Monday's Bruins...

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CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS at
BOSTON BRUINS
Monday, January 28, 2002
FleetCenter; Boston, Massachusetts
7:00 pm (ET) - Gametime
6:30 pm (ET) - Bruins Digest
NESN
Tonight's Game
The Bruins host the Blackhawks tonight in the second and final game between these teams this season and the Blackhawks' lone visit of the season to the FleetCenter. The Bruins are 27-15-3-7 overall this season with a 17-6-0-4 record on home ice. The Blackhawks are 30-15-9-0 overall this season with a 10-11-5-0 record on the road. The Bruins are 1-1-1-2 vs. Central Division opponents thus far this season and are 5-5-3-2 overall vs. Western Conference foes. The Blackhawks are 3-2-1-0 vs. Northeast Division opponents thus far this season and are 9-2-2-0 overall vs. Eastern Conference foes.

Lifetime Series
The Bruins are 254-232-79-1 lifetime vs. the Blackhawks with a 1781-1720 scoring advantage in those 566 games. On home ice, the Bruins are 160-88-34-0 lifetime vs. Chicago with a 1020-794 scoring edge in those 282 games. These teams played to a 3-3 tie on Oct. 28 in Chicago in the first game of this season's series.

Recent Bruins Games
The Bruins snapped their four-game losing streak, their longest such streak of the season, with a 4-2 win over Florida on Jan. 26. That followed a 2-1 overtime loss in St. Louis on Jan. 19, 4-3 overtime loss to St. Louis on Jan. 21, 8-4 loss at NY Rangers on Jan. 23 and 4-3 setback in Ottawa on Jan. 24. They have taken points out of eight of their last 11 games at 5-3-0-3, are 11-5-0-3 in their last 19 games, including their longest win streak of the season with a five-game win streak from Dec. 20-29, are 13-7-0-4 in their last 24 games, and have taken points out of 21 of their last 29 games at 16-8-0-5.

The Bruins are 4-1-0-1 in their last six home games and are 12-4-0-2 in their last 18 home contests. They are winless in their last four road games at 0-2-0-2 and are 5-3-0-2 in their last ten road contests.

Recent Blackhawks Games
The Blackhawks are 4-1-1-0 in their last six games with a 2-1 win vs. Edmonton on Jan. 14, 3-0 victory over Florida on Jan. 16, 2-2 tie in Tampa Bay on Jan. 18, 3-2 win over Dallas on Jan. 20, 4-1 loss to Phoenix on Jan. 23 and 2-1 victory over St. Louis on Jan. 25. They are 5-3-1-0 in their last nine games overall and are 11-3-1-0 in their last 15 contests.

Upcoming Bruins Games
The Bruins will close out January by facing the Canadiens in Montreal on Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m.; NESN & WBZ Radio). They will resume after the NHL All-Star break (Feb. 1-2) playing in Columbus on Feb. 4 (7:00 p.m.; UPN38 & WBZ Radio) and will next return home to host Buffalo on Feb. 5 (7:00 p.m.; NESN & WBZ Radio).

Upcoming Blackhawks Games
The Blackhawks open a five-game road trip tonight, continuing in New Jersey on Jan. 30, in Phoenix on Feb. 6, in San Jose on Feb. 8 and in Colorado on Feb. 9. They will return home to host Florida on Feb. 13.

Bruins Injuries
Kyle McLaren: Dec. 28 surgery to repair a torn right wrist ligament; out indefinitely.
Total Man-Games Lost: 105

Bruins January Transactions
Jan. 12: Scott Pellerin claimed on waivers by Dallas.
Jan. 12: Acquired Benoit Hogue from Dallas for future considerations.
Jan. 15: Gord Murphy invited to practice with team on a try-out basis.
Jan. 25: Andrei Nazarov traded to Phoenix for 2002 fifth round draft pick.

Blackhawks Injuries
Steve Thomas: Dec. 26 ankle surgery; out indefinitely.
Chris McAlpine: Elbow injury; out indefinitely.

 

[fatdaddycool]

mugs

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You know I like your posts..read them all the time and my best buddy is a huge Boston fan but, tonight you guys are going down to my Beloved Chicago Blackhawks baby, I have been waiting for this game for a while ever since we gave that one away in Chi Town, anyway thought I would give ya the business a little .. LOL
fdc

 

[Terryray]

Fine Bruins post!

Chi not just have some revenge in mind, but 7-2-1 last 10 at Boston. Tho that record goes back many years.

 

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From the "bad" guys...

From the "bad" guys...

Karpovtsev still recovering from 'upsetting' weekend
By Tim Sassone Daily Herald Sports Writer
Posted on January 28, 2002
BOSTON - It was a scary weekend for Alexander Karpovtsev.

The Blackhawks defenseman spent most of Friday night and Saturday nauseated and vomiting after taking an Al MacInnis slap shot to his stomach in the 2-1 victory over St. Louis.

Karpovtsev was struck late in the first period by a puck off the stick of the NHL's hardest shooter and had to leave the game. He was back at practice Sunday and expects to play tonight against the Bruins.

"I tried to take a normal breath but couldn't," Karpovtsev said. "Then between periods, I started throwing up. I couldn't eat or drink anything the next day. It felt like the stomach flu, but they called it a stomach contusion."

Karpovtsev said he never saw the shot until it was too late. MacInnis uses a stick curved like a sand wedge.

"It went up right away," Karpovtsev said. "It was crazy. Usually the stomach is the best place to get hit, no pain, not like on the side. It was a hard shot."

Goalie Jocelyn Thibault, who once had a finger on his glove hand broken by a MacInnis slap shot, couldn't believe it when he saw Karpovtsev take the puck in the chest area.

"I have protection, at least. He didn't," Thibault said. "I just thought, wow, when it hit him. I'm glad he's all right."

Coach Brian Sutter isn't sure if Karpovtsev will play tonight.

"If he felt fine, he would have come back (to the game)," Sutter said. "We'll see (today). That will be my decision."

The Hawks have two games remaining before the all-star break, but Sutter refuses to look even that far ahead.

"I'm not looking at it as two games," Sutter said. "We're not even thinking like that. It's like preparing for a playoff series. You don't go in saying we're preparing for seven games. You take it one game at a time, and that's what we're doing this week."

The Hawks play at New Jersey on Wednesday. After that, Sutter, Alex Zhamnov, Eric Daze and Kyle Calder head to Los Angeles for all-star weekend. Sutter is the assistant coach for North America, while Daze will play for North America and Zhamnov for the World team. Calder will participate in Friday's Young Stars game.

The Hawks haven't forgotten the first time they faced Boston on Oct. 28 at the United Center. That's the night they blew a 3-1 lead in the final 20 seconds as the Bruins pulled the goaltender and got goals from Bill Guerin and Joe Thornton.

"Anybody who watched that game knew who the better team was," Sutter said.

The Bruins are like the Hawks in that they have been able to maintain their high level of play after a strong start.

"The two of us have both been very consistent," Sutter said. "They made the big trade (Jason Allison to Los Angeles for Jozef Stumpel and Glen Murray). They signed Martin Lapointe (as a free agent). They made the big trade last year for (Bill) Guerin, and their goaltending has been very good.

"That's not even talking about Joe Thornton, who you knew all along was going to be good."

Thornton, the No. 1 pick in the 1997 draft, leads the NHL in scoring with 55 points, having overtaken Calgary's Jarome Iginla.

 

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Recent trends/games

Recent trends/games

The last six meetings have played over.
CHI is 7-2-1 ATS in the last 10 meetings.
Hawks are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six games.
Under is 4-0-2 in CHI's last six games overall.
Bruins last four games overall have played over.
BOS is 1-4 ATS in their last five games overall.

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This years meetings
Date Home Away Line ATS
10/28/01 Chi. 3 Bos. 3 0,-145/5 P/O

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Still not touching the B's...One game is not enough to prove that they are out of their recent slump. I didn't get to watch Saturday nights game against FLA so all I really know about the game is what I read.

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FYI - Stag is on the B's tonight in the POD thread. Good luck Stag - I'm rooting for you.