Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks (42-16-15, 99 points) and Boston Bruins (49-17-6, 104 points) faceoff live from the TD Garden in Boston for the second and final meeting against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Chicago fans can hear all of the action on WGN 720 while Boston fans can do the same on WBZ 1030.
Chicago has won three out of its last four and will return to the place where it hoisted the Stanley Cup last June while trying to clinch a spot into this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Boston, meanwhile, can win the Atlantic Division by defeating the Blackhawks and if the Tampa Bay Lightning lose to the New York Islanders in regulation. The Bruins had their 12-game winning streak snapped last time out and look to start a new one.
The first time these two teams met, the Blackhawks beat the Bruins 3-2 in a shootout on Jan. 19 in Chicago.
The Bruins are downplaying trying to avenge the Stanley Cup loss to the Blackhawks.
"Nobody in the dressing room is going to forget that we played them in the Finals last year," coach Claude Julien told reporters, according to NHL.com. "No one is going to forget any of that, but I think tomorrow is not about remembering that, more than knowing it's going to be a good game between two good teams, and we should look forward to it."
A lot of players return for the Blackhawks from the Cup team while 19-year-old rookie Teuvo Teravainen will play in just his second game after making his Blackhawks debut in a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars Tuesday.
"I liked him," coach Joel Quenneville told NHL.com. "His awareness at both ends was very good. Good start."
Patrick Sharp has six points in his last five games and leads the Blackhawks with 71 points off of 30 goals and 41 assists while Jonathan Toews ranks third with 67 points off of 28 markers and 39 helpers. Patrick Kane (29-40-69) is second on the team in scoring, but is sidelined with a lower-body injury.
David Krejci paces the Bruins with 60 points off of 16 goals and 44 assists while Jarome Iginla has 28 tallies and 30 helpers for 58 points and Milan Lucic has found the twine 21 times while adding 32 assists for 53 points.
Tuuka Rask is likely to suit up for Boston and is 32-14-5 with a 2.05 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage while Corey Crawford will likely man the crease for Chicago and is 29-13-10 with a 2.20 GAA and a .919 save percentage.
It's a Stanley Cup rematch when the puck drops on the Blackhawks and the Bruins tonight at the TD Garden in Boston.
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