141021 – Sharks @ Bruins 4pm PT

(Will be writing about trip to NYI, NJD, NYR in the future, but for now, back to the games)

Sharks are wrapping up their first long road trip of the season.  (They’ll have Wednesday off before home game on Thursday.) So far 2-1-1.

Sharks got the day off on Monday after their first back-to-back of the season (with definite lack of energy as the game wore on), and their first regulation loss in Manhattan.

Boston is coming off a shut out win Saturday (career first for Svedberg), but lost Miller with shoulder injury.

Niemi starting for the Sharks.  James Sheppard recalled from conditioning stint in Worcester and will make season debut tonight. McLellan shuffles the lines/pairings; Mueller and McGinn expected to sit tonight.

Sharks Centric News

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Sharks news

• Sheppard Recalled from Conditioning Assignment
• KFOX Pregame Report 10/21
• Sheppard
• Thornton
• Burish
• McLellan
• DanRusanowsky 1:01pm via Twitter Web Client LISTEN: Game preview radio podcast for tonight, #SJSharks at @NHLBruins, is here: sharks.nhl.com/club/podcastpl… @BretHedican @KFOX

San Jose Mercury News

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• McLellan shuffles all Sharks lines looking to spark offense against Boston Bruins
• Sharks forward Raffi Torres won’t have second surgery on knee after all
• WTC: Sharks round-up: Now Torres won’t have second surgery, McLellan shuffles lines, Sheppard back in lineup tonight — and Scott expects ugly reception

CSN Bay Area/California

• Ten thoughts on the Sharks, five games in
• Sharks GM Wilson: No timetable, but Torres to forgo surgery
• In the Crease: Sharks’ Sheppard set to make season debut

chiassontb 1:16pm via Twitter for Websites Sharks vs Bruins: Line shakeups Sheppard debut hockeybuzz.com/blog/Tim-Chias…

Neutral Centric News

NHL

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AP preview

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The National

• ‘Soft’ San Jose Sharks start hot again, but inevitable burnout awaits

Providence Journal

• Sharks’ John Scott credits former PC assistant coach for helping him earn college degree

Opponent Centric News

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Boston Bruins

• Bruins Recall Seth Griffith from Providence
• Bruins Update on Kevan Miller
• Bruins Beat preview (video)

Boston Globe

• Bruins give Torey Krug his shot as a top-four defenseman

Boston Herald

• After Back-to-Back Four Goal Games, Have Bruins Begun to Solve Their Scoring Woes?
• Kevan Miller Out After Dislocating Shoulder in Fight

ESPN: Boston

• ‘Frustrating’ start for Marchand (no goals)
• Kevan Miller out with dislocated shoulder
• Bruins’ depth on D already tested
• W2W4: Bruins host Sharks, 7 ET

NESN

• Miller out indefinitely with dislocated right shoulder
• Seth Griffith Looking To Improve Skills In Second Stint With Bruins (Video)
• Bruins Morning Skate Notes: Projected Lines, Pairings Vs. Sharks
• Torey Krug’s Goal: Become Well-Rounded, Top-Four Defenseman For Bruins
• Matt Bartkowski Back In Lineup For Bruins-Sharks At TD Garden (Video)

CSN NE

• True test coming for Bruins team seeking identity

SBN: Stanley Cup of Chowder

• Bruins vs Sharks Preview: A Tale of Two Shutouts