About the Bruins - 12-30-08

Written by Seth Rorabaugh on Tuesday, 30 December 2008 1:00 am.

A preview of the Bruins.

Record: 27-5-4

Leading Scorer: Marc Savard 43 points (11 goals, 32 assists).

Last Game: 2-1 win at Atlanta, Sunday. Manny Fernandez made 32 saves in Boston's eighth consecutive win.

Last Game against the Penguins: 2-1 home shootout loss Oct. 20. Shootout goals from Petr Sykora and Evgeni Malkin gave the Penguins a win.

Bruins Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: David Krejci (right). He's had at least a point in 17 of his last 18 games.

Ex-Penguins on the Bruins: Andrew Ference, D. He is out of the lineup due to a broken leg.

Ex-Bruins on the Penguins: Hal Gill, D.

Useless Bruins Trivia: In "The Rocket," the 2005 biopic of Canadiens legend Maurice Richard, Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis played the part of Bruins great Milt Schmidt.

Best Bruins YouTube Video We Could Find: It's kind of blurry, but here's former Penguins defensman Bryan Watson going at it with Bruins legend Bobby Orr:

Notes:

-Marc-Andre Fleury and Tim Thomas are expected to start.

-Welcome back Hal Gill.

-Assuming he plays, Jordan Staal will become the youngest player in NHL history to have appeared in 200 games.

-Has anyone seen Maxime Talbot?

-The Penguins' players aren't blaming Michel Therrien and company for the team's struggles.

-Boston's Michael Ryder has seven game-winning goals this season.

-Bruins coach Claude Julien went all Herb Brooks on his team yesterday.

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(Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)