Bruins place center David Krejci on injured reserve

There is only one David Krejci, and nobody’s asking anybody else to copy him.

That puts the onus on the rest of the centers to fill the void.

It’s a long season and you’re going to have challenges along the way. We’re trying to battle through those situations.

That thought was echoed by Bergeron.

If Krejci’s injury is long-term, that would be a huge, huge loss for the Bruins. There are a lot of things that could happen one way or another. A little later, he bumped into Bobby Ryan and left the game with an “upper body” issue that now has him on the IR for what the team has said is a “week-to-week” evaluation period.

Kemppainen has won an impressive 52.3 percent of his faceoffs in his first season as a Bruin.

David Krejci evened the score 7:54 into the second period. “You know you’d like to think your group and your individuals are thinking that way”.

“It’s not like you’re going into a game in the minors or something like that where you might have a 20-year-old that’s just figuring it out himself”.

It’s mostly about repetition, about experience and doing it regularly, something that Ferraro seemingly will get significantly more of if he remains the third-line center.

The injury bug has hit the Boston Bruins with two of their top players. But at the same time, I really think it’s always unfair to say, ‘Well, it’s up to this guy, it’s up to this guy.’ It’s up to the whole team. “I’m ready for whatever”.

At the AHL level, all with the Providence Bruins, Griffith has appeared in 132 career games, accruing 42-66-108.

Mark Stone scored twice and Mika Zibanejad had the other goal for the Senators (18-12-6), who snapped a two-game losing streak. “I think for me I just need to be confident in myself, use my skill and my speed, and at the same time just make sure that I’m good in my own end”.

Krejci has 33 points in 35 games this year while Krug ranks second amongst Bruins defensemen with 17 points.

Torey Krug returned to the lineup after missing Sunday’s game in Ottawa with a lower-body injury…

Boston exploded for a four-goal uprising in the third period including Patrice Bergeron’s 14 goal of the season, Jimmy Hayes’ second and third of the game and Beleskey’s second goal of the night. Julien termed him “week-to-week” on Monday…

This will be the second four meetings between the Bruins and Sens this season. This is their third of the year, with one more coming against Buffalo on February 4 and 6…

Griffith will be available to play Tuesday against the Senators. D Colin Miller and RW Tyler Randell were healthy scratches for Boston.