Without two of their top defensemen to start the 2022-23 campaign, the Boston Bruins knew they’d need to rely on Brandon Carlo during the opening month of the new year.
Those plans nearly got derailed during Boston’s home opener against the Arizona Coyotes when the Colorado Springs native exited the game following a collision with Liam O’Brien.
The Bruins labeled Carlo as day-to-day with an upper-body injury last week. They played the next four games without one of their steady stay-at-home blue-liners.
Carlo practiced with the team late last week in a no-contact sweater.