Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Vancouver Canucks (27-21-9, 63 points) and Boston Bruins (35-16-3, 73 points) faceoff for the second and final time this season live from the TD Garden in Boston. The game can be live streamed here. Vancouver fans can hear all of the action on TEAM 1040 while Boston fans can do the same on WBZ 1030.
Vancouver has lost four straight games coming into tonight's contest and will try to avenge a Game 7 loss to their opponents in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals while Boston has won five out of its last six. In the first meeting between these two teams, the Canucks beat the Bruins 6-2 in Vancouver on Dec. 14.
The Bruins are coming off of a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday while the Canucks are coming off of a 2-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.
"We need to change the complexion of our hockey club," coach John Tortorella said after returning from a six-game, 15-day suspension, according to NHL.com. "We looked slow. It worries me. Really worries me."
The Canucks have been led offensively by the Sedin twins as each has 40 points this season. Daniel Sedin has 13 goals and 27 assists while Henrik Sedin has nine tallies and 31 helpers. Ryan Kesler has lit the lamp 19 times while adding 18 assists for 37 points.
David Krejci has paced the Bruins with 46 points off of 12 goals and 34 assists while Reilly Smith has 18 tallies and 22 helpers for 40 points and Jarome Iginla has found the twine 15 times and added 23 assists for 38 points.
Between the pipes, Boston will likely turn to Tuukka Rask, who is 24-13-3 with a 2.12 goals-against average and a .928 save percentage while Roberto Luongo will expectedly man the crease for Vancouver and is 19-13-6 with a 2.30 GAA and a .920 save percentage.
The Canucks try to avoid their fifth straight loss while the Bruins look to keep stacking up wins when the puck drops tonight in Boston.
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