeron 2 6 8 Ryan Johansen 0 4 4 David Pastrnak 3 3 6 P.K. Subban 0 4 4 Brad Marchand 2 3 5 Filip Forsberg 3 0 3 Matt Grzelcyk 0 3 3 Kyle Turris 1 1 2 David Krejci 1 1 2 Ryan Ellis 0 1 1 Zdeno Chara 1 0 1 Kevin Fiala 1 0 1 Jake DeBrusk 1 0 1 Roman Josi 0 1 1 Steven Kampfer 0 1 1 Craig Smith 1 0 1 Torey Krug 0 1 1
Short Handed Boston Bruins Nashville Predators Player G A P Player G A P Patrice Bergeron 1 0 1 Mattias Ekholm 0 1 1 Brad Marchand 0 1 1 Colton Sissons 0 1 1 P.K. Subban 1 0 1 Nashville Predators: Media Notes
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ALL-TIME vs. BOSTON OVERALL (27 GP) 12-12-(1)-2
HOME (14 GP) 9-5-(0)-0
ROAD (13 GP) 3-7-(1)-2
PLAYOFFS Never Met
- The Predators are 12-12-(1)-2 all-time against the Bruins, including a 9-5-(0)-0 record at Bridgestone Arena. - Nashville has won four of its last six meetings against Boston (4-2-0). - The Preds have won seven of their last eight games vs. the Bruins at Bridgestone Arena dating back to Dec. 30, 2006. - Boston is the only team that Nashville has never had a transaction with since the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft, in which the Predators selected center Mike Sullivan. - Season series: 11/3 @ NSH; 12/22 @ BOS
NOTABLES vs. BOSTON - P.K. Subban tallied his first career NHL goal at Boston on Nov. 11, 2010. - Roman Josi tied his career high for most goals in a game with two against the Bruins on Dec. 17, 2015. - Kyle Turris has 19 points (9g-10a), including five multi-point games, in 27 career contests against the Bruins. - Filip Forsberg has five points (4g-1a) in his last five meetings with Boston. - Ryan Johansen has nine points (3g-6a) in 12 career games vs. the Bruins. - Pekka Rinne is 5-2-1 with a 2.31 goals-against average, .929 save percentage and one shutout in eight career games against the Bruins.
LAST TIME OUT Nashville Predators 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 – Nov. 1 @ Amalie Arena (Tampa) NSH goals: Turris (3), Josi – GWG (3), Jarnkrok (3), Salomaki – ENG (2) TBL goal: Koekkoek (1) Goaltenders: NSH – Pekka Rinne (W, 1 GA, 42 saves on 43 shots) / TBL – Andrei Vasilevskiy (L, 3 GA, 20 saves on 23 shots) Power plays: NSH 0-1; TBL 0-2 Notes: Nashville moved to 5-0-0 against the Eastern Conference this season... Nashville scored three goals on a combined nine shots in the second and third periods… Miikka Salomaki tallied his second empty-net goal of 2018-19… Pekka Rinne stopped 42 shots in his first start back after missing five games due to injury… Craig Smith dished a career-high seven hits... Ryan Ellis skated a game-high 23:01… Ryan Johansen won 74 percent of his faceoffs (17-for-23).
FIRST TO 10 - The Nashville Predators became the first team in the NHL to win 10 games this season following Thursday’s 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay. - The Preds set a franchise record for fewest games to reach 10 wins (13). - Nashville improved to 6-0-0 on the road, extending a franchise record for longest win streak away from home to start a season. - They became the fifth team in NHL history to win six or more consecutive road games to start a season. - The Predators are tied for second in the NHL in goals scored (46) and tied for third in goals allowed (30).
JOEY'S HELPERS - Ryan Johansen is tied for second in the NHL in assists with 13 following his two-assist performance against the Lightning. - He took over the team lead in points with 15 (2g-13a). - It was Johansen’s fifth multi-point effort of the season – he had 11 in all of 2017-18. - Eight of Johansen’s 13 helpers have been primary assists, tied for the most in the League.
TOP LINE TAKING CHARGE - Nashville’s top line of Ryan Johansen (2g-13a), Filip Forsberg (10g-4a) and Viktor Arvidsson (8g-4a) has combined for 41 points (20g- 21a) and a +32 rating this season. - Among lines that have played at least 100 minutes together, the JOFA line has scored the second-most 5-on-5 goals in the NHL with 11. - The three have played 130:55 together this season, the eighth-most of any line combo in the NHL. - They have logged 38 high-danger scoring chances and at least one of the three has earned a point on 23 of Nashville’s 42 goals (54.7 percent) this season.
FANTASTIC FIL - Filip Forsberg is tied for fourth in the NHL in goals with 10. - He notched his sixth career regular-season hat trick on Oct. 27 vs. EDM, extending his franchise record in the category. Only the Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin has more hat tricks since the start of the 2014-15 season (7). - He broke his own franchise record for most goals in the month of October with 10 (previous high: eight in 2017-18). - The Swedish forward hit the 10-goal mark faster than any player in Predators history, doing so in just 11 games. - Since the start of the 2014-15 season, Forsberg leads all Swedish-born players in goals scored with 126, 25 more than second-place Patric Hornqvist (101). He is third among Swedes in points in that time frame with 263 (126g-137a) – only Erik Karlsson (288) and Nicklas Backstrom (318) have more.
POINTS FROM THE BLUELINE - As of games played through Nov. 1, Preds defensemen have tallied 37 points (8g-29a), tied for the most in the NHL. - P.K. Subban (2g-8a) is tied for ninth among NHL defensemen in points with 10; Mattias Ekholm (2g-7a) is tied for 13th with nine. Subban’s eight assists are tied for eighth among League blueliners in the category. - Since the beginning of the 2016-17 regular season, no team has accumulated as many points by defensemen as the Predators with 424 (109g-315a). - Subban and Josi sit tied for eighth in points by NHL defensemen since the 2016-17 season with 109. Josi is tied for second in power- play goals (14) by League blueliners in that time frame and Subban is tied for eighth in power-play points with 45 (8g-37a). - Last season, the Predators led the NHL in goals and points by defensemen with 55 and 206, respectively. Both were franchise records.
REIGNING VEZINA WINNER - Pekka Rinne is 4-1-0 with a 1.91 goals-against average, .940 save percentage and one shutout in five starts this season. - At 315 career wins, he sits 28th in NHL history and is four away from tying Miikka Kiprusoff (319) for the most by a Finnish-born goaltender in NHL history. - He earned his first shutout of the season and 52nd of his career on Oct. 11 against Winnipeg to move him into sole possession of 23rd on the NHL’s all-time shutout list (52), two shy of Bernie Parent and Ed Giacomin for 21st. - He stopped a season-high 42 shots in Thursday’s win vs. Tampa Bay. It tied for the sixth-most saves he’s made in a game in his career and were his most saves in a victory since he stopped 47 on Feb. 10, 2018 at Montreal. - Rinne turns 36-years-old on Saturday. He is 2-1-1 in his career on his birthday, recording a .930 save percentage and one shutout (his 29th birthday). - Rinne missed five games due to injury (Oct. 20-30) and was activated from Injured Reserve on Oct. 31.
QUICK HITS - Peter Laviolette became the seventh active NHL head coach to coach 1,100 career games on Thursday at Tampa Bay. - The Predators have 20 points through their first 13 games – last season’s Presidents’ Trophy-winning squad (117 points) had 14 at the same point. - The Predators are a League-leading 8-0-0 when scoring first this season. - Five Preds skaters have picked up at least 10 points and 12 skaters have recorded at least five. - Juuse Saros started all five games in goal during Pekka Rinne’s stint on Injured Reserve (Oct. 20-30). The Finnish netminder went 3- 2-0 with a 2.62 goals-against average, .917 save percentage and one shutout. He posted a .941 even-strength save percentage in those five starts. - Filip Forsberg leads the NHL in plus-minus (+12); Ryan Johansen is tied for second (+11); Viktor Arvidsson, Mattias Ekholm and Colton Sissons are tied for eighth (+9). - Roman Josi is 18th in the NHL in time on ice per game (24:37).
MILESTONE WATCH - Peter Laviolette coached in his 1,100 career NHL game on Thursday at Tampa Bay. - Roman Josi is one point from 300 and six games from 500 in his NHL career. - Mattias Ekholm is three assists from 100 in his NHL career. - P.K. Subban is five games from 600 and four assists from 300 in his NHL career. - Pekka Rinne is four wins (315) from tying Miikka Kiprusoff (319) for most wins by a Finnish-born goaltender in NHL history.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS - Nov. 2: Terminated the contract of F Tyler Moy. - Oct. 31: Reassigned G Troy Grosenick to Milwaukee (AHL). Activated G Pekka Rinne from Injured Reserve. - Oct. 25: Recalled F Rocco Grimaldi from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed D Dan Hamhuis on Injured Reserve. - Oct. 22: Recalled G Troy Grosenick from Milwaukee (AHL). Reassigned G Miroslav Svoboda to Milwaukee (AHL). - Oct. 20: Recalled G Miroslav Svoboda from Atlanta (ECHL). Placed G Pekka Rinne on Injured Reserve. Nashville Predators: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 10/04/2018 @ New York Rangers W 01-00-00 3-2 9,76,10 10 0-1 1-1 33-36 35 / 30 17117 2 10/06/2018 @ New York Islanders W 02-00-00 4-3 33,14,15,33 33 0-1 3-4 23-29 74 / 1 12163 3 10/09/2018 Calgary Flames L 02-01-00 0-3 28 0-4 2-4 43-27 41 / 35 17209+ 4 10/11/2018 Winnipeg Jets W 03-01-00 3-0 38,59,92 38 0-9 2-2 30-29 35 / 37 17228+ 5 10/13/2018 New York Islanders W 04-01-00 5-2 19,9,33,8p,9 33 1-2 1-1 29-22 74 / 40 17208+ 6 10/15/2018 Minnesota Wild W 05-01-00 4-2 15p,14,9,20 9 1-3 3-4 28-31 35 / 32 17165+ 7 10/19/2018 @ Calgary Flames W 06-01-00 5-3 92,15,22p,36,9 36 1-3 1-2 31-27 74 / 41 18725 8 10/20/2018 @ Edmonton Oilers W 07-01-00 3-0 76s,33,59 76 0-4 4-4 28-31 74 / 33 18347+ 9 10/23/2018 San Jose Sharks L 07-02-00 4-5 33,9,33,15 88 0-4 2-4 29-32 31 / 74 17159+ 10 10/25/2018 @ New Jersey Devils W* 08-02-00 4-3 7,33,9p,8 8 1-4 2-3 36-36 74 / 1 15164 11 10/27/2018 Edmonton Oilers L 08-03-00 3-5 9p,9,9p 29 2-6 6-7 27-35 19 / 74 17248+ 12 10/30/2018 Vegas Golden Knights W 09-03-00 4-1 38,38,19,33 38 0-4 3-4 28-24 74 / 30 17367+ 13 11/01/2018 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 10-03-00 4-1 8,59,19,20 59 0-1 2-2 24-43 35 / 88 19092+ 14 11/03/2018 Boston Bruins 15 11/07/2018 @ Colorado Avalanche 16 11/10/2018 @ Dallas Stars 17 11/12/2018 @ Anaheim Ducks 18 11/13/2018 @ San Jose Sharks 19 11/15/2018 @ Arizona Coyotes 20 11/17/2018 Los Angeles Kings 21 11/19/2018 Tampa Bay Lightning 22 11/21/2018 St. Louis Blues 23 11/23/2018 @ St. Louis Blues 24 11/25/2018 Anaheim Ducks 25 11/27/2018 Colorado Avalanche 26 11/29/2018 Arizona Coyotes 27 12/01/2018 Chicago Blackhawks 28 12/03/2018 Buffalo Sabres 29 12/06/2018 @ Vancouver Canucks 30 12/08/2018 @ Calgary Flames 31 12/11/2018 Ottawa Senators 32 12/13/2018 Vancouver Canucks 33 12/15/2018 New Jersey Devils 34 12/17/2018 @ Ottawa Senators 35 12/18/2018 @ Chicago Blackhawks 36 12/20/2018 @ Philadelphia Flyers 37 12/22/2018 @ Boston Bruins 38 12/27/2018 Dallas Stars 39 12/29/2018 New York Rangers 40 12/31/2018 @ Washington Capitals 41 01/01/2019 Philadelphia Flyers 42 01/04/2019 @ Detroit Red Wings 43 01/05/2019 @ Montréal Canadiens 44 01/07/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 45 01/09/2019 @ Chicago Blackhawks 46 01/10/2019 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 47 01/13/2019 @ Carolina Hurricanes 48 01/15/2019 Washington Capitals 49 01/17/2019 Winnipeg Jets 50 01/19/2019 Florida Panthers 51 01/21/2019 @ Colorado Avalanche 52 01/23/2019 @ Vegas Golden Knights 53 02/01/2019 @ Florida Panthers 54 02/02/2019 Dallas Stars 55 02/05/2019 Arizona Coyotes 56 02/07/2019 Dallas Stars 57 02/09/2019 @ St. Louis Blues 58 02/10/2019 St. Louis Blues 59 02/12/2019 Detroit Red Wings 60 02/14/2019 Montréal Canadiens 61 02/16/2019 @ Vegas Golden Knights 62 02/19/2019 @ Dallas Stars 63 02/21/2019 Los Angeles Kings 64 02/23/2019 Colorado Avalanche 65 02/25/2019 Edmonton Oilers 66 02/26/2019 @ St. Louis Blues 67 03/01/2019 @ Winnipeg Jets 68 03/03/2019 @ Minnesota Wild 69 03/05/2019 Minnesota Wild 70 03/09/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 71 03/12/2019 @ Anaheim Ducks 72 03/14/2019 @ Los Angeles Kings 73 03/16/2019 @ San Jose Sharks 74 03/19/2019 Toronto Maple Leafs 75 03/21/2019 Pittsburgh Penguins 76 03/23/2019 @ Winnipeg Jets 77 03/25/2019 @ Minnesota Wild 78 03/29/2019 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 79 03/30/2019 Columbus Blue Jackets 80 04/02/2019 @ Buffalo Sabres 81 04/04/2019 Vancouver Canucks 82 04/06/2019 Chicago Blackhawks Nashville Predators: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. BITETTO ELLIS HAMHUIS WEBER TURRIS FORSBERG SISSONS # 2 # 4 # 5 # 7 # 8 # 9 # 10 Oct 4 @ NYR 0-1,0/1 22:42 0-0,0/-1 14:04 0-0,3/0 13:32 0-1,2/1 16:05 1-0,4/0 18:28 1-1(W),1/2 13:48 Oct 6 @ NYI 0-1,1/1 10:45 0-1,0/1 23:14 DNP 0-0,0/1 10:39 0-1,0/1 16:03 0-1,4/1 19:08 0-0,0/1 16:24 Oct 9 Vs CGY 0-0,1/0 10:51 0-0,2/0 24:35 DNP 0-0,2/0 13:10 0-0,3/0 17:35 0-0,2/-1 19:52 0-0,1/0 12:26 Oct 11 Vs WPG DNP 0-1,4/1 22:44 0-0,0/0 10:56 0-0,0/0 11:58 0-0,1/0 17:29 0-1,0/1 19:37 0-0,2/0 12:33 Oct 13 Vs NYI DNP 0-0,1/0 21:29 0-1,0/2 15:48 0-0,0/2 16:10 1-0,2/0 15:18 2-0,7/1 17:06 0-0,0/0 13:06 Oct 15 Vs MIN DNP 0-0,2/2 23:39 0-0,1/0 12:09 0-0,1/0 11:23 0-1,3/0 15:38 1-0(W),3/2 19:29 0-0,1/1 13:02 Oct 19 @ CGY DNP 0-2,2/1 24:11 0-0,0/0 13:36 0-1,0/0 13:42 0-2,0/0 17:38 1-1,3/2 18:06 0-0,1/1 10:00 Oct 20 @ EDM DNP 0-0,3/1 26:27 0-0,0/0 10:36 0-0,0/0 10:12 0-0,3/0 16:06 0-0,2/1 20:04 0-1,0/2 14:31 Oct 23 Vs SJS DNP 0-1,3/1 25:07 0-0,1/0 05:13 0-0,1/0 10:35 0-0,0/-2 12:40 1-1,3/3 21:17 0-0,0/0 12:21 Oct 25 @ NJD 0-0,2/1 08:56 0-0,0/-1 25:28 INJ 1-0,1/2 08:21 1-1(W),3/2 16:55 1-0,5/-1 19:44 0-0,1/1 12:55 Oct 27 Vs EDM 0-0,1/-1 06:06 0-0,1/-2 27:00 INJ 0-0,0/-1 06:25 0-0,1/-3 16:43 3-0,7/1 21:25 0-0,0/0 15:11 Oct 30 Vs VGK DNP 0-0,0/2 24:04 INJ 0-0,1/1 13:33 0-1,0/1 19:57 0-0,3/1 18:44 0-0,2/0 12:42 Nov 1 @ TBL DNP 0-1,3/1 23:01 INJ 0-0,1/0 13:28 1-1,3/2 16:53 0-0,1/1 17:36 0-0,2/1 16:59
Date Opp. BONINO EKHOLM SMITH JARNKROK SALOMAKI FIALA GRIMALDI # 13 # 14 # 15 # 19 # 20 # 22 # 23 Oct 4 @ NYR 0-0,1/0 15:00 0-2,1/2 22:57 0-1,6/1 14:56 0-0,2/-1 16:00 0-0,0/1 09:17 0-0,2/0 14:09 Oct 6 @ NYI 0-0,0/1 15:58 1-0,2/1 24:42 1-0,4/1 13:55 0-0,0/0 15:12 DNP 0-0,0/-1 10:22 Oct 9 Vs CGY 0-0,3/0 16:01 0-0,4/-1 21:21 0-0,5/0 17:47 0-0,2/0 16:13 DNP 0-0,4/0 19:24 Oct 11 Vs WPG 0-0,0/2 17:39 0-0,2/2 17:40 0-0,2/0 14:41 0-0,0/2 11:33 0-0,2/0 10:53 0-0,4/0 18:39 Oct 13 Vs NYI 0-1,2/1 16:10 0-1,2/0 21:09 0-0,1/0 12:03 1-0,2/1 15:48 0-0,1/0 12:09 0-0,0/0 14:49 Oct 15 Vs MIN 0-0,0/0 16:13 1-0,1/1 21:59 1-0,3/-1 14:25 0-0,0/0 15:18 1-0,2/1 08:27 0-0,0/-1 15:04 Oct 19 @ CGY 0-0,1/0 18:45 0-0,1/1 19:59 1-0,3/0 15:12 0-0,1/0 17:57 0-0,1/-1 05:56 1-1,3/0 16:41 Oct 20 @ EDM 0-1,0/2 15:05 0-2,1/2 22:25 0-0,2/0 14:34 0-0,0/0 14:53 DNP 0-0,3/0 14:21 Oct 23 Vs SJS 0-0,0/0 17:45 0-0,2/0 24:26 1-0,2/0 13:03 0-0,0/0 14:47 0-0,0/0 08:48 0-0,2/-2 13:31 Oct 25 @ NJD 0-0,0/0 14:16 0-1,2/-1 22:59 0-0,4/0 18:57 0-1,1/1 16:41 DNP 0-1,3/1 12:03 0-0,2/0 13:14 Oct 27 Vs EDM 0-0,0/-1 12:24 0-0,2/-1 20:37 0-0,3/-1 16:50 0-0,1/0 16:18 DNP 0-0,3/-3 12:51 0-0,0/-1 05:33 Oct 30 Vs VGK 0-0,0/1 12:46 0-0,0/1 23:26 0-1,2/1 15:41 1-0,2/1 15:37 0-0,0/0 08:47 0-2,0/2 16:49 DNP Nov 1 @ TBL 0-0,1/0 17:13 0-1,2/2 22:36 0-0,3/1 17:07 1-1,1/2 18:19 1-0,1/0 08:18 0-0,1/1 15:10 0-0,0/-1 07:35
Date Opp. ARVIDSSON RINALDO HARTMAN IRWIN JOSI SUBBAN GAUDREAU # 33 # 36 # 38 # 52 # 59 # 76 # 89 Oct 4 @ NYR 0-0,0/0 17:39 0-0,2/1 07:46 0-0,1/-1 15:13 0-0,2/-1 23:03 1-0,4/1 22:39 Oct 6 @ NYI 2-0(W),2/1 16:38 0-0,1/0 07:19 0-1,1/1 14:23 0-0,5/0 24:35 0-2,2/0 25:09 0-0,0/-1 08:28 Oct 9 Vs CGY 0-0,3/-1 10:53 0-0,0/0 05:30 0-0,3/0 15:23 0-0,3/0 26:10 0-0,3/-1 21:17 0-0,0/0 05:54 Oct 11 Vs WPG 0-1,1/1 18:15 0-0,1/0 11:19 1-1(W),2/2 09:22 1-0,5/1 24:59 0-0,0/2 24:37 DNP Oct 13 Vs NYI 1-1(W),4/1 18:30 0-0,0/0 11:15 0-1,4/1 15:59 0-1,1/0 21:07 0-0,1/0 22:42 DNP Oct 15 Vs MIN 0-0,1/1 18:12 0-0,0/0 07:07 0-0,2/0 15:06 0-0,5/1 22:45 0-2,3/1 24:52 DNP Oct 19 @ CGY 0-0,3/1 16:29 1-0(W),2/0 06:45 0-0,1/1 18:45 0-0,3/2 23:12 0-0,3/0 23:00 DNP Oct 20 @ EDM 1-0,4/1 20:00 0-0,0/0 07:56 0-0,0/1 10:48 1-0,3/1 25:47 1-0(W),5/2 21:35 0-0,0/0 06:35 Oct 23 Vs SJS 2-1,3/3 20:16 0-0,1/0 08:28 0-0,1/-1 11:19 0-0,1/0 26:56 0-0,4/0 24:25 DNP Oct 25 @ NJD 1-0,3/0 20:56 0-0,0/0 08:53 0-0,0/0 11:53 0-1,2/1 27:16 0-1,5/-1 25:42 DNP Oct 27 Vs EDM 0-1,4/0 21:32 0-0,0/0 02:53 0-0,0/-2 11:35 0-0,2/-1 28:53 0-2,1/0 26:22 DNP Oct 30 Vs VGK 1-0,4/1 18:31 0-0,0/0 06:50 2-0(W),5/2 11:56 0-0,0/1 11:16 0-2,1/2 22:57 0-1,4/1 22:29 DNP Nov 1 @ TBL DNP DNP 0-1,0/1 15:59 0-0,0/1 15:52 1-0(W),2/1 22:22 0-0,1/1 21:57 0-0,1/-1 07:04
Date Opp. JOHANSEN GROSENICK RINNE SAROS # 92 # 1 # 35 # 74 Oct 4 @ NYR 0-0,2/-1 17:12 2/36 W 60:00 DND Oct 6 @ NYI 0-1,1/1 18:11 DND 3/29 W 60:00 Oct 9 Vs CGY 0-0,2/-1 20:00 3/27 L 60:00 DND Oct 11 Vs WPG 1-0,4/1 20:05 0/29 W 59:59 DND Oct 13 Vs NYI 0-2,1/1 17:25 DND 2/22 W 59:57 Oct 15 Vs MIN 0-2,0/2 19:00 2/31 W 60:00 DND Oct 19 @ CGY 1-0,3/2 16:50 3/18 45:09 0/9 W 14:51 Oct 20 @ EDM 0-0,2/1 20:05 INJ 0/31 W 60:00 Oct 23 Vs SJS 0-2,5/3 23:31 DND INJ 5/32 L 58:05 Oct 25 @ NJD 0-1,2/-2 20:33 DND INJ 3/36 W 63:32 Oct 27 Vs EDM 0-3,1/0 22:13 DND INJ 4/34 L 56:40 Oct 30 Vs VGK 0-0,4/2 17:37 DND INJ 1/24 W 59:28 Nov 1 @ TBL 0-2,1/2 18:31 MIN 1/43 W 60:00 DND Nashville Predators: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Peter Laviolette - Hired as the second head coach in Nashville Predators history on May 6, 2014. - With Nashville, has compiled a 192-102-47 regular-season record. - Became the second American-born head coach in NHL history to win the Presidents' Trophy in 2017-18. - Coached in his 1,000th NHL game on March 30 vs. Toronto. - Became the 25th head coach in NHL history -- and second U.S.-born head coach -- to win 500 games on Jan. 22, 2017, at Minnesota. - Was a finalist for the 2015 Jack Adams Award. - Has a 73-64 playoff record (30-25 with Nashville), advancing to the Stanley Cup Final three times (2017, 2010, 2006) and won the Stanley Cup in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes. - Only three coaches have appeared with more than two teams in the Stanley Cup Final - Scotty Bowman (4), Dick Irvin (3) and Mike Keenan (3). - Began his NHL coaching career after 11 seasons playing professionally in the National, International and American Hockey Leagues and internationally for the U.S. National Team.
#35: Pekka Rinne (G) 6' 5", 217 lbs. / Nov 3, 1982 (35 years and 11 months)
PECK-ah REEN-eh GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Nashville's tenth choice, 258th overall (eighth round), in the 2004 NHL Season 6 4-1-0 1 1.91 .940 Draft Career 573 315-169-66 52 2.37 .919 Last Win: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Last SO: OCT 11, 2018 vs WINNIPEG (3) Career vs. Opp 8 5-2-1 1 2.31 .929 Career Shootouts: 193/264 (.731), 38-34
Season Highs: Shots Saves 43 42 43 11/1 vs TBL 2018-19 Highlights - Activated from IR on Oct. 31.
2017-18 Highlights - Won the 2018 Vezina Trophy. - Out of goaltenders who played at least 50 games, finished first in save percentage (.927), even-strength save percentage (.939) and goals-against average (2.31) - Recorded a personal 11-game win streak from Feb. 19-March 19, matching the longest of his NHL career. - Earned his 50th career NHL shutout on March 6 vs. DAL. - Won his 300th career game on Feb. 22 vs. SJS. - Recorded a career-high eight shutouts in 2017-18.
Other Notables - Named Finland's MVP at the 2014 World Championship. - Four-time Vezina Trophy finalist in the past eight years (2011, 2012, 2015, 2018).
#74: Juuse Saros (G) 5' 11", 180 lbs. / Apr 19, 1995 (23 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Nashville's fourth choice, 99th overall (fourth round), in the 2013 NHL GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Draft. Season 8 6-2-0 1 2.49 .917 Last Win: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS Career 56 27-16-10 5 2.43 .922 Last SO: OCT 20, 2018 @ EDMONTON (4) Career Shootouts: 7/16 (.438), 0-5 Career vs. Opp 1 1-0-0 0 1.00 .972
Season Highs: Shots Saves 36 33 36 10/25 vs NJD 2018-19 Highlights - Posted his first shutout of the season on Oct. 20 at EDM. - Made consecutive starts in the NHL for the first time in his career from Oct. 20-27.
2017-18 Highlights - Finished 2017-18 with the third-highest single-season save percentage in team history (.925). - From Nov. 4 to the end of the regular season, led NHL goaltenders in save percentage (.935) and was fourth in goals-against average (2.19). - Became first goaltender in team history to tally multiple 40-plus save shutouts in the same season. - Set Preds record for most saves in a shutout with 46 on Dec. 14 at EDM. - Allowed only five goals in December, stopping 169 of 174 shots.
Other Notables - Named to the AHL All-Star Classic in 2017. - Helped Finland win the 2014 World Junior Championship, its first goal medal at the tournament since 1987. - Served as Finland's backup goalie to Pekka Rinne at the 2015 World Championship. #2: Anthony Bitetto (D) 6' 1", 210 lbs. / Jul 15, 1990 (28 years and 3 months)
bih-TEH-toh, AN-thuh-nee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's fourth choice, 168th overall (sixth round) in the 2010 NHL Draft. Season 4 0-1-1 1 0 Last Goal: NOV 18, 2017 vs COLORADO (28) Career 100 2-15-17 -2 78 Last Assist: OCT 6, 2018 @ NY ISLANDERS (3) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 3 0-0-0 0 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 10:51 2 3 +1 4 times 10/6 vs NYI 10/6 vs NYI 4 times 10/9 vs CGY 10/25 vs NJD 10/6 vs NYI 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Played in his 100th career NHL game on Oct. 27 vs. EDM.
2017-18 Highlights - Signed a one-year contract with the Preds on Jan. 9. - Scored his first goal of the season, first career game-winning goal and first goal at Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 18 vs. COL. - Skated a season-high 16:48 on Oct. 28 vs. NYI and Nov. 14 vs. WSH.
Other Notables - Played 13 years in the Apple Core development system that has produced NHLers Rob Scuderi, Douglas Murray, Mark Eaton and Eric Nystrom. - Spent two years at Northeastern University (Hockey East) prior to turning pro.
#4: Ryan Ellis (D) 5' 10", 180 lbs. / Jan 3, 1991 (27 years and 9 months)
RIGH-uhn EHL-ihs GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's first choice, 11th overall (first round) in the 2009 NHL Draft. Season 13 0-7-7 8 6 Last Goal: MAR 29, 2018 vs SAN JOSE (18) Career 409 55-125-180 84 146 Last Assist: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 7/21 (33%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 0-4-4 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 4 27:00 4 2 +2 13 times 10/19 vs CGY 10/19 vs CGY 10/30 vs VGK 10/27 vs EDM 10/11 vs WPG 3 times 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Played in his 400th career NHL game on Oct. 11 vs. WPG.
2017-18 Highlights - Activated off the non-roster list on Jan. 2 after missing the first 38 games of the season (knee). - After making his season debut on Jan. 2, posted the 11th-most points by an NHL defenseman with 32 (9g-23a). - Despite played in only 44 games, tied for fifth among NHL blueliners in plus-minus (+26). - Tallied the second-most points on the Preds after his return from injury, trailing only Viktor Arvidsson. - Set a career high in assists (23).
Other Notables - Third defenseman in OHL history to record 300 career points (73g-241a). - Named 2011 CHL Player and Defenseman of the Year. #5: Dan Hamhuis (D) (*Injured) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Dec 13, 1982 (35 years and 10 months)
DAN HAM-yoos GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's first choice, 12th overall (first round), in the 2001 NHL Draft Season 7 0-1-1 1 2 Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Nashville on July 25, 2018 Career 1038 59-285-344 69 623 6 NHL / 6 NSH Season Last Goal: FEB 9, 2018 vs PITTSBURGH (33) Career vs. Opp 15 0-2-2 2 12 Last Assist: OCT 13, 2018 vs NY ISLANDERS (4) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 15:48 1 2 +2 7 times 10/13 vs NYI 10/13 vs NYI 10/11 vs WPG 10/13 vs NYI 2 times 10/19 vs CGY 10/13 vs NYI
2018-19 Highlights - Recorded his first point (assist) as a Predators player since April 11, 2010 on Oct. 13 vs. NYI.
2017-18 Highlights - Played in 80 regular-season games for Dallas, his most since 2011-12. - Posted 24 points (3g-21a), his most in the last five seasons. - Played in his 1000th career NHL game on Jan. 30 vs. Los Angeles.
Other Notables - Has the eighth-most games played since entering the NHL in 2003. - Won a Gold Medal with Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. - Spent the first six seasons of his career with Nashville, recording 32 goals, 161 points and 375 penalty minutes in 483 games.
#7: Yannick Weber (D) 5' 11", 200 lbs. / Sep 23, 1988 (30 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Selected in the third round, 73rd overall by MTL in the 2007 NHL NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2016. Season 13 1-1-2 5 2 Last Goal: OCT 25, 2018 @ NEW JERSEY (3) Career 407 26-59-85 -26 165 Last Assist: OCT 19, 2018 @ CALGARY (6) Career Shootouts: 1/2 (50%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 3-4-7 -3 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 16:10 3 2 +2 10/25 vs NJD 10/19 vs CGY 2 times 10/27 vs EDM 10/13 vs NYI 10/4 vs NYR 11/1 vs TBL 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 25 at NJD.
2017-18 Highlights - Signed a two-year contract with the Preds on Jan. 9. - Scored his first goal of the season - and first at Bridgestone Arena - on Dec. 19 vs. WPG. - Had an assist in back-to-back games on Nov. 3 at ANA and Nov. 4 at LAK.
Other Notables - Played for Switzerland in the 2014 Olympics and World Championship. - Set career highs in goals (11), points (21), games played (65), power-play goals (5), shots (117) and shooting percentage (9.4%) in 2014-15. #8: Kyle Turris (C) 6' 1", 190 lbs. / Aug 14, 1989 (29 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Phoenix's first choice (third overall) in the 2007 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Colorado in exchange for Samuel Girard, Vladislav Kamenev Season 13 3-8-11 2 4 and Nashville's second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft on Nov. 5, 2017. Career 622 152-221-373 26 278 Last Goal: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Last Assist: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career vs. Opp 27 9-10-19 0 10 Career Shootouts: 27/68 (40%), 9 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 19:57 3 3 +2 3 times 10/19 vs CGY 3 times 2 times 10/30 vs VGK 5 times 10/6 vs NYI 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Scored his sixth career OT goal, and first with the Predators, on Oct. 25 at NJD.
2017-18 Highlights - Played in his 600th career NHL game on March 22 vs. TOR. - Had a seven-game point streak (2g-8a-10pts) from Dec. 2-16 that matched his career high and tied for the second-longest by a Preds player this season. - Scored and had an assist in his Preds debut on Nov. 11 vs. PIT. - Had 17 points (4g-13a) in his first 17 games with the Preds from Nov. 11-Dec. 16.
Other Notables - Over the course of his seven seasons in OTT, Turris led the team in goals with 117 and was second to only Erik Karlsson in points (274) and power- play points (73). - Led the Senators in goals in 2016-17, scoring a career-high 27. - Helped lead Canada to a gold medal in the 2008 World Junior Championship, tallying a team-high eight points (4g-4a).
#9: Filip Forsberg (L) 6' 1", 205 lbs. / Aug 13, 1994 (24 years and 2 months)
FIHL-ihp FOHRZ-buhrg GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Washington's first choice (12th) overall in the first round of the 2012 NHL Season 13 10-4-14 12 6 Draft. Career 344 127-142-269 38 151 Acquired: Acquired from Washington for forwards Martin Erat and Michael Latta on April 3, 2013. Career vs. Opp 8 4-2-6 -2 6 Last Goal: OCT 27, 2018 vs EDMONTON (2) Last Assist: OCT 23, 2018 vs SAN JOSE (4) Career Shootouts: 7/28 (25%), 5 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 1 3 2 21:25 7 3 +3 10/27 vs EDM 4 times 10/27 vs EDM 3 times 10/27 vs EDM 2 times 2 times 10/23 vs SJS
2018-19 Highlights - Notched his sixth career regular-season hat trick on Oct. 27 vs. EDM, extending his franchise record. - Hit the 10-goal mark in 11 games, the fastest in franchise history. - Broke his own franchise record for goals in the month of October (10).
2017-18 Highlights - Led the Preds in plus-minus (+27), set a career high in assists (38) and tied his career high in points (64) despite missing 15 games. - Tallied 25 points (9g-16a) in his final 25 games of the season, including nine (5g-4a) in his final five games. - Notched his fifth career hat trick on April 7 vs. CBJ, setting the franchise record for most in Preds history. - Had a 16-game home point streak (11g-11a-22pts) to start the season, the longest such streak by any NHLer since the start of 2015-16.
Other Notables - Member of the 2015 NHL All-Rookie Team and finished fourth in voting for the Calder Trophy. - Titles won: 2012 World Junior Championship, 2010 Swedish Junior League title. #10: Colton Sissons (C) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Nov 5, 1993 (24 years and 11 months)
KOHL-tuhn SIH-suhnz GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's second choice, 50th overall (second round), in the 2012 NHL Season 13 1-2-3 9 7 Draft. Career 203 23-27-50 27 77 1 NHL / 1 NSH Season Last Goal: OCT 4, 2018 @ NY RANGERS (12) Career vs. Opp 5 0-1-1 2 6 Last Assist: OCT 20, 2018 @ EDMONTON (5) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 5 16:59 2 3 +2 10/4 vs NYR 2 times 10/4 vs NYR 10/11 vs WPG 11/1 vs TBL 3 times 3 times 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Skated in his 200th career NHL game on Oct. 25 at NJD.
2017-18 Highlights - Set a career high in goals (9), assists (18) and points (27). - Finished tied for third on the Preds in game-winning goals (4), setting a career high. - Recorded his first multi-point game of the season (2a) on Nov. 14 vs. WSH. - Scored in back-to-back games on Oct. 17 vs. COL and Oct. 19 at PHI (game-winning goal).
Other Notables - Appeared in all 76 of Milwaukee's games in 2014-15, ranking second on the team in goals (25) and third in points (42). - First Admirals player in the team’s AHL history to record back-to-back 25-goal seasons to start his career.
#13: Nick Bonino (C) 6' 1", 196 lbs. / Apr 20, 1988 (30 years and 6 months)
Drafted: San Jose's sixth choice (173rd overall) in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Draft. Season 13 0-2-2 6 4 Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2017 Career 491 87-127-214 34 141 Last Goal: MAR 31, 2018 vs BUFFALO (17) Last Assist: OCT 20, 2018 @ EDMONTON (5) Career vs. Opp 11 3-1-4 -7 0 Career Shootouts: 9/25 (36%), 3 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 18:45 3 1 +2 13 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 10/19 vs CGY 10/9 vs CGY 10/19 vs CGY 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Skated a season-high 18:45 on Oct. 19 at CGY.
2017-18 Highlights - Picked up goals in back-to-back games on March 29-31. - Had the third-best face-off percentage on the Preds at 54.3 percent, a career high. - Recorded his first multi-point game as a member of the Predators (1g-2a) on Jan. 20 vs. FLA. - Scored his first Predators goal on Oct. 10 vs. PHI. - Made his Predators debut on Oct. 5 at BOS.
Other Notables - Earned a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2015 World Championship, posting two goals and two assists in 10 tournament games. - Won the 2009 NCAA National Championship with Boston University while serving as an alternate captain. #14: Mattias Ekholm (D) 6' 4", 215 lbs. / May 24, 1990 (28 years and 5 months)
ma-TEE-uhs EHK-hohlm GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's seventh choice, 102nd overall (fourth round) in the 2009 NHL Season 13 2-7-9 9 9 Draft. Career 403 31-97-128 54 195 Last Goal: OCT 15, 2018 vs MINNESOTA (7) Last Assist: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career vs. Opp 10 0-5-5 2 4 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 5 24:42 4 2 +2 2 times 2 times 2 times 10/11 vs WPG 10/6 vs NYI 10/9 vs CGY 3 times 4 times
2018-19 Highlights - Skated in his 400th career NHL game on Oct. 25 at NJD.
2017-18 Highlights - Set a career high in goals (10), plus-minus (+25), power-play goals (5) and shots (135). - Had goals in four straight games from Nov. 14-20, a Preds record for a defenseman. - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 21 at NYR. - Logged 31:19 on Oct. 14 at CHI, the most minutes played by a Preds player in a game this season. - Recorded his 100th career NHL point on Nov. 26 at CAR.
Other Notables - Helped Sweden to a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship and was named one of the nation's three best players in the process. - Earned the Swedish Hockey League's Defenseman of the Year Award in 2012, and was league rookie of the year in 2011. - Earned a bronze medal while representing Sweden at the 2010 World Junior Championship.
#15: Craig Smith (R) 6' 1", 208 lbs. / Sep 5, 1989 (29 years and 1 month)
KRAYG SMIHTH GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's sixth choice, 98th overall (fourth round), in the 2009 NHL Draft. Season 13 4-2-6 2 4 Last Goal: OCT 23, 2018 vs SAN JOSE (4) Career 529 127-140-267 40 214 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS (1) Career Shootouts: 11/40 (28%), 5 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 6-1-7 4 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 18:57 6 7 +1 4 times 2 times 6 times 2 times 10/25 vs NJD 10/4 vs NYR 11/1 vs TBL 4 times
2018-19 Highlights - Scored in back-to-back games from Oct. 15-19.
2017-18 Highlights - Established a career high in goals (25), power-play goals (9) and plus-minus (+20). - Finished the regular season with seven points (4g-3a) in his final six games. - Played in his 500th career NHL game on March 6 vs. DAL. - Scored his 13th goal, topping his total of 12 from last season, on Dec. 27 at STL, his 35th game. - Fired a career-high 11 shots on Dec. 29 at MIN, becoming just the fifth player in franchise history to record at least 11 shots in a game.
Other Notables - Named one of the USA's best players at the 2014 World Championship, the third time in four years he's earned the honor. - In 2014, ranked fourth on Team USA in points (3g-5a) and tied for third in goals at the World Championship. #19: Calle Jarnkrok (C) 5' 11", 186 lbs. / Sep 25, 1991 (27 years and 1 month)
KAHL-leh YAHRN-krohk GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Detroit along with Patrick Eaves and a second-round Season 13 3-2-5 6 0 selection in the 2014 NHL Draft for David Legwand. Career 329 59-69-128 35 73 Last Goal: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Last Assist: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career vs. Opp 8 1-2-3 0 0 Career Shootouts: 1/3 (33%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 0 18:19 2 2 +2 3 times 2 times 11/1 vs TBL 13 times 11/1 vs TBL 4 times 10/4 vs NYR 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 13 vs. NYI.
2017-18 Highlights - Set career high in points (35) and assists (19) and matched his career high in goals (16) in 2017-18. - Missed the final 13 games of the regular season due to an upper-body injury. - Recorded a five-game point streak (2g-5a-7pts) from Feb. 22-March 2. - Tallied his first career three-assist game and his second career three-point outing on Jan. 20 vs. FLA. - Recorded his 100th career NHL point on Dec. 5 at DAL. - Played in his 300th career NHL game on Feb. 7 at TOR.
Other Notables - Won a SHL title in 2012 with Brynas, playing alongside Preds defenseman Mattias Ekholm. - Led all junior players in goals (11) and points (29) during the title-winning season of 2011-12, but finished runner-up in Rookie of the Year voting to Ekholm. He ranked ninth in points in 2012-13 (13g-29a-42pts). - Titles won: 2013 World Championship.
#20: Miikka Salomaki (R) 5' 11", 203 lbs. / Mar 9, 1993 (25 years and 7 months)
sa-loh-MYA-kee, MEEKA GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's second choice, 52nd overall (second round) in the 2011 NHL Season 8 2-0-2 1 2 Draft. Career 133 10-11-21 -8 66 Last Goal: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Last Assist: MAR 19, 2018 @ BUFFALO (15) Career vs. Opp 4 0-0-0 0 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 12:09 2 3 +1 2 times 8 times 2 times 10/15 vs MIN 10/13 vs NYI 2 times 2 times 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Had a season-high three hits and 12:09 of ice time on Oct. 13 vs. NYI. - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 15 vs. MIN.
2017-18 Highlights - Finished fourth among Nashville forwards in hits (114). - Had a four-game point streak (2g-3a-5pts) from Nov. 4-14. - Dished out a season-high five hits on Nov. 24 at STL and Jan. 9 vs. EDM. - Scored his first goal of the season on Nov. 4 at LAK. - Played in his 100th career NHL game on Jan. 30 vs. CHI.
Other Notables - Represented Finland at the World Junior Championship in three straight seasons from 2011-13. - Had two points (1g-1a) in 10 games with Finland at the 2014 World Championship. - Product of the Karpat Oulu system that also produced Pekka Rinne. #22: Kevin Fiala (L) 5' 10", 193 lbs. / Jul 22, 1996 (22 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Nashville's first choice (11th overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 19, 2018 @ CALGARY (6) Season 13 1-4-5 -3 6 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS (1) Career 153 36-34-70 17 50 Career Shootouts: 2/10 (20%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 1-1-2 -1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 19:24 4 1 +2 10/19 vs CGY 10/30 vs VGK 2 times 3 times 10/9 vs CGY 2 times 2 times 10/30 vs VGK
2018-19 Highlights - Tallied his first multi-point game of the season, and first goal, on Oct. 19 at CGY (1g-1a).
2017-18 Highlights - Set career highs in goals (23), assists (25), points (48), plus-minus (+20) and shots (187). - Posted back-to-back two-goal games for the first time in his career on Feb. 3 at NYR and Feb. 5 at NYI. - Had a career-high nine-game point streak (8g-4a-12pts) from Dec. 2-21, the longest by a Preds player this season and fourth-longest in franchise history. - Scored in five consecutive games (5g) from Dec. 13-21. - Played in his 100th career NHL game on Jan. 6 at LAK.
Other Notables - Became the sixth-youngest player in NHL history to appear in a postseason game on April 21, 2015 (18 years, 273 days). - In 2014, became third player to appear in Under-18 World Championship, World Junior Championship and World Championship all in the same year.
#23: Rocco Grimaldi (C) 5' 6", 180 lbs. / Feb 8, 1993 (25 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Florida's 2nd choice (2nd round, 33rd overall) in 2011 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Florida in exchange for Reto Berra, June 23, 2016 Season 3 0-0-0 -2 0 Last Goal: OCT 28, 2017 vs CHICAGO (8) Career 40 5-5-10 -8 8 Last Assist: NOV 5, 2017 @ NY ISLANDERS (6) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 13:14 2 1 +0 3 times 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/25 vs NJD 10/25 vs NJD 3 times 10/25 vs NJD
2018-19 Highlights - Recalled from Milwaukee (AHL) on Oct. 25. - Led Milwaukee and was tied for fourth in the AHL in points at the time of his call up with 11 (4g-7a).
Other Notables - Veteran of 245 AHL games (80g-92a-172pts) and 37 NHL contests (5g-5a-10pts). - Sits ninth in the USNTDP record books in points with 136 (60g-76a) and won four gold medals with the United States, including the 2013 World Junior Championship.
#33: Viktor Arvidsson (R) 5' 9", 180 lbs. / Apr 8, 1993 (25 years and 6 months)
AHR-vihd-suhn, VIHK-tuhr GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Selected 112th (fourth round) by Nashville in the 2014 Draft. Season 12 8-4-12 9 10 Last Goal: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS Career 232 76-74-150 37 109 Last Assist: OCT 27, 2018 vs EDMONTON (1) Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 2-2-4 0 4
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 3 2 21:32 4 1 +3 2 times 4 times 10/23 vs SJS 5 times 10/27 vs EDM 4 times 4 times 10/23 vs SJS
2018-19 Highlights - Had a season-high three points (2g-1a) on Oct. 23 vs. SJS. - Currently riding a four-game point streak (4g-1a).
2017-18 Highlights - Led the Predators in goals for the second consecutive season after tallying 29 in 2017-18. - Tied for first on the Preds in game-winning goals (6). - Set a career high in assists (32) and matched his career high in points with 61. - Produced more than a point per game in his final 23 contests of 2017-18, recording 24 points (11g-13a) from Feb. 19 to the end of the season. - Recorded his 100th career NHL point on Dec. 16 at CGY.
Other Notables - Helped Skelleftea win its second consecutive Le Mat Trophy as SHL champions in 2014, tying for second in postseason assists (12) and ranking third in postseason points (16). #36: Zac Rinaldo (L) 5' 10", 192 lbs. / Jun 15, 1990 (28 years and 4 months)
Drafted: Philadelphia's sixth choice, 178th overall (sixth round), in the 2008 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Nashville on July 2, 2018 Season 12 1-0-1 1 15 Last Goal: OCT 19, 2018 @ CALGARY (5) Career 340 15-20-35 -41 714 Last Assist: FEB 12, 2018 vs CHICAGO (26) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 10 0-0-0 -4 42
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 5 11:19 2 6 +1 10/19 vs CGY 12 times 10/19 vs CGY 10/15 vs MIN 10/11 vs WPG 2 times 10/6 vs NYI 10/4 vs NYR
2018-19 Highlights - Scored his first goal with the Predators, the game-winner, on Oct. 19 at CGY. - Had a season-high six hits on Oct. 6 at NYI.
2017-18 Highlights - Had seven points (5g-2a) in 53 games with Arizona.
Other Notables - Played four seasons in the OHL for Toronto, Mississauga, Lodnon and Barrie. - Established a career-high nine points (2g-7a) with the Flyers in 2011-12.
#38: Ryan Hartman (R) 6' 0", 181 lbs. / Sep 20, 1994 (24 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Chicago's first choice (1st round, 30th overall) in 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Chicago (with a fifth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft) in Season 13 3-4-7 5 2 exchange for F Victor Ejdsell and a first-round and fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Career 175 33-37-70 17 146 Draft. Last Goal: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS (1) Career vs. Opp 3 0-0-0 -1 2 Last Assist: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 2 18:45 5 3 +2 10/30 vs VGK 4 times 2 times 10/27 vs EDM 10/19 vs CGY 10/30 vs VGK 10/6 vs NYI 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Had four points (1g-3a) in his first five games of the season.
2017-18 Highlights - Acquired by the Predators on Feb. 26 from Chicago in exchange for a first-round and fourth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft and F Victor Ejdsell. - Tallied six points (3g-3a) in 21 games with Nashville. - Scored the game-winning goal in his Predators debut on Feb. 27 at WPG. - Had eight goals and 17 assists for 25 points in 57 games with the Blackhawks before being acquired by Nashville. - Tallied five points (1g-4a) in Chicago's season-opening game vs. PIT.
Other Notables - Played in the CHL's Top Prospects Game in 2013 as a member of the Plymouth Whalers. - Played for the U.S. National Team Development Program from 2010-12. - Won gold with Team USA at the 2013 World Junior Championship in Russia and 2012 Under-18 Championship in the Czech Republic.
#52: Matt Irwin (D) 6' 1", 207 lbs. / Nov 29, 1987 (30 years and 11 months)
Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2016 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 7, 2017 @ COLUMBUS (39) Season 2 0-0-0 2 0 Last Assist: JAN 23, 2018 vs TAMPA BAY (17) Career 281 21-51-72 21 97 Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 7 0-2-2 2 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 15:52 0 3 +1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 11/1 vs TBL 2 times 10/30 vs VGK 2 times
2017-18 Highlights - Signed a two-year contract with the Preds on Jan. 9. - Scored two goals in three games from Nov. 3-7. - Tallied his second goal of the season on Nov. 7 at CBJ and also fired a season-high six shots.
Other Notables - Set or matched career highs in goals (8) and points (19) with San Jose Sharks in 2014-15. - Played in the 2012 AHL All-Star Game. #59: Roman Josi (D) 6' 1", 201 lbs. / Jun 1, 1990 (28 years and 5 months)
ROH-man YO-see GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's third choice, 38th overall (second round) in the 2008 Entry Draft. Season 13 3-4-7 7 2 Last Goal: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career 494 81-218-299 42 153 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS (1) Career Shootouts: 4/13 (31%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 2-2-4 -3 9
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 28:53 5 3 +2 3 times 10/30 vs VGK 10/30 vs VGK 11/1 vs TBL 10/27 vs EDM 3 times 10/6 vs NYI 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Skated a season-high 28:53 on Oct. 27 vs. EDM. - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 11 vs. WPG.
2017-18 Highlights - Among NHL blueliners, tied for 10th in goals (14), 14th in points (53), tied for eighth in plus-minus (+24), tied for first in power-play goals (7) and fourth in shots (249). - Tied the franchise record for assists and points in a game with five helpers on Feb. 27 at WPG. - Set a career high in plus-minus (+24) and matched his best power-play goal output (7). - Tallied his 200th career NHL assist on Feb. 20 at DET.
Other Notables - Named Predators team captain ahead of 2017-18 season. - Represented Switzerland at the 2014 Olympics - Titles won: 2010 Swiss NLA title, 2009 Swiss Jr. League title, 2009 Div. 1 World Junior Championship.
#76: P.K. Subban (D) 6' 0", 210 lbs. / May 13, 1989 (29 years and 5 months)
Drafted: Montreal's third choice (43rd overall) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Montreal in exchange for defenseman Shea Weber on June Season 13 2-8-10 6 6 29, 2016 Career 595 91-296-387 51 664 Last Goal: OCT 20, 2018 @ EDMONTON (5) Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 vs VEGAS (1) Career vs. Opp 32 4-12-16 1 43 Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 26:22 5 3 +2 2 times 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/27 vs EDM 2 times 10/4 vs NYR 2 times
2018-19 Highlights - Recorded multi-point games (2a in each) on Oct. 6 at NYI, Oct. 15 at MIN and Oct. 27 vs. EDM.
2017-18 Highlights - Set a career high in goals (16) and was one point (59) from matching his best mark of 60 set in 2014-15. - Led Nashville in assists with 43. - Among NHL defensemen, finished tied for fourth in goals (16), tied for eighth in points (59) and tied for 13th in assists. - Captained the Central Division squad at the 2018 NHL All-Star Game in Tampa, scoring a goal. - Only Preds player to appear in all 82 games in 2017-18.
Other Notables - Winner of the 2013 Norris Trophy as the League’s top defenseman, and an NHL First-Team All-Star in both 2013 and 2014. - Won Olympic Gold with Canada at the 2014 Sochi Games. - Appeared on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" on Jan. 24.
#89: Frederick Gaudreau (C) 6' 0", 179 lbs. / May 1, 1993 (25 years and 6 months)
Acquired: Signed as a free agent on Jan. 5, 2016 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Season 4 0-0-0 -2 0 Last Assist: DEC 5, 2017 @ DALLAS (8) Career 33 0-4-4 -1 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 8:28 1 1 +0 4 times 4 times 4 times 4 times 10/6 vs NYI 11/1 vs TBL 10/20 vs EDM 2 times
2017-18 Highlights - Recorded his first career multi-point game (2a) on Nov. 3 at ANA. - Made his season debut on Oct. 17 vs. COL. - Skated a season-high 13:27 on Oct. 28 vs. NYI. #92: Ryan Johansen (C) 6' 3", 218 lbs. / Jul 31, 1992 (26 years and 3 months)
joh-HAN-suhn, RIGH-uhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Columbus’ first choice, fourth overall (first round) in the 2010 NHL Draft Season 13 2-13-15 11 14 Acquired: Acquired from Columbus in exchange for Seth Jones on Jan. 6, 2016. Career 525 118-239-357 19 332 Last Goal: OCT 19, 2018 @ CALGARY (6) Last Assist: NOV 1, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY Career vs. Opp 12 3-6-9 -3 14 Career Shootouts: 12/38 (32%), 6 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 6 23:31 5 4 +3 2 times 10/27 vs EDM 10/27 vs EDM 10/27 vs EDM 10/23 vs SJS 10/23 vs SJS 10/6 vs NYI 10/23 vs SJS
2018-19 Highlights - Recorded his fifth career three-point game on Oct. 27 vs. EDM. - Posted a four-game point streak (2g-4a) from Oct. 11-19.
2017-18 Highlights - Finished tied for second on the Preds in assists (39). - Established a career high in plus-minus at +13. - Closed out the regular season with four goals and five assists in the team's final 11 games. - Played in his 500th career NHL game on March 15 at ARI. - Recorded his 300th career NHL point on Nov. 20 vs. WPG.
Other Notables - Earned a silver medal and a spot on the tournament all-star team at the 2011 World Junior Championship after posting nine points (3g-6a) in seven games. - A 2011 WHL First Team All-Star after recording 92 points (40g-52a) in 63 regular-season WHL games. Boston Bruins: Media Notes
TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins visit the Predators tonight in the 1st of 2 games between these teams this season and the Bruins’ lone visit to Bridgestone Arena this year … The Bruins are 7-3-2 this season and are 3-2-2 on the road … They are playing their first Central Division opponent tonight and are 1-1-2 vs. Western Conference foes. - The Bruins are closing a 2-game road stint tonight and they will next return to Boston for a 4-game home stand, hosting Dallas 11/5, Vancouver 11/8, Toronto 11/10 & Vegas 11/11.
LAST 3 GAMES: The Bruins have taken points out of 5 of their last 6 games at 3-1-2 with OT losses each in EDM (3-2) on 10/18 & VAN (2-1) on 10/20, a 4-1 victory in OTT on 10/23, 3-0 win vs. PHI on 10/25, 3-0 loss to MTL on 10/27 & 3-2 victory in CAR on 10/30. - Phi 0 at Bos 3 … The Bruins opened their 2-gm home stand with their 2nd shutout of the season … Zdeno Chara scored twice with Jake DeBrusk scoring the other goal … Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves in net … SOG: Bos 25, Phi 26 … PP: 2/5 … PK: 0/3 - Mtl 3 at Bos 0 … The Bruins suffered their 2nd shutout of the season as MTL’s Carey Price made 33 saves for the win … Tuukka Rask took the loss in goal … SOG: Bos 33, Mtl 23 … PP: 0/3 … PK: 0/3 - Bos 3 at Car 2 … The Bruins came back from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits on goals by David Pastrnak & Brad Marchand (GTG & GWG), while Patrice Bergeron assisted on all 3 tallies … Torey Krug added an assist in his 1st game of the season … Jaroslav Halak extended his point streak to 6 games at 4-0-2 while facing a season-high 44 shots … SOG: Bos 31, Car 44 … PP: 2/5 … PK: 2/4
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Torey Krug is playing his 400th NHL game tonight. - Zdeno Chara is 2 goals shy of his 200th NHL goal. - Patrice Bergeron is 4 goals short of his 300th NHL goal.
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2018-19: 30) - Matt Grzelcyk: Lower body suffered 10/27 vs MTL - Urho Vaakanainen: Concussion suffered 10/23 at OTT (IR) - Charlie McAvoy: Upper body (IR) - Kevan Miller: Hand injury suffered 10/18 at EDM; Will be re-evaluated in 4 weeks (IR)
BOSTON vs NASHVILLE, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Predators are meeting for the 28th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 14-8-1-4 record and a 75-66 scoring advantage in those games. - The Bruins are 5-5-0-4 lifetime in 14 games in Nashville with the Predators holding a 39-33 scoring edge in those contests. - The Bruins and Predators split last season’s series with each team winning their game on home ice … The Bruins are winless in their last 4 games in Nashville at 0-3-1 with their last road win over the Predators a 6-2 win on 12/23/2013. - Fun Fact: The Predators are 1 of 2 teams (VGK) with which the Bruins have not yet made a trade.
NUMBERS
1: Oct. 8th marked the first time in team history that 2 Bruins had 4-point games in a home opener … Patrice Bergeron had 3-1=4 totals while David Pastrnak added 2-2=4 totals vs. the Senators in that game.
2: Hat tricks by Bruins this season – Patrice Bergeron netted the 4th of his career on 10/8 vs. OTT, while David Pastrnak notched his 2nd on 10/13 vs. DET.
3: Jaroslav Halak recorded his 2nd shutout in 5 starts this season on 10/25 vs. PHI ... He became the 3rd goaltender in Bruins history to have 2 shutouts in his 1st 5 starts with the team, following Frank Brimsek (3 in his 1st 6 starts in 1938-39) & John Henderson (1954- 55).
3: David Pastrnak became the 3rd –fastest Bruin to 100 NHL goals on 10/13, reaching that milestone in his 259th career game (Barry Pederson, 187; Dit Clapper, 247) … He was also the 3rd-fastest Czech player to reach that mark, behind Petr Klima (231) and Jaromir Jagr (245).
5: Former first round draft picks on tonight’s roster – Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy, John Moore, David Pastrnak and Tuukka Rask.
6: Times in team history that a Bruin has scored a hat trick in the home opener … Patrice Bergeron joined Carson Cooper (1926-27), Phil Esposito (1973-74), Rick Middleton (1976-77) and Cam Neely (1994-95 and 1995-96).
11: Goals by David Pastrnak in the month of October, which was the 3rd-highest October goal total in Bruins history … Phil Esposito holds the team record with 14 in 1973-74, with Charlie Simmer scoring 12 October tallies in 1985-86.
12: Players on the Bruins’ current roster who played college hockey – Noel Acciari, David Backes, Anders Bjork, Ryan Donato, Matt Grzelcyk, Danton Heinen, Steven Kampfer, Torey Krug, Sean Kuraly, Charlie McAvoy, Kevan Miller and Chris Wagner.
23: Career shorthanded goals by Brad Marchand, which is the most by any NHL player since he entered the NHL in 2009-10 … That ranks 3rd on Boston’s all-time list (Rick Middleton, 25; Derek Sanderson, 24).
124-61-15: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a fighting penalty.
+188 / +170 / +158: Cumulative plus/minus ratings of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara, respectively, since the start of the 2010-11 season which rank 1, 2 & 3 overall in the NHL over that span.
243-13-18: Boston’s record since the start of the 2010-11 season when they have carried a lead into the third period.
262-15-15: Boston’s record since 2011-12 in games in which they have had a 2-goal lead in a game … That extends to 168-1-4 over that span when they have led by 3 goals.
390: Consecutive Bruins games (regular season and playoffs) currently sold out at TD Garden … Their last non-sellout game was on Dec. 2, 2009 when a Wednesday game vs. TB drew 16,553.
FUN FACTS - The Bruins currently have 24 players on their roster, including 3 on injured reserve … 12 were drafted by the team, 3 were acquired in trade and 9 were signed as free agents. - The Bruins play 10 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They have a 2-0-0 record in afternoon games so far. - The Bruins play 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They are currently 0-2-0 in the 1st game of those sets and are 1-0-1 in the 2nd games so far. - They will play 17 sets of 3-games-in-4-nights this season … They are 0-1-0 in game 1s, 0-0-1 in game 2s and 0-0-1 in game 3s of those series last season. - The Bruins are opening their 13-game November schedule tonight (6 hm/7 rd, 0-0-0) … They will play 14 games in December (7 hm/7 rd), 12 in January (9 hm/3 rd), 13 in February (6 hm/7 rd), 15 in March (7 hm/8 rd), and 3 in April (1 hm/2 rd) … They went 7-3-2 in October.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Oct. 5: Urho Vaakanainen assigned to Providence/AHL. Oct. 13: Martin Bakos assigned to Providence/AHL. Oct. 20: Urho Vaakanainen recalled from Providence/AHL. Oct. 25: Jeremy Lauzon recalled from Providence/AHL. Oct. 26: Jeremy Lauzon returned to Providence/AHL. Oct. 29: Jeremy Lauzon & Colby Cave recalled from Providence/AHL. Oct. 30: Colby Cave returned to Providence/AHL. Nov. 1: Ryan Donato assigned to Providence/AHL. Boston Bruins: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 10/03/2018 @ Washington Capitals L 00-01-00 0-7 77 0-2 2-6 25-37 70 / 40 18506+ 2 10/04/2018 @ Buffalo Sabres W 01-01-00 4-0 33,17p,88,37s 33 1-1 2-2 26-32 41 / 40 19070+ 3 10/08/2018 Ottawa Senators W 02-01-00 6-3 37,37p,14,37,88,88 37 1-2 3-3 30-31 40 / 1 17565+ 4 10/11/2018 Edmonton Oilers W 03-01-00 4-1 88p,63p,20,37 63 2-4 2-2 32-26 41 / 33 17565+ 5 10/13/2018 Detroit Red Wings W 04-01-00 8-2 88,73,74,88p,88,10,74,52 74 1-3 2-3 39-34 40 / 45 17565+ 6 10/17/2018 @ Calgary Flames L 04-02-00 2-5 37,63 8 0-4 4-4 26-29 41 / 40 17641 7 10/18/2018 @ Edmonton Oilers O* 04-02-01 2-3 46,88 29 0-3 1-2 29-22 33 / 41 18347+ 8 10/20/2018 @ Vancouver Canucks O* 04-02-02 1-2 20 53 0-3 1-1 31-22 25 / 41 17871 9 10/23/2018 @ Ottawa Senators W 05-02-02 4-1 88,46p,37p,88 46 2-2 4-5 32-39 40 / 41 15265 10 10/25/2018 Philadelphia Flyers W 06-02-02 3-0 33,74p,33p 33 2-5 3-3 25-26 41 / 37 17565+ 11 10/27/2018 Montréal Canadiens L 06-03-02 0-3 11 0-3 3-3 33-23 31 / 40 17565+ 12 10/30/2018 @ Carolina Hurricanes W 07-03-02 3-2 88p,63p,63 63 2-5 2-4 31-44 41 / 33 11357 13 11/03/2018 @ Nashville Predators 14 11/05/2018 Dallas Stars 15 11/08/2018 Vancouver Canucks 16 11/10/2018 Toronto Maple Leafs 17 11/11/2018 Vegas Golden Knights 18 11/14/2018 @ Colorado Avalanche 19 11/16/2018 @ Dallas Stars 20 11/17/2018 @ Arizona Coyotes 21 11/21/2018 @ Detroit Red Wings 22 11/23/2018 Pittsburgh Penguins 23 11/24/2018 @ Montréal Canadiens 24 11/26/2018 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 25 11/29/2018 New York Islanders 26 12/01/2018 Detroit Red Wings 27 12/04/2018 @ Florida Panthers 28 12/06/2018 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 29 12/08/2018 Toronto Maple Leafs 30 12/09/2018 @ Ottawa Senators 31 12/11/2018 Arizona Coyotes 32 12/14/2018 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 33 12/16/2018 Buffalo Sabres 34 12/17/2018 @ Montréal Canadiens 35 12/20/2018 Anaheim Ducks 36 12/22/2018 Nashville Predators 37 12/23/2018 @ Carolina Hurricanes 38 12/27/2018 New Jersey Devils 39 12/29/2018 @ Buffalo Sabres 40 01/01/2019 @ Chicago Blackhawks 41 01/03/2019 Calgary Flames 42 01/05/2019 Buffalo Sabres 43 01/08/2019 Minnesota Wild 44 01/10/2019 Washington Capitals 45 01/12/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 46 01/14/2019 Montréal Canadiens 47 01/16/2019 @ Philadelphia Flyers 48 01/17/2019 St. Louis Blues 49 01/19/2019 New York Rangers 50 01/29/2019 Winnipeg Jets 51 01/31/2019 Philadelphia Flyers 52 02/03/2019 @ Washington Capitals 53 02/05/2019 New York Islanders 54 02/06/2019 @ New York Rangers 55 02/09/2019 Los Angeles Kings 56 02/10/2019 Colorado Avalanche 57 02/12/2019 Chicago Blackhawks 58 02/15/2019 @ Anaheim Ducks 59 02/16/2019 @ Los Angeles Kings 60 02/18/2019 @ San Jose Sharks 61 02/20/2019 @ Vegas Golden Knights 62 02/23/2019 @ St. Louis Blues 63 02/26/2019 San Jose Sharks 64 02/28/2019 Tampa Bay Lightning 65 03/02/2019 New Jersey Devils 66 03/05/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 67 03/07/2019 Florida Panthers 68 03/09/2019 Ottawa Senators 69 03/10/2019 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 70 03/12/2019 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 71 03/14/2019 @ Winnipeg Jets 72 03/16/2019 Columbus Blue Jackets 73 03/19/2019 @ New York Islanders 74 03/21/2019 @ New Jersey Devils 75 03/23/2019 @ Florida Panthers 76 03/25/2019 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 77 03/27/2019 New York Rangers 78 03/30/2019 Florida Panthers 79 03/31/2019 @ Detroit Red Wings 80 04/02/2019 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 81 04/04/2019 @ Minnesota Wild 82 04/06/2019 Tampa Bay Lightning Boston Bruins: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. BJORK WAGNER DONATO NORDSTROM CARLO MOORE CHARA # 10 # 14 # 17 # 20 # 25 # 27 # 33 Oct 3 @ WSH 0-0,0/-1 13:10 0-0,1/0 14:38 0-0,3/-1 14:00 0-0,1/-1 17:06 0-0,4/0 18:23 0-0,3/-2 18:36 Oct 4 @ BUF 0-0,0/0 11:34 DND 1-0,2/0 12:45 0-0,0/0 14:45 0-0,0/1 17:39 0-0,1/2 16:58 1-0(W),2/1 25:55 Oct 8 Vs OTT 0-0,1/0 11:41 1-0,1/1 12:57 0-0,1/-2 12:56 DND 0-0,2/0 18:51 0-0,0/0 16:19 0-1,1/0 21:56 Oct 11 Vs EDM 0-0,1/0 12:02 0-0,3/0 11:07 DND 1-0,2/1 13:43 0-0,0/2 20:16 0-0,2/1 17:37 0-0,1/-1 23:06 Oct 13 Vs DET 1-1,2/2 14:33 0-1,1/0 12:19 0-0,1/1 16:08 0-0,4/2 15:38 0-2,1/1 18:51 0-0,5/1 17:10 0-0,4/2 20:01 Oct 17 @ CGY 0-0,0/0 10:55 0-0,2/-1 09:05 0-0,2/-1 10:51 0-0,1/-1 13:42 0-0,2/0 18:29 0-0,1/-1 18:20 0-0,1/0 18:23 Oct 18 @ EDM DND 0-0,0/-1 10:33 0-0,0/-1 10:02 0-0,2/0 11:45 0-0,2/1 20:16 0-0,1/1 17:23 0-0,2/-1 24:21 Oct 20 @ VAN 0-0,1/1 11:53 0-0,5/0 10:10 0-0,0/0 07:30 1-0,1/0 14:11 0-0,3/-1 23:43 0-1,2/1 20:53 0-0,0/0 23:13 Oct 23 @ OTT 0-0,1/0 13:15 0-0,2/0 15:07 0-0,0/0 11:17 0-0,2/0 18:36 0-0,1/1 28:28 0-0,0/1 25:26 0-0,3/2 25:47 Oct 25 Vs PHI 0-0,1/0 11:24 0-0,2/0 14:24 0-0,1/0 11:09 0-0,1/0 15:08 0-0,1/0 23:58 0-0,0/1 21:36 2-0(W),5/1 22:38 Oct 27 Vs MTL 0-0,1/0 10:15 0-0,2/-1 08:57 0-0,2/-1 13:45 0-0,3/0 14:15 0-0,3/-1 19:36 0-0,3/-1 19:23 0-0,0/-1 22:40 Oct 30 @ CAR 0-0,1/0 08:12 0-0,2/0 15:36 0-0,2/0 12:09 0-0,2/0 14:04 0-0,0/0 24:15 0-0,0/1 17:06 0-0,0/0 27:52
Date Opp. BERGERON BACKES HEINEN KAMPFER KREJCI KRUG GRZELCYK # 37 # 42 # 43 # 44 # 46 # 47 # 48 Oct 3 @ WSH 0-0,3/-2 15:23 0-0,1/0 15:18 0-0,0/0 14:18 0-0,0/0 15:49 0-0,1/-1 22:08 Oct 4 @ BUF 1-1,2/2 15:56 0-0,1/0 16:31 0-0,1/0 13:34 0-1,1/1 16:38 0-0,0/0 15:28 Oct 8 Vs OTT 3-1(W),4/3 16:46 0-0,2/0 13:29 0-0,0/0 12:37 0-0,1/-2 14:47 0-0,1/1 20:46 Oct 11 Vs EDM 1-1,4/0 19:08 0-0,1/1 13:22 0-0,1/0 10:39 0-1,1/1 19:11 0-2,1/0 18:57 Oct 13 Vs DET 0-3,1/2 14:18 0-0,2/1 15:26 DND 0-2,0/2 17:29 0-0,2/2 20:42 Oct 17 @ CGY 1-1,7/0 19:07 0-0,1/-1 13:34 DND 0-1,1/0 17:44 0-0,0/-2 20:14 Oct 18 @ EDM 0-0,3/0 21:00 0-0,0/-1 06:28 0-1,2/1 16:43 1-0,2/1 20:07 0-1,0/1 18:43 Oct 20 @ VAN 0-0,2/0 21:58 INJ 0-0,2/0 16:45 0-0,1/0 16:10 0-0,1/-1 19:23 0-1,1/0 21:07 Oct 23 @ OTT 1-2,2/1 18:59 INJ 0-1,1/1 14:04 0-0,0/0 14:55 1-1(W),3/1 15:46 0-1,0/0 17:50 Oct 25 Vs PHI 0-0,3/0 21:56 INJ 0-1,0/1 12:48 0-1,2/0 14:09 0-1,0/1 16:37 0-0,0/0 20:02 Oct 27 Vs MTL 0-0,4/-2 20:44 INJ 0-0,1/0 13:57 0-0,1/0 15:47 0-0,1/-1 21:32 0-0,0/-2 22:16 Oct 30 @ CAR 0-3,3/1 20:35 INJ 0-0,2/0 17:09 0-0,1/0 13:19 0-0,2/0 17:36 0-1,0/1 18:13 DNP
Date Opp. KURALY ACCIARI VAAKANAINEN MARCHAND MCAVOY DEBRUSK LAUZON # 52 # 55 # 58 # 63 # 73 # 74 # 79 Oct 3 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 13:06 0-0,1/-1 12:58 0-0,1/-2 14:56 0-0,0/-1 20:51 0-0,1/0 16:01 Oct 4 @ BUF 0-0,1/0 14:19 0-0,2/0 14:16 0-4,0/3 17:10 0-1,2/2 22:40 0-0,3/0 15:26 Oct 8 Vs OTT 0-1,1/1 16:22 0-0,3/0 14:11 0-3,2/3 18:47 0-3,0/1 19:12 0-0,2/-2 14:21 Oct 11 Vs EDM 0-0,6/0 12:56 0-0,0/0 10:46 1-0(W),3/0 20:19 0-0,0/-1 21:45 0-0,2/1 15:02 Oct 13 Vs DET 1-0,1/1 14:28 0-0,3/-1 12:55 0-2,0/2 15:27 1-0,2/2 18:44 2-0(W),4/2 13:50 Oct 17 @ CGY 0-0,0/-1 12:03 0-0,1/-2 14:01 1-0,1/-1 20:32 0-0,1/-1 21:14 0-0,2/-2 18:57 Oct 18 @ EDM 0-0,2/0 12:55 0-0,2/0 10:50 0-1,4/0 21:33 0-1,2/-1 22:04 0-0,1/1 19:11 Oct 20 @ VAN 0-0,2/0 12:43 0-0,0/-1 08:12 0-0,1/-1 12:26 0-0,2/-1 23:52 INJ 0-0,2/0 19:25 Oct 23 @ OTT 0-0,3/0 12:18 0-0,1/0 09:05 0-0,1/0 05:46 0-1,2/1 15:06 INJ 0-0,5/0 14:09 Oct 25 Vs PHI 0-0,1/0 10:29 0-0,1/0 06:54 INJ 0-0,1/0 24:10 INJ 1-0,3/1 13:14 0-0,0/0 11:25 Oct 27 Vs MTL 0-0,2/-1 09:33 0-0,0/-1 08:31 INJ 0-0,1/-2 21:00 INJ 0-0,3/0 16:07 0-0,0/0 12:59 Oct 30 @ CAR 0-0,1/0 11:34 0-0,0/0 09:31 INJ 2-0(W),5/1 20:27 INJ 0-0,1/1 13:11 0-0,0/0 11:42
Date Opp. MILLER PASTRNAK RASK HALAK # 86 # 88 # 40 # 41 Oct 3 @ WSH 0-0,1/-1 20:01 0-0,3/-2 15:26 5/19 L 27:28 2/18 32:32 Oct 4 @ BUF 0-0,2/0 19:44 1-0,6/2 16:03 DNP 0/32 W 60:00 Oct 8 Vs OTT 0-0,2/2 19:38 2-2,6/4 16:24 3/31 W 60:00 DNP Oct 11 Vs EDM 0-0,1/1 16:15 1-0,3/-1 17:49 DNP 1/26 W 60:00 Oct 13 Vs DET 0-1,2/4 21:06 3-0,4/3 13:34 2/34 W 60:00 DNP Oct 17 @ CGY 0-0,0/-1 16:14 0-1,3/-1 19:55 4/28 L 58:40 DNP Oct 18 @ EDM 0-0,1/0 13:53 1-0,3/1 21:03 DNP 3/22 O 60:36 Oct 20 @ VAN INJ 0-0,5/0 24:07 DNP 2/22 O 63:07 Oct 23 @ OTT INJ 2-2,5/2 14:34 1/39 W 60:00 DNP Oct 25 Vs PHI INJ 0-0,3/0 19:59 DNP 0/26 W 60:00 Oct 27 Vs MTL INJ 0-0,6/-2 23:13 2/22 L 57:30 DNP Oct 30 @ CAR INJ 1-0,9/0 22:08 DNP 2/44 W 60:00 Boston Bruins: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Bruce Cassidy Has a 75-31-15 lifetime record in 121 regular season games behind the Boston bench, a .682 win percentage ... Is in his 2nd full season as Boston's head coach as he was named on April 26, 2017 after finishing the 2016-17 season in an interim capacity ... Has a 122-78-9-22 record in 231 NHL regular season games coached (.595 win %age), having served as head coach in Washington from 2002-04 ... Served as an assistant coach with Chicago in 2005-06 before joining Providence/AHL as an assistant coach for 3 seasons from 2008-11 and later being named as the head coach of the AHL Bruins in 2011 where he had a 207-128-45 record in 380 games ...Moved on to Boston as an assistant coach at the start of the 2016-17 season.
#40: Tuukka Rask (G) 6' 3", 176 lbs. / Mar 10, 1987 (31 years and 7 months)
TOO-kuh RASK GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: 2005 by TOR (1st pick / 21st overall) Season 6 3-3-0 0 3.15 .902 Acquired: Trade w/TOR (June 24, 2006) Career 455 241-140-53 41 2.27 .922 Last Win: OCT 23, 2018 @ OTTAWA (1) Last SO: MAR 17, 2018 @ TAMPA BAY (14) Career vs. Opp 9 4-1-2 0 2.30 .919 Career Shootouts: 151/209 (.722), 23-29
Season Highs: Shots Saves 39 38 39 10/23 vs OTT 2018-19: Has split his last 2 starts ... Took the 3-0 loss vs. MTL on 10/27 after earning the 4-1 win in OTT on 10/23 while facing a season-high 39 shots against ... Backup: 6 … INJ: 0 2017-18: Hit the 30-win mark for the 5th straight season, becoming the first goaltender in team history with 5 30-win campaigns ... Tied for 6th in the NHL in both goals against average and wins ... Had a career-best 21-game point streak from 11/ 28-2/6 (19-0-2), the 4th-longest point streak by a Boston goaltender in team history. Fun Fact: Enters this season with the best career GAA (2.26) and 2nd-best save percentage (.922) of all active goaltenders who have played 50-or-more games ... Enters this season in 2nd place on the club’s all-time lists of goaltender games, wins and shutouts.
#41: Jaroslav Halak (G) 5' 11", 185 lbs. / May 13, 1985 (33 years and 5 months)
Drafted: 2003 by MTL (11th pick / 271st overall) GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Free Agent (July 1, 2018) Season 7 4-0-2 2 1.52 .947 Last Win: OCT 30, 2018 @ CAROLINA Career 456 236-150-50 44 2.49 .916 Last SO: OCT 25, 2018 vs PHILADELPHIA (1) Career Shootouts: 139/202 (.688), 31-29 Career vs. Opp 23 14-3-5 4 1.94 .927
Season Highs: Shots Saves 44 42 44 10/30 vs CAR 2018-19: Has earned points in each of his 6 starts this season at 4-0-2, including a 3-2 win in CAR on 10/30 in his last start ... Was the 1st goaltender since 2002-03 (Jeff Hackett) to notch a shutout in his 1st start as a Bruin w/a 4-0 win at BUF on 10/4 & had a 3-0 blanking of PHI on 10/25, becoming just the 3rd goaltender in tm history w/2 shutouts in his 1st 5 Boston starts ... Played his 1st game as a Bruin 10/3 at WSH (2 GA/33 Mins) but did not earn the decision in relief of Tuukka Rask ... Backup: 5 … INJ: 0 2017-18: Went 20-26-0 in 54 games with the NY Islanders, the third-most appearances of his NHL career. Fun Fact: Boston is his 5th NHL team, as he has also played for MTL, STL, WSH and NYI
#10: Anders Bjork (L) 6' 0", 190 lbs. / Aug 5, 1996 (22 years and 2 months)
Drafted: 2014 by BOS (4th pick / 146th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (6) Season 10 1-1-2 3 0 Last Assist: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (6) Career 40 5-9-14 5 6 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-1 1 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 0 14:33 2 1 +2 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET 10 times 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET 4 times 10/13 vs DET
2018-19: Has played the last 5 gms after DND 10/18 at EDM ... Recorded his 1st points of the season with a goal and assist 10/13 vs DET ... Multi-Pt Gms: 1 … INJ: 0 … DND: 1 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-2-1 … Out of Lineup: 0-1-1 … 1st Half: 1-1=2 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played his 1st NHL game 10/5 vs. NSH with his 1st NHL point an assist in that game ... Scored his 1st NHL goal 10/14 at ARI ... Missed 41 games to injuries, including the final 34 of the season with a left shoulder injury that required surgery. Fun Fact: Played three years of college hockey at the University of Notre Dame and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the nation’s top college player in 2016-17. #14: Chris Wagner (R) 6' 0", 198 lbs. / May 27, 1991 (27 years and 5 months)
Drafted: 2010 by ANA(2nd pick / 122nd overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (July 1, 2018) Season 11 1-1-2 -3 6 Last Goal: OCT 8, 2018 vs OTTAWA (9) Career 185 18-13-31 -15 79 Last Assist: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (7) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 0-1-1 1 4
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 4 15:36 5 8 +1 10/8 vs OTT 10/13 vs DET 2 times 10/13 vs DET 10/30 vs CAR 10/20 vs VAN 10/18 vs EDM 10/8 vs OTT
2018-19: Has 1-1=2 totals in 2 of his last 10 gp, scoring his 1st goal/point as a Bruin on 10/8 vs. OTT & adding an assist 10/13 vs DET ... Has played the last 8 gms after DND 10/4 at BUF ... Played his 1st game as a Bruin 10/3 at WSH ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 1 Tm Rec in Lineup: 6-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 1-0-0 … 1st Half: 1-1=2 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played his first full NHL season with career season-highs of 7-9=16 totals in 79 combined games with ANA and NYI. Fun Fact: Boston is his 4th NHL team, as he has also played for ANA, COL and NYI ... Played two seasons of college hockey at Colgate University.
#20: Joakim Nordstrom (C) 6' 1", 194 lbs. / Feb 25, 1992 (26 years and 8 months)
Drafted: 2010 by CHI (5th pick / 90th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (July 1, 2018) Season 11 2-0-2 1 2 Last Goal: OCT 20, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (4) Career 293 22-29-51 -28 43 Last Assist: MAR 30, 2018 @ WASHINGTON (15) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 0-0-0 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 18:36 4 3 +2 2 times 11 times 2 times 10/18 vs EDM 10/23 vs OTT 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET
2018-19: Has played the last 9 games w/his 1st goal as a Bruin scored 10/11 vs EDM & another 10/20 at VAN ... DND 10/8 vs OTT ... Played his 1st game as a Bruin 10/3 at WSH ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 1 Tm Rec in Lineup: 6-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 1-0-0 … 1st Half: 2-0=2 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: His 75 games were the second-highest total of his NHL career to date. Fun Fact: Boston is his 3rd NHL team, as he has also played for CHI and CAR ... Won a Stanley Cup with CHI in 2015.
#25: Brandon Carlo (D) 6' 5", 212 lbs. / Nov 26, 1996 (21 years and 11 months)
Drafted: 2015 by BOS (4th pick / 37th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 4, 2017 vs NEW JERSEY (105) Season 12 0-2-2 3 6 Last Assist: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (7) Career 170 6-18-24 22 110 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 0-1-1 1 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 2 28:28 3 6 +2 12 times 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET 3 times 10/23 vs OTT 2 times 10/30 vs CAR 10/11 vs EDM
2018-19: Recorded his 1st points of the season in his 1st career multiple-point game, a 2-assist effort 10/13 vs DET ... Multi-Pt Gms: 1 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 0-2=2 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played his 100th NHL game on Nov. 16 at Los Angeles.
#27: John Moore (D) 6' 2", 210 lbs. / Nov 19, 1990 (27 years and 11 months)
Drafted: 2009 by CMB (1st pick / 21st overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (July 1, 2018) Season 12 0-1-1 7 8 Last Goal: FEB 13, 2018 @ PHILADELPHIA (38) Career 459 32-68-100 -25 192 Last Assist: OCT 20, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (4) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 16 0-2-2 -9 4
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 25:26 5 4 +2 12 times 10/20 vs VAN 10/20 vs VAN 4 times 10/23 vs OTT 10/13 vs DET 10/8 vs OTT 10/4 vs BUF
2018-19: Recorded his 1st point as a Bruin with his 100th NHL point, an assist 10/20 at VAN ... Played his 1st game as a Bruin 10/3 at WSH ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 0-1=1 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played a career season-high of 81 games ... Scored his 1st career shorthanded goal 10/7 vs. COL. Fun Fact: Enters this season with the most overtime goals by a defenseman (6) since the NHL instituted 3-on-3 OT in 2015-16 ... Boston is his 5th NHL team, as he has also played for CMB, NYR, ARI and NJ. #33: Zdeno Chara (D) 6' 9", 250 lbs. / Mar 18, 1977 (41 years and 7 months)
zah-DAY-noh CHA-rah GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: 1996 by NYI (3rd pick / 56th overall) Season 12 3-1-4 1 14 Acquired: Free Agent (July 1, 2006) Career 1435 198-434-632 241 1853 Last Goal: OCT 25, 2018 vs PHILADELPHIA (2) Last Assist: OCT 8, 2018 vs OTTAWA (9) Career vs. Opp 22 3-5-8 -1 12 Career Shootouts: 3/11 (27%), 2 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 6 27:52 5 3 +2 10/25 vs PHI 10/8 vs OTT 10/25 vs PHI 10/23 vs OTT 10/30 vs CAR 10/25 vs PHI 10/23 vs OTT 2 times
2018-19: Is 2 goals shy of his 200th NHL goal ... Recorded his 12th career multiple-goal game w/2G on 10/25 vs PHI ... Played his 900th game as a Bruin 10/18 at EDM, becoming the 6th player in team history to do so ... Multi-Pt Gms: 1 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 3-1=4 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Moved into 3rd place on the team’s all-time list of games played by a defenseman, finishing the season with 893 ... Played his 1,400th NHL game on Feb. 3 vs. Toronto. Fun Fact: Enters this season ranked 1st among active defensemen in games, goals and points and is 1st overall among all active players with a career +239 plus/minus rating.
#37: Patrice Bergeron (C) 6' 1", 195 lbs. / Jul 24, 1985 (33 years and 3 months)
Drafted: 2003 by BOS (2nd pick / 45th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 23, 2018 @ OTTAWA (3) Season 12 7-12-19 5 4 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 @ CAROLINA Career 975 296-457-753 160 370 Career Shootouts: 25/87 (29%), 10 GDG Career vs. Opp 15 4-8-12 5 6 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 3 4 2 21:58 7 1 +3 10/8 vs OTT 2 times 10/8 vs OTT 2 times 10/20 vs VAN 10/17 vs CGY 5 times 10/8 vs OTT
2018-19: Has 7-12=19 totals in 7 of his last 11 gp, including a 3-1=4 night 10/8 vs OTT (4th career hat trick); 3A each 10/13 vs DET & 10/30 at CAR; & a 1-2=3 effort on 10/23 at OTT ... Named the NHL's #1 Star for the week of 10/8-14 ... Multi-Pt Gms: 7 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 7-12=19 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Hit the 30-goal mark for the 4th time ... Had 17 multiple-point games, including 4-1=5 totals 1/6 vs CAR ... Had at least 1 shot on goal in all but 1 gm, snapping a personal streak of 114 straight games when he was held without one on 1/17 vs MTL. Fun Fact: Currently in 7th place on the team’s all-time scoring list, 7th overall in goals and assists and 5th in games played ... His 58.8% faceoff percentage since 2010-11 is the league's best and his +170 plus/minus rating over that span is 2nd only to teammate Brad Marchand’s +187.
#42: David Backes (R) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / May 1, 1984 (34 years and 6 months)
Drafted: 2003 by STL (2nd pick / 62nd overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (July 1, 2016) Season 7 0-0-0 0 4 Last Goal: APR 8, 2018 vs FLORIDA (7) Career 865 237-294-531 69 1095 Last Assist: APR 1, 2018 @ PHILADELPHIA (11) Career Shootouts: 1/7 (14%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 57 12-23-35 5 55
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 16:31 2 3 +1 7 times 7 times 7 times 2 times 10/4 vs BUF 2 times 10/3 vs WSH 2 times
2018-19: Is looking to return to the lineup tonight after missing the last 5 gms w/an upper body injury ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 5 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 4-2-1 … Out of Lineup: 3-1-1 … 1st Half: 0-0=0 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Recorded his 500th NHL point with an assist on 12/4 at NSH. Fun Fact: Played 3 seasons of college hockey at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
#43: Danton Heinen (C) 6' 1", 188 lbs. / Jul 5, 1995 (23 years and 3 months)
Drafted: 2014 by BOS (3rd pick / 116th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: APR 7, 2018 vs OTTAWA (11) Season 10 0-3-3 3 6 Last Assist: OCT 25, 2018 vs PHILADELPHIA (2) Career 95 16-34-50 10 24 Career Shootouts: 0/2 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 0-1-1 -2 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 17:09 2 2 +1 10 times 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/30 vs CAR 3 times 2 times 3 times
2018-19: Has single assists each in 3 of his last 6 gp, 10/18 at EDM, 10/23 at OTT & 10/25 vs PHI ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 6-2-2 … Out of Lineup: 1-1-0 … 1st Half: 0-3=3 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Finished 9th in the NHL’s rookie scoring race with 47 points and was tied for 5th in assists with 31 ... Recorded his 1st NHL point with an assist 10/11 at COL and scored his 1st NHL goals in a 2-goal effort 10/26 vs SJ. Fun Fact: Played 2 seasons of college hockey at Denver University. #44: Steven Kampfer (D) 5' 11", 198 lbs. / Sep 24, 1988 (30 years and 1 month)
Drafted: 2007 by ANA (5th pick / 93rd overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Trade w/NYR (Sept. 11, 2018) Season 5 0-1-1 0 4 Last Goal: MAR 13, 2017 vs TAMPA BAY (31) Career 171 10-17-27 0 86 Last Assist: OCT 25, 2018 vs PHILADELPHIA (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 0-1-1 0 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 16:10 2 3 +0 5 times 10/25 vs PHI 10/25 vs PHI 10/25 vs PHI 10/20 vs VAN 10/25 vs PHI 10/20 vs VAN 5 times
2018-19: Played the last 5 gms, including his 1st of the season 10/20 at VAN ... Recorded his 1st point of the season w/an assist 10/25 vs PHI ... DND the 1st 7 games of the season ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 7 Tm Rec in Lineup: 3-1-1 … Out of Lineup: 4-2-1 … 1st Half: 0-1=1 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Had one assist in 22 games with the Rangers. Fun Fact: Played 4 years of college hockey at the University of Michigan.
#46: David Krejci (C) 6' 0", 188 lbs. / Apr 28, 1986 (32 years and 6 months)
DAY-vihd KRAY-chee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: 2004 by BOS (1st pick / 63rd overall) Season 12 2-7-9 3 0 Last Goal: OCT 23, 2018 @ OTTAWA (3) Career 781 176-403-579 109 284 Last Assist: OCT 25, 2018 vs PHILADELPHIA (2) Career Shootouts: 14/49 (29%), 8 GDG Career vs. Opp 14 3-9-12 3 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 0 21:32 3 1 +2 2 times 10/13 vs DET 2 times 12 times 10/27 vs MTL 10/23 vs OTT 2 times 10/13 vs DET
2018-19: Has 2-6=8 totals in 6 of his last 9 gp w/an assist 10/11 vs EDM, 2A 10/13 vs DET, an assist 10/17 at CGY, a goal 10/18 at EDM, 1-1=2 totals 10/23 at OTT & an assist 10/25 vs PHI ... The 2nd assist vs. DET was his 400th NHL assist ... Multi-Pt Gms: 2 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 2-7=9 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Scored his 4th career hat trick on 3/1 vs PIT. Fun Fact: Is in 13th place on the team’s all-time scoring list and 9th overall in assists.
#47: Torey Krug (D) 5' 9", 186 lbs. / Apr 12, 1991 (27 years and 6 months)
TOHR-ee KROOG GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (Mar. 25, 2012) Season 1 0-1-1 1 0 Last Goal: MAR 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG (8) Career 399 52-184-236 30 154 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 @ CAROLINA Career Shootouts: 2/10 (20%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 9 1-4-5 -2 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 18:13 0 0 +1 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR 10/30 vs CAR
2018-19: Is playing his 400th NHL game tonight ... Returned to the lineup 10/30 at CAR w/an assist after missing the 1st 11 games with a left ankle injury ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 11 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 1-0-0 … Out of Lineup: 6-3-2 … 1st Half: 0-1=1 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Finished tied for 7th among NHL defensemen with a career-high 59 points and also established a career-high of 45 assists while tying his high in goals (14) ... Hit the 40-assist mark for the 3rd straight season, which was the most by a Boston defenseman since Ray Bourque did so in 13 straight seasons from 1981-94. Fun Fact: Enters this season in 8th place overall in points by a U.S.-born Bruin ... Played 3 seasons of college hockey at Michigan State University and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the nation’s top college player in 2011-12.
#48: Matt Grzelcyk (D) 5' 9", 174 lbs. / Jan 5, 1994 (24 years and 9 months)
Drafted: 2012 by BOS (2nd pick / 85th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 13, 2018 @ CAROLINA (24) Season 11 0-5-5 -1 2 Last Assist: OCT 23, 2018 @ OTTAWA (2) Career 74 3-17-20 20 26 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 0 2 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 2 22:16 2 2 +2 11 times 10/11 vs EDM 10/11 vs EDM 10/8 vs OTT 10/27 vs MTL 10/13 vs DET 2 times 10/13 vs DET
2018-19: Has missed 1 game w/a lower body injury suffered 10/27 vs MTL ... Has 5A in 4 of his last 8 gp w/2A 10/11 vs EDM & single assists each in 3 straight gp, 10/18 at EDM, 10/20 at VAN & 10/23 at OTT ... Multi-Pt Gms: 1 … INJ: 1 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 6-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 1-0-0 … 1st Half: 0-5=5 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Ranked 2nd among all NHL rookies with a +21 rating ... Recorded his 1st NHL point with an assist on 11/22 at NJ and scored his 1st NHL goal in the next game, 11/24 vs. PIT. Fun Fact: Played 4 seasons of college hockey at Boston University. #52: Sean Kuraly (C) 6' 2", 213 lbs. / Jan 20, 1993 (25 years and 9 months)
Drafted: 2011 by SJ (3rd pick / 133rd overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Trade w/SJ (June 30, 2015) Season 12 1-1-2 0 9 Last Goal: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (7) Career 95 7-10-17 -6 51 Last Assist: OCT 8, 2018 vs OTTAWA (9) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 -2 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 9 16:22 6 4 +1 10/13 vs DET 10/8 vs OTT 2 times 10/3 vs WSH 10/8 vs OTT 10/11 vs EDM 10/3 vs WSH 2 times
2018-19: Has 1-1=2 totals in 2 of his last 10 gp w/an assist 10/8 vs OTT & a goal 10/13 vs DET ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 1-1=2 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played his first full NHL season ... Had a Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and fight (John Hayden) on 3/10 vs. CHI ... Scored his 1st career regular season goal on 11/2 vs. VGK. Fun Fact: Played 4 seasons of college hockey at Miami (Ohio) University.
#55: Noel Acciari (C) 5' 10", 205 lbs. / Dec 1, 1991 (26 years and 11 months)
NOHL uh-CHAHR-ee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (June 8, 2015) Season 12 0-0-0 -6 9 Last Goal: APR 7, 2018 vs OTTAWA (13) Career 120 12-5-17 -13 42 Last Assist: DEC 2, 2017 @ PHILADELPHIA (61) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 3 1-0-1 0 10
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 5 14:16 3 4 +0 12 times 12 times 12 times 10/20 vs VAN 10/4 vs BUF 2 times 10/13 vs DET 7 times
2018-19: Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 0-0=0 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Established career season-highs in goals and points while playing his 1st full NHL season ... Took his 1st penalty of the season with a minor on 3/17 at TB in his 48th game of the year ... Had his first NHL fight on 3/31 vs. FLA’s MacKenzie Weegar. Fun Fact: Played 3 seasons of college hockey at Providence College, winning a national championship in 2014-15.
#58: Urho Vaakanainen (D) (*Injured) 6' 1", 185 lbs. / Jan 1, 1999 (19 years and 10 months)
Drafted: 2017 by BOS (1st pick / 18th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Season 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Assist: - Career 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 12:26 1 0 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 10/20 vs VAN 2 times 2 times 10/23 vs OTT
2018-19: Has missed 3 gms w/a concussion suffered 10/23 vs OTT ... Had played the previous 2 gms, including his 1st NHL game 10/20 at VAN ... Recalled that morning from Providence/AHL where he had 2 assists in 6 AHL Bruins games ... DND the 1st 2 Boston games of the season before his 10/5 assignment to Providence/AHL ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 3 … DND: 2 Tm Rec in Lineup: 1-0-1 … Out of Lineup: 3-2-0 … 1st Half: 0-0=0 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Had 4-7=11 totals in 43 games with SaiPa Lappeenranta and led club defensemen in +/- at +8
#63: Brad Marchand (L) 5' 9", 181 lbs. / May 11, 1988 (30 years and 5 months)
BRAD MAHR-shand GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: 2006 by BOS (4th pick / 71st overall) Season 12 4-11-15 4 32 Last Goal: OCT 30, 2018 @ CAROLINA Career 614 230-244-474 185 610 Last Assist: OCT 23, 2018 @ OTTAWA (3) Career Shootouts: 8/32 (25%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 12 5-5-10 5 15
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 4 4 19 24:10 5 2 +3 10/30 vs CAR 10/4 vs BUF 10/4 vs BUF 10/3 vs WSH 10/25 vs PHI 10/30 vs CAR 2 times 2 times
2018-19: Has 4-11=15 totals in 8 of his last 11 gp, including tying his career-high for assists in a game w/4A on 10/4 at BUF, adding 3A 10/8 vs OTT & both the GTG & GWG 10/30 at CAR … Multi-Pt Gms: 4 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 4-11=15 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Led the team in scoring for the 3rd time ... Reached the 30-goal mark for the 3rd season and was the 1st Bruin to do so since Glen Murray from 2001-04 ... Was the 1st Bruin with consecutive 80-point campaigns since 1992-93 and 1993-94 (Adam Oates and Ray Bourque) ... Tied the NHL single-season record for overtime goals with 5 ... Had his 3rd career hat trick in a 3-2=5 effort on 3/6 vs DET. Fun Fact: His +188 plus/minus rating since 2010-11 is the best among all NHL players over that span ... Is 1st Bruin in club history to lead the team in both goals and PIM in multiple years. #73: Charlie McAvoy (D) (*Injured) 6' 0", 208 lbs. / Dec 21, 1997 (20 years and 10 months)
Drafted: 2016 by BOS (1st pick / 14th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (2) Season 7 1-5-6 1 10 Last Assist: OCT 18, 2018 @ EDMONTON Career 70 8-30-38 21 63 Career Shootouts: 2/3 (67%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 2-1-3 -2 6 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 22:40 2 3 +2 10/13 vs DET 10/8 vs OTT 10/8 vs OTT 5 times 10/4 vs BUF 3 times 10/3 vs WSH 2 times
2018-19: Has missed the last 5 gms w/an upper body injury ... Has 1-5=6 totals in 4 of his last 6 gp w/an assist 10/4 at BUF, 3A 10/8 vs OTT which was a career-high for assists & points in a game, a goal 10/13 vs DET & assist 10/18 at EDM … Multi-Pt Gms: 1 … INJ: 5 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 4-2-1 … Out of Lineup: 3-1-1 … 1st Half: 1-5=6 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Ranked 3rd overall among NHL rookies with a +20 rating and was named to the NHL’s All-Rookie Team ... Scored an overtime goal on 3/27 vs CAR, becoming the youngest defenseman in team history to do so ... Had two deciding shootout goals ... Had a Gordie Howe hat trick on 12/18 vs CMB with a goal, assist and fight (Pierre-Luc Dubois), which was the first by a Bruin since Nov. 29, 2013 (Zdeno Chara) ... Scored his 1st NHL goal 10/5 vs NSH. Fun Fact: Played 2 seasons of college hockey at Boston University.
#74: Jake DeBrusk (L) 6' 0", 188 lbs. / Oct 17, 1996 (22 years)
Drafted: 2015 by BOS (2nd pick / 14th overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: OCT 25, 2018 vs PHILADELPHIA (2) Season 12 3-0-3 2 4 Last Assist: APR 5, 2018 @ FLORIDA (14) Career 82 19-27-46 15 23 Career Shootouts: 1/2 (50%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 1 1-1-2 2 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 0 2 2 19:25 5 3 +2 10/13 vs DET 12 times 10/13 vs DET 2 times 10/20 vs VAN 10/23 vs OTT 10/27 vs MTL 10/13 vs DET
2018-19: Has 3G in 2 of his last 8 gp w/2G 10/13 vs DET & a goal 10/25 vs PHI … Multi-Pt Gms: 1 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 3-0=3 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played his 1st full NHL season ... Played his 1st NHL game on 10/5 vs NSH and scored his 1st NHL goal and assist in that game ... Had his 1st NHL fight on 12/9 vs NYI’s Casey Cizikas.
#79: Jeremy Lauzon (D) 6' 1", 204 lbs. / Apr 28, 1997 (21 years and 6 months)
Drafted: 2015 NHL Draft (6th pick / 52nd overall) GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Season 3 0-0-0 0 2 Last Assist: - Career 3 0-0-0 0 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 12:59 0 2 +0 3 times 3 times 3 times 10/30 vs CAR 10/27 vs MTL 3 times 10/25 vs PHI 3 times
2018-19: Played 10/30 at CAR after being recalled 10/29 from Providence/AHL where he had 1-3=4 totals in 6 AHL Bruins games ... Had been returned to Providence on 10/28 after playing his 1st 2 NHL games 10/25 vs PHI & 10/27 vs MTL ... Recalls: 2 (10/25-28, 0-0=0 in 2 gp; 10/29-, 0-0=0 in 1 gp) ... Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 2-1-0 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 0-0=0 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Played his 1st pro season in Providence/AHL w/1-6=7 totals in 52 gp.
#86: Kevan Miller (D) (*Injured) 6' 2", 210 lbs. / Nov 15, 1987 (30 years and 11 months)
KEH-vuhn MIHL-luhr GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Free Agent (Oct. 21, 2011) Season 7 0-1-1 5 7 Last Goal: DEC 27, 2017 vs OTTAWA (42) Career 292 12-49-61 77 233 Last Assist: OCT 13, 2018 vs DETROIT (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 1-1-2 3 7
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 5 21:06 2 6 +4 7 times 10/13 vs DET 10/13 vs DET 10/11 vs EDM 10/13 vs DET 3 times 10/3 vs WSH 10/13 vs DET
2018-19: Has missed 5 games w/a hand injury suffered 10/18 at EDM ... Recorded his 1st point of the season w/an assist 10/13 vs DET … Multi-Pt Gms: 0 … INJ: 5 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 4-2-1 … Out of Lineup: 3-1-1 … 1st Half: 0-1=1 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Established a career season-high in assists with 15 ... Led the Bruins in PIM with 70 and was 2nd on the team with 4 fighting majors. Fun Fact: Played 4 seasons of college hockey at the University of Vermont. #88: David Pastrnak (R) 6' 0", 194 lbs. / May 25, 1996 (22 years and 5 months)
DAY-vihd PAS-tuhr-nak GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: 2014 by BOS (1st pick / 25th overall) Season 12 11-5-16 6 4 Last Goal: OCT 30, 2018 @ CAROLINA Career 266 105-114-219 42 103 Last Assist: OCT 23, 2018 @ OTTAWA (3) Career Shootouts: 3/14 (21%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 5 2-1-3 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 2 4 2 24:07 9 2 +4 10/13 vs DET 2 times 2 times 2 times 10/20 vs VAN 10/30 vs CAR 2 times 10/8 vs OTT
2018-19: Has 11-5=16 totals 8 of his last 11 gp, including 2-2=4 totals each 10/8 vs OTT & 10/23 at OTT & his 2nd career hat trick 10/13 vs DET … His 2nd goal vs. DET was his 100th NHL goal & he is both the 3rd-fastest Bruin & 3rd-fastest Czech-born player to reach that mark ... The 4-pt gms matched his career-high for points in a gm... Multi-Pt Gms: 3 … INJ: 0 … DND: 0 Tm Rec in Lineup: 7-3-2 … Out of Lineup: 0-0-0 … 1st Half: 11-5=16 … 2nd Half: 0-0=0 2017-18: Hit the 30-goal mark for the 2nd season and had career season-highs in games, goals, assists and points ... Had a career-best 12-game point streak from 11/22-12/18 (5-9=14 totals) ... Had a Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and fight (Dan Girardi) on 3/29 vs TB. Fun Fact: His 11 goals in October of this year were the 3rd-most for the month in team history (Phil Esposito, 14 in 1973-74; Charlie Simmer, 12 in 1985- 86).