Sunday's Bruins...

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Talk about your late starts...DOH! LOOKS LIKE NO HAL GILL OR MARTIN LAPOINTE TODAY...I will try to find out why.

BOSTON BRUINS at
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Sunday, April 7, 2002
Continental Airlines Arena; E. Rutherford, New Jersey
1:00 pm (ET) - Gametime
UPN-38
Tonight's Game
The Bruins visit the Devils tonight in the fourth and final game between these teams this season and the second of two games of the season at Continental Airlines Arena. The Bruins are 42-23-5-8 overall this season with a 20-12-4-3 record on the road. The Devils are 37-28-9-4 overall this season with a 19-13-4-2 record on home ice. The Bruins are 8-6-1-3 vs. Atlantic Division opponents thus far this season and are 31-17-2-6 overall vs. Eastern Conference foes. The Devils are 10-5-2-1 vs. Northeast Division opponents thus far this season and are 27-19-7-3 overall vs. Eastern Conference foes.

Lifetime Series
The Bruins are 55-25-17-3 lifetime vs. New Jersey with a 368-288 scoring edge in those 100 games. On the road, the Bruins are 25-12-10-1 lifetime vs. the Devils with a 159-129 scoring advantage in those 48 contests. The Bruins are 2-0-0-1 vs. New Jersey in this season's series thus far with a 4-3 overtime loss in Boston on Oct. 30, 2-1 win in New Jersey on Nov. 3 and 5-4 overtime victory in Boston on Nov. 15.

Recent Bruins Games
The Bruins have lost their last two games with a 2-1 overtime loss to NY Islanders on Apr. 4 and a 6-4 loss to NY Rangers on Apr. 6. They are 7-2-0-1 in their last ten games, including a six-game win streak from Mar. 16-26, are 10-3-0-1 in their last 14 games and are 16-8-2-1 in their last 27 contests overall.

The Bruins are 3-3-0-1 in their last seven home games and are 9-6-1-2 in their last 18 home contests. They have won their last seven road games, are 10-3-1-0 in their last 14 road games and are 15-6-1-2 in their last 24 road contests. Their current seven-game road win streak is their longest such streak since a club-record eight-game road win streak from Mar. 15-Apr. 14, 1993.

Recent Devils Games
The Devils are 3-2-0-0 in their last five games with a 3-1 loss to Washington on Mar. 29, 3-1 win in Toronto on Mar. 30, 4-2 loss at NY Islanders on Apr. 1, 3-2 win at Carolina on Apr. 3 and 3-1 win in Atlanta on Apr. 5. They are 10-3-0-1 in their last 14 contests.

Upcoming Bruins Games
The Bruins will return home to host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Apr. 9 and travel to Ottawa to face the Senators on Apr. 11 before closing out the regular season with Fan Appreciation Night at the FleetCenter, hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins on Apr. 13.

Upcoming Devils Games
The Devils will host Philadelphia on Apr. 10 and Montreal on Apr. 12 before closing out the regular season in Washington on Apr. 13.

Bruins Injuries
Dennis Bonvie: Abdominal strain; day-to-day.
Jarno Kultanen: April 1 knee surgery; out for the season.
Hal Gill D Foot Out Sun
Martin Lapointe RW Personal Out Sun
Total Man-Games Lost: 171

Bruins Recent Transactions
Mar. 19: Sean Brown acquired from Edmonton for Bobby Allen.
Mar. 19: Jeff Norton acquired from Florida for 2002 sixth round draft pick.
Mar. 19: Darryl Laplante acquired from Minnesota for Greg Crozier and assigned to Providence/AHL.
Mar. 19: Benoit Hogue claimed on waivers by Washington.
Mar. 19: Gord Murphy assigned to Providence/AHL (did not report).

Devils Injuries
Colin White: Stiff neck; day-to-day.
Scott Gomez: Broken left hand; 4-6 weeks.
Turner Stevenson: Knee surgery; 2 weeks.
Mike Commodore D Flu day-to-day

 

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B's are 2-1 SU this year against the Devils. The only other time Boston was in NJ the won. The teams haven't seen each other since before Thanksgiving...Devils, like Boston, is having problems at home lately

Recent Meetings
Date Home Away Line ATS
11/15/2001 Bos. 5 NJ 4 0,110/5 Bos./O
11/3/2001 NJ 1 Bos. 2 0,-230/5 Bos./U
10/30/2001 Bos. 3 NJ 4 0,110/5 NJ/O


Recent Trends
BOS has won their last seven on the road ATS.
BOS is 4-2 ATS in the last six meetings.
The Bruins have won the last two meetings ATS.
The under is 3-1-1 in the Devils last five at home.
NJ is 1-3 ATS in their last four at home.
The over is 5-1 in the last six meetings.

 

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Gill, Lapointe & B's tidbits

Gill, Lapointe & B's tidbits

Staying behind

Martin Lapointe did not make the trip to New Jersey for this afternoon's game against the Devils, for a couple of reasons. His wife, Tania, yesterday gave birth to the couple's third child, a daughter named Chloe, and coach Robbie Ftorek said he thought it was a good idea for Lapointe to be home with his family. The other reason is that Ftorek doesn't want Lapointe playing on back-to-backs days after returning from his hamstring injury...

Hal Gill was slashed on top of the foot and went for X-rays after the game, the results of which are expected today. Gill did not make the trip to New Jersey. ''I don't think it's anything major,'' he said. ''It swelled up a bit. I'm just going to rest it. It's a little bit tender.'' Gill said he was fortunate to be struck in an area that isn't weight bearing. ''I'm hoping it's just a bruise,'' he said ...

Brian Rolston scored his 30th goal of the season, giving the Bruins three 30-goal scorers. Bill Guerin, who scored his 38th yesterday, and Glen Murray, who potted No. 37, are the others. Sergei Samsonov got his 29th yesterday. The last time the Bruins had three 30-goal scorers was 1993-94 ( Adam Oates, Cam Neely, Bryan Smolinski). The last time they had four was 1984-85 ( Keith Crowder, Charlie Simmer, Rick Middleton, and Tom Fergus) ... P.J. Stock got back into the fight business when he went toe to toe with mammoth Rangers forward Steve McKenna in the first period. With the Bruins trailing, 2-0, Stock tried to fire up his teammates by dropping the gloves with the 6-8, 255-pound left wing, who is 10 inches taller and 65 pounds heavier. Stock, who was fighting for the first time since having facial surgery Feb. 7, gave a very good account of himself.

 

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Grahame to start for Boston

Grahame to start for Boston