Charlie McAvoy is not going to be accessible when the Bruins tackle the Arizona Coyotes this afternoon (1 p.m.) on the Garden after taking a excessive hit on Thursday evening from Buffalo’s J.J. Peterka.
“There’s been significant improvement, but we’re not risking today,” mentioned coach Jim Montgomery.
The precise nature of the harm has not been divulged, however Montgomery mentioned on Friday that it isn’t a head harm. McAvoy’s standing is day-to-day.
Ian Mitchell will take McAvoy’s place within the lineup whereas Hampus Lindholm will leap in his spot on the primary power-play unit.
Linus Ullmark will get his second straight begin for the primary time this yr as Jeremy Swayman will get over the sickness that saved him out of Thursday’s recreation.
“If someone’s not near 100 percent, we’re going to go with the other guy, just like we did in Florida when (Ullmark) had an upper body injury,” mentioned Montgomery.
Up entrance, Jakub Lauko shall be a wholesome scratch. Montgomery mentioned it was a superb time for Lauko, who hasn’t scored a objective in his 18 video games this yr, to have an reset.
“I think he has been playing well, but what we’ve seen is there’s a tail-off from the first period to the third period,” mentioned Montgomery. “Even though he knows and he relishes his role and he’s a tremendous young man, we all need to score to feel good about ourselves. You want to contribute, you want to jump in the glass and celebrate with the Bruins fans. There’s been a couple of games where he’s had some good chances early and the intensity of how he gets those chances, which is through his checking and his tenacity on pucks, kind of fades. We want him to go 60 minutes for us.”
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