The Bruins defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Tuesday.
Along with attempting to establish a better home record (Boston is 14-16-3 here), the Bruins are trying to forge chemistry after the addition of forward Lee Stempniak in a trade with the New Jersey Devils before the NHL Trade Deadline on Monday.
Stempniak, who had 16 goals and 41 points in 63 games for the Devils, made his Bruins debut Tuesday on a line with Patrice Bergeron (Bruins-high 54 points) and Brad Marchand (third on the Bruins with 48 points).
That line didn't have a point 5-on-5 against the Flames but its SAT For was around 60 percent, according to war-on-ice.com.
"I think the only thing that we can ask him to do is continue to play his game," Marchand said. "He's been having a great year, he's a great player. We'll find each other, how each other works eventually. It's something we're going to have to work on. ... He plays a very similar style to us. He's great with the puck, he knows how to make plays, he knows where to be on the ice, he knows how to read plays, so we just want him to play his game and we'll do the same and we'll work it out."
Stempniak's addition allowed coach Claude Julien to move Brett Connolly to the fourth line, which produced a goal by Landon Ferraro against the Flames.
"When you've got Brett playing where he is right now, that's a pretty good situation to be in as a hockey club. So it's about having the right players play with the right players," Julien said.
The Western Conference-leading Blackhawks, who have won two in a row after defeating the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Wednesday, did not hold a morning skate.
Here are the projected lineups:
BLACKHAWKS
Andrew Ladd - Jonathan Toews - Andrew Shaw
Artemi Panarin - Artem Anisimov - Patrick Kane
Tomas Fleischmann - Teuvo Teravainen - Dale Weise
Andrew Desjardins - Dennis Rasmussen - Richard Panik
Duncan Keith - Niklas Hjalmarsson
Erik Gustafsson - Brent Seabrook
Trevor van Riemsdyk - Christian Ehrhoff
Scott Darling
Corey Crawford
Injured: Marian Hossa (lower body), Marcus Kruger (left wrist fracture)
Scratched: Brandon Mashinter, Michal Rozsival
BRUINS
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Lee Stempniak
Matt Beleskey - David Krejci - David Pastrnak
Loui Eriksson - Ryan Spooner - Jimmy Hayes
Landon Ferraro - Noel Acciari - Brett Connolly
Zdeno Chara - Kevan Miller
Torey Krug - Dennis Seidenberg
John-Michael Liles - Adam McQuaid
Tuukka Rask
Jonas Gustavsson
Injured: Chris Kelly (broken femur)
Scratched: Tyler Randell, Zach Trotman, Joe Morrow
Status report:Weise should make his Blackhawks debut after clearing up visa problems. He was acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 26.
Who's hot:Ladd has a five-game point streak with five goals and one assist in that span. ... Bergeron's game-winning goal against the Flames on Tuesday was his 13th goal (out of 24) that gave the Bruins a lead.
