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The Bruins face-off in yet another crucial game with the Toronto Maple Leafs. They will be without Marc Savard (back) who will be out at least through the weekend. They will also be without Chuck Kobasew (fractured tibia) who will miss 4-8 weeks. Andrew Ference (sprained knee) will also be out of the line-up. These are among the regulars that are always out of the injury-laden line-up.

To win tonight, the same formula applies. Fire anything and everything at Toskala, get in the low slot/top of the crease to screen him, and bury rebounds for garbage goals. Again, the formula that works for this team is

Team + Defensive Talent /Injuries X Garbage Goals = Wins

If the Bruins can do this they can pull off back-to-back wins (really? What?!). Here is tonight's expected line-up...

Sturm-Krejci-Murray
Lucic-Metropolit-Axelsson
Schaefer-Sobotka-Kessel
Reich-Nokelainen-Thornton

Chara-Ward
Lashoff-Wideman
Stuart-Hnidy

Thomas

If Bruins use this formula to their advantage I can see another 2-goal victory without the use of the empty-netter. I know I predicted this last time but, doesn't it seem logical to predict the same thing if they can duplicate Tuesday's performance? Yes, yes it does.