Red Wings C Pavel Datsyuk makes season debut against Sharks

The Tatar goal didn’t rattle Jones at all, though, and he made a few stops over the next several minutes while the Red Wings were playing with the puck in the offensive zone.

If the Sharks were to shake off a rough loss to the Islanders in their previous game, they needed better work in net to do so against the Red Wings on Friday. Boston is a measly 1-5-1 at the TD Garden this season while the Red Wings are 4-2-1 on the road and with Mrazek going I actually like it better and at this great price we are inclined to take a swing with the Wings. “Obviously they outshot us, but we’ve been on the other end of those and haven’t won, so we know that feeling”. “And that’s been the biggest key to trying to beat the Red Wings”.

“This was just one of those games where we had a lot of shots, but we hit the post and hit the bar, and they had a couple good bounces”, Tatar said.

San Jose is still seeking its first back-to-back wins since the first week of the regular season.

Last season, he had 26 goals and 39 assists in 63 games, and is two goals short of 300 for his career.

“His smarts on the ice”, Boston alternate captain Patrice Bergeron said when asked about Datsyuk’s keys to success.

But even with the return of Datsyuk, this is a Detroit club that played last night.

“To me those back-to-backs to me mean absolutely nothing right now. And the guys did good job fighting back”. “It’s no excuse for what’s been going on so far at home and we have to turn it around, and that’s on us as players”. However, Jones settled down from there and didn’t allow a second goal until the last two minutes of play, with the Red Wings having pulled goalie Jimmy Howard. “We just haven’t gotten that second or third goal for him”.

The Bruins will counter with Tuukka Rask. “He’s a young starting goalie, and he’s learning what it is like to have to bring your A-game every night”. Rask enters play with four wins and an.

– Boston winger Loui Eriksson has 15 goals and 27 points in 35 games against the Wings.

– The Bruins have scored a power-play goal in eight straight games.

– Henrik Zetterberg has six goals and 14 points in 17 career games against the Bruins.

– Rookie forward Dylan Larkin leads all Detroit skaters with 40 shots on net this year. Boston is 1-5-1 at home and has lost seven of its first eight home games just one time in franchise history.