Just the facts

When: Tonight, 7pm

Where: Lenovo Center – Raleigh, NC

How to follow: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub

Opposing perspective: Canes Country

Know your enemy

• 6-2-0, 12PTS, T-3rd in the Metropolitan Division
• Martin Necas: 4G-7A-11PTS; Sebastian Aho: 3G-5A-8PTS; Shayne Gostisbehere: 4G-3A-7PTS
• Frederik Andersen: 3-1-0, 1.48 GAA, .941 save percentage

Game notes

• Folks, I don’t want to overstate things, but the atmosphere around the Bruins isn’t exactly great right now! Last time I checked, Tuesday night’s recap had almost 300 comments, so… yeah. We’re not really thriving, are we?
• Carolina is coming off a perfect Western swing, going 4-0-0 against Edmonton, Calgary, Seattle and Vancouver. They defeated the Canucks 4-3 in OT in their final game on Monday night.
• Pyotr Kochetkov started that final game for the Hurricanes after Frederik Andersen was injured in Carolina’s win over Seattle. Andersen was scheduled to be evaluated when the Canes returned to North Carolina on Tuesday, but it appears he won’t be available tonight.
• As we all know, the Bruins offense is struggling right now. They probably won’t get much help tonight, with Carolina boasting the league’s third stingiest team defense (2.38 GA/G).
• As frustration mounts among the Bruins, Jim Montgomery on Wednesday put his lines in a blender, took them out and then put them back in a blender. First line Johnny Beecher? Embrace chaos. It remains to be seen whether these rules will apply to actual game action, but… maybe we’re about at that point now.
• Shayne Gostisbehere, who signed a three-year deal this offseason, has been great for the Hurricanes so far in his second round with the team.
• You know things are going well when I get to use “discombobulated” in a headline and it’s not even November yet.

Happy Halloween! Enjoy copious amounts of candy and get your sugar high ready for playtime.