The Bruins are expected to get some reinforcements in their bottom-six grouping this week.
After Team Canada was bounced from the World Junior Championship in Sweden in stunning fashion on Tuesday, Bruins center Matt Poitras is expected to rejoin the team in Boston — with a return to the lineup potentially set for this weekend.
“I think he gets back [Wednesday], and then he starts to assimilate back into the group,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery told The Boston Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont Tuesday morning. “How soon he plays again, that’s up for discussion, because it just happened.