Before the Boston Bruins hosted the New York Rangers on Friday afternoon at the TD Garden, head coach Marco Sturm announced that David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha were going to miss the game with injuries. Both players were deemed day-to-day.
Missing one of the two would be hard enough, but to miss both against the Rangers, well, that made it an almost impossible task for the Black and Gold. If there was any good news, the Bruins got back Casey Mittlestadt from injured reserve, but it didn't make a difference in the 6-2 loss despite him scoring the first Boston goal of the game.