Prior to the Boston Bruins playing the New York Rangers at the TD Garden on Friday afternoon, there was a flurry of roster moves. As part of some of the moves, the Bruins called up Georgii Merkulov from the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League (AHL) after Matej Blümel was placed on injured reserve after getting injured against the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.
First-year head coach Marco Sturm also noted that Boston was going to be without David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha against the Rangers in what turned into a 6-2 loss. Merkulov played on Friday, but just 10:35 in time on ice.