Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Boston Bruins (36-16-3, 75 points) and St. Louis Blues (37-12-6, 80 points) faceoff for the second and final time this season live from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The game can be live streamed here. Boston fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action on WBZ 1030 while St. Louis fans can do the same on KMOX 1120.
Boston is on a 7-1-1 stretch over their last nine games and is on top of the Atlantic Division while St. Louis has won four of its last six games and is closing in on the Central Division-leading Chicago Blackhawks.
The Bruins will be without defenseman Zdeno Chara as he was granted permission to attend the 2014 Sochi Olympics opening ceremony to carry the Slovakian flag, meaning that the team will look to other defenseman to step up.
"We're looking forward to seeing those guys with a little more responsibility than when Z's around," coach Claude Julien said after practice Wednesday per NHL.com. "You don't win hockey games with just one player. We know one player can make a difference. But at the end of the night, when you look at the game, it's about the whole team."
The Blues have had a knack for giving up leads lately, but are still coming off of a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
''We're probably taking a step the wrong way when we've got the game in good hands,'' coach Ken Hitchcock said via NHL.com. ''We're turning pretty comfortable games into track meets.''
Alex Steen has led the Blues with 45 points off of 27 goals and 18 assists while T.J. Oshie has 13 tallies and 32 helpers for 45 points and David Backes has three goals in his last five games and has found the back of the net 20 times this season while adding 22 assists for 42 points.
David Krejci has points in four of his last six games and paces the Bruins with 47 points off of 12 goals and 35 assists while Reilly Smith has 18 markers and 22 helpers for 40 points and Jarome Iginla also has 40 points from finding the twine 16 times and adding 24 assists and has 11 points in his last six contests.
Tuukka Rask will likely start for Boston and is 25-13-3 with a 2.09 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage while Jaroslav Halak will man the crease for St. Louis and is 23-8-4 with a 2.27 GAA and a .914 save percentage.
Two red-hot teams faceoff when the puck drops on the Bruins and the Blues at the TD Garden tonight in Boston.
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