When the Boston Bruins host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night at the TD Garden, they will be doing so without one of their young defenseman in the lineup. Tuesday night on Long Island against the New York Islanders in the Bruins' 4-3 shootout win, Mason Lohrei missed his fourth straight game.
Since first-year head coach Marco Sturm scratched him on Oct. 28 against the Islanders at the TD Garden when Hampus Lindholm returned to the lineup from his early-season injury. Jonathan Aspirot was inserted into the lineup that night when Michael Callahan was returned to the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League (AHL) after the Black and Gold's 7-2 loss to Ottawa the night before.