Top Secret: what Lightning plans to do to the bruins ahead of their 1,000th game…

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  • The Boston Bruins will try to improve upon their lackluster showing on Saturday by winning again. The Bruins will play the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight after that.
    The Bruins will play every other day from now until February 19 as part of their ongoing homestand.
    Brad Marchand will play in his 1,000th career game tonight as well. He will cross the milestone as the eighth Bruin. Marchand is also three goals short of the 400 mark.
    Well, on Saturday, every player streak was broken, including Charlie Coyle’s prior 10-game scoring run.
    Kucherov, on the other side, leads the Lightning into the game with five goals and nine assists over a seven-game point run. With six goals and three assists in his last six games, Brandon Hagel is also enjoying a scoring run. In their prior encounters this season, each have points against the Bruins.
    This season, the Bruins have a 1-0-1 record versus the Lightning. On November 20, 2023, the Lightning defeated the Bruins 5-4 in overtime. The previous time they saw each other, the Bruins won 7-3. The Bruins scored three goals in the last 20 minutes to take a one-goal lead entering the third period.
    Starting with the second half, the Lighting are in the same situation as the B’s. In their past three games, both have suffered losses. Nonetheless, the Lightning defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 in their final game of the weekend.
    Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic reports that there was some line rearranging during yesterday’s practice. During practice, Monty had Coyle center Marchand and Pastrnak. Zacha had Frederic and DeBrusk under his wing. James van Riemsdyk, Anthony Richard, and Morgan Geekie slid down to the third like. The fourth line was completed by Danton Heinen, Jesper Boqvist, and Jakub Lauko.
    Montgomery stated that Forbort and Wotherspoon were the bottom defense duo, with Kevin Shattenkirk absent due to illness.
    Swayman and Ullmark have each made one appearance in the starting lineup against the Lightning this year. In the rotation tonight, Ullmark ought to be the first to go. The previous time he played the Lightning, he recorded 23 saves for a save percentage of.885, earning the victory.
    I’ll see you tonight!

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