During Wednesday’s off-day, Bruce Cassidy hinted at a significant change on the Boston back-end with Hampus Lindholm set to return in a must-win Game 6 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
On Thursday, the Bruins’ bench boss opted to sit a struggling and battered Matt Grzelcyk in favor of an inconsistent Mike Reilly.
“Gryz [Grzelcyk] is playing through a little bit of stuff,” Cassidy said to reporters following Thursday’s morning skate in Brighton. “We’ve known that throughout the year. We’ve given him certain nights to sort of recover. We feel now is one of those times that we’re going to do that again.