After opening the season in Europe, the Boston Bruins will play their first North American game of the year in New Jersey. The Devils are 1-3-1 and look nothing like the team which scored 103 points and finished second in the Eastern Conference last season. So what can we expect from tonight's game?
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask gave up four goals in the first game in Prague. Tim Thomas had a shutout a night later. That should make the decision for the third game of the season a no-brainer. However, Rask played with basically no defense ahead of him and was really only culpable for one of the goals he gave up. Thomas, on the other hand, played behind a solid defensive performance from the B’s, who didn’t give the Coyotes many clean-cut scoring opportunities.
Thomas was good, but then again he never needed to be great. This is perhaps a bigger game for Thomas than any other Bruin, and he needs to deliver consistently if he wants to keep his nose in front of his young rival.
Turnovers
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