Marat Khusnutdinov wasn’t the only young Bruins skater who had to do a double-take when his bench boss tapped his shoulder on Tuesday night.
Fraser Minten has often been tasked with snuffing out scoring chances and winning critical face-offs in the defensive zone for Boston this season.
But against the Islanders, Marco Sturm called on the 21-year-old forward to capitalize down the other end of the ice.
As Boston tried to erase a one-goal deficit for the third time on Tuesday at UBS Arena, Minten received a promotion up to a top line with David Pastrnak and Khusnutdinov.