Bruins’ rookie heart Matt Poitras might be out of the lineup Friday night time when the B’s play the New York Islanders on the UBS Center, one other scheduled night time off to assist the 19-year-old Poitras take care of the bodily rigors of the NHL schedule.
With Poitras out, coach Jim Montgomery will go along with an enormous lineup at heart, inserting Trent Frederic being the pivot on a 3rd line with wings James van Riemsdyk and Jesper Boqvist.
“It makes you big and heavy down the middle with (Morgan) Geekie, (Charlie) Coyle,(Johnny) Beecher and him. That’s four big, heavy bodies. We know that this is a heavy team that forechecks a lot, so we’re going to need to have a physical presence down low at both ends of the ice,” Montgomery advised reporters on Long Island.
Boqvist, known as up earlier than the journey, might be making his second look within the Boston lineup this season.
. “(He brings) speed, the ability to push the pace with that line and go vertical a little bit. The reports are he’s been playing really well down in Providence. His confidence is high, so we’re excited to have him in the lineup,” mentioned Montgomery.
With Pavel Zacha and Charlie McAvoy nonetheless out with respective higher physique accidents, the B’s might want to have the identical 200-foot compete stage that they had towards the Devils on Wednesday after they misplaced 2-1 in additional time.
“It’s everything. It’s our fiber, right? We compete hard, we play good defense and we give ourselves an opportunity to have success,” mentioned Montgomery.
. He mentioned that each McAvoy and Zacha are “progressing well.” however it’s not clear after they’ll have the ability to get again within the lineup.
Montgomery additionally mentioned that Hockey Canada has reached out to the B’s to see about Poitras’ availability for the World Junior Championships that start on December 26.
Source: www.bostonherald.com