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Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes: Lineups and Game Discussion

Scott Darling 2.0 makes his 2018-19 debut against the B’s at PNC Arena.

November 11, 2017. Carolina Hurricanes vs Chicago Blackhawks, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC. Copyright © 2017 Jamie Kellner. All Rights Reserved.
November 11, 2017. Carolina Hurricanes vs Chicago Blackhawks, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC. Copyright © 2017 Jamie Kellner. All Rights Reserved.
Jamie Kellner

The Carolina Hurricanes wrap up their short three-game homestand tonight with a visit from the Boston Bruins. Sebastian Aho will look to continue his impressive 11-game points streak before the Canes head out west for the first time this season. The Hurricanes will also be getting their first look at Scott Darling 2.0 in the regular season, as the netminder will make his first appearance of the season following an injury late in training camp. Carolina will also hope to get back on track in terms of their starts, as they have tallied only one first period goal in their last four contests.

Carolina is expected to employ a very familiar lineup this evening. Check it out below:

Warren Foegele - Jordan Staal - Justin Williams

Micheal Ferland - Sebastian Aho - Teuvo Teravainen

Jordan Martinook - Lucas Wallmark - Andrei Svechnikov

Brock McGinn - Nicolas Roy - Valentin Zykov

Jaccob Slavin - Dougie Hamilton

Calvin de Haan - Justin Faulk

Trevor van Riemsdyk - Brett Pesce

Scott Darling

Petr Mrazek


The Bruins make their way to Raleigh off to a solid start, but are dealing with a fit of injuries. They will begin to get players back tonight, as Torey Krug is expected to return from his ankle issue. The Bruins visit also marked the, er, highly anticipated return of former Cane Joakim Nordstrom. Nordstrom has provided the Bruins with the same number of goals this season (two) as he provided Carolina in 75 games a season ago.

The focus will certainly be centered around the dynamic top line trio of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, and David Pastrnak. That group has accounted for over half of the team’s goal total (19 of 34) in their first 11 games.

In net, the Bruins will send out Jaroslav Halak who has outpaced the incumbent starter Tuukka Rask by posting a .945 save percentage in six games (five starts) to begin his Bruins career. Carolina will hope to dish out the first regulation defeat to Halak.

The Bruins are expected to ice the following lines:

Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak

Danton Heinen - David Krejci - Jake Debrusk

Ryan Donato - Joakim Nordstrom - Anders Bjork

Chris Wagner - Sean Kuraly - Noel Acciari

Zdena Chara - Brandon Carlo

Torey Krug - John Moore

Jeremy Lauzon - Steve Kampfer

Jaroslav Halak

Tuukka Rask