Boston (12-9-2) at Carolina (14-10-3) 7:00 pm EST

 

Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
BOS	35-41-6	18-19-4	17-22-2	14-17-1	30-38-4
CAR	40-34-8	21-16-4	19-18-4	19-11-2	36-29-7
· Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison
210	Goals	241
285	Goals Against	248
71	Power Play Goals	67
81	Power Play Goals Allowed	61
8	Shorthanded Goals	12
18	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	8
1256	Penalty Minutes	1021
15	Average Penalty Minutes	12

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Tim Thomas	66	30	189	3.13	3	1796	.905
	Hannu Toivonen	18	3	63	4.23	0	439	.875
	Joey MacDonald	7	2	16	2.68	0	179	.918
	Philippe Sauve	2	0	4	5.80	0	19	.826
	Brian Finley	2	0	3	3.04	0	30	.909
	Cam Ward	60	30	167	2.93	2	1458	.897
	John Grahame	28	10	72	2.85	0	630	.897

Team Stat Leaders
G	Glen Murray 28	Justin Williams 33
A	Marc Savard 74	Rod Brind'Amour 56
PTS	Marc Savard 96	Ray Whitney 83
PIM	Andrew Alberts 124	Mike Commodore 113
SOG	Marco Sturm 224	Eric Staal 288

Boston (12-9-2) at Carolina (14-10-3) 7:00 pm EST

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- The Boston Bruins have been playing great hockey lately in winning four out of their last five games. The lone exception in that stretch was a stomping from the Carolina Hurricanes, who the Bruins get a rematch with on Saturday.

The Stanley Cup champions smashed the Bruins, 5-1, in Boston on November 24. Eric Staal, Justin Williams, Erik Cole, Eric Belanger and Andrew Ladd scored for the Hurricanes, who outshot Boston, 40-26.

Bruins starting goaltender Tim Thomas was pulled after allowing three goals on 25 shots and was replaced by Philippe Sauve.

Since that defeat the Bruins have rebounded with three straight wins. Phil Kessel scored the winner in a 4-3 shootout victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.

The Hurricanes have only played twice since the victory over Boston, and are coming off a 4-2 triumph over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

Cole scored twice while Belanger and Williams added single tallies for Carolina, which outshot the Canadiens, 48-27.