Overview
- Puck drop is 7 p.m. ET at TD Garden, opening a five-game run against Atlantic Division opponents for Boston.
- Boston climbed to 8-7-1 with Tuesday’s shootout win over the Islanders as Marat Khusnutdinov tied the game and scored the lone shootout goal.
- Khusnutdinov has been elevated alongside David Pastrnak during Elias Lindholm’s week-to-week absence with a lower-body issue.
- Fraser Minten earned late-game minutes between Pastrnak and Khusnutdinov against New York, a look coach Marco Sturm said remains an option.
- Ottawa last played Saturday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Montreal after a 7-2 win over Boston on Oct. 27, and arrives with a 3.92 goals-against rate and Linus Ullmark at a .861 save percentage.