Today at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Detroit Red Wings (3-2-0) and Boston Bruins (3-1-0) clash live at the TD Bank Garden in Boston. The game can be live streamed here. Detroit fans can hear all the action on 97.1 The Ticket while Boston fans can do the same by turning their dials to WEEI 93.7 FM.
This is the second of four meetings between these two teams this season, with Boston having won the first meeting at home 4-1 on Oct. 5 after Torey Krug notched a power play goal and an assist and Tuukka Rask saved 25 of 26 shots he faced. Detroit is looking for some revenge as these two teams mix it up for the second time in 10 days.
The goal and the assist for Krug were his only two points so far this season, while Rask has since amassed a 3-1-0 record while only allowing four goals on 115 shots so far.
The Red Wings went into Saturday night's game against the Flyers struggling on the man advantage, but came out of the game with a lot of confidence after Todd Bertuzzi, Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk all netted power play goals in the team's eventual 5-2 win.
Datsyuk (two goals and three assists) and Kronwall (one goal, four assists) are tied for second place on the team in scoring with five points each, as Henrik Zetterberg paces Detroit with six points on four goals and two assists after notching two tallies Saturday.
"I thought we entered the zone pretty good, we moved the puck around quite a bit and most important thing, we shot the puck," Bertuzzi told NHL.com following the team's three power play goals. "We got the puck to the net and we had traffic around there, and we had some good plays. That was the key, moving it and getting as many shots as we can."
Meanwhile, Boston endured a frustrating game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but eventually broke through when newly acquired Loui Eriksson scored the game-winning goal and his first as a Bruin just 49 seconds into the third period in Boston's eventual 3-1 victory.
"It wasn't the prettiest one but I'll take it," Eriksson said per NHL.com. "I've had some slow starts over the years. It will come. It's always nice to get the first one."
Milan Lucic has led the Bruins in points so far with four, off of two goals and two assists, and also has the most penalty minutes with 12.
While Rask has been hot between the pipes for the Bruins, the Red Wings counter with Jimmy Howard in the crease, who has allowed 12 goals and saved 141 of the 153 shots he's faced.
Boston will hope for Rask to continue his stinginess in net while Detroit will look for Saturday's great production from the man advantage to be a sign of things to come when these two teams clash in a Columbus Day afternoon game in Boston.
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