The Bruins take back-to-back losses into St. Louis to face a red hot Blues team. The Blues (36-16-7 79pts) are 7-3-0 in February and are 3-0-1 against the Northeast Division this season.
The B’s are making some changes to the line-up for this evenings game. The B’s may be without Thornton who is under the weather. Another interesting move is David Krejci will be playing the wing on the first line. The Bruins have also called up Carter Camper (14 G, 24 A) to center the third line.
Coach Julien will also go back to Thomas in net tonight. Seems like the smart move (note sarcasm), neither goalie has been playing well recently but it seems recently the B’s have been riding Thomas and at the beginning of the season it was a big deal for Thomas not to play too much this season. He is going on his fifth game in 11 days.
Projected Bruins lines
Forwards
Milan Lucic-Chris Kelly-David Krejci
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Tyler Seguin
Jordan Caron-Carter Camper-Benoit Pouliot
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton
Defense
Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg-Joe Corvo
Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid
Goalies
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
Scratches: Nathan Horton (concussion), Rich Peverley (knee), Andrew Bodnarchuk, Josh Hennessy
Projected Blues lines
Forwards
Vladimir Sobotka-David Backes-T.J. Oshie
Andy McDonald-Patrik Berglund-David Perron
Chris Porter-Jason Arnott-Chris Stewart
B.J. Crombeen-Scott Nichol-Ryan Reaves
Defense
Kris Russell-Roman Polak
Carlo Colaiacovo-Akex Pietrangelo
Barret Jackman-Kevin Shattenkirk
Goalies
Brian Elliott
Jaroslav Halak
Scratches: Jamie Langenbrunner (foot), Kent Huskins, T.J. Hensick
