With a 27-7-2 home record entering Monday’s action, the Boston Bruins have little left to prove at TD Garden.
With 10 of their final 14 games on the road, they have a bevy of to-do tasks and potential gains ahead of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs.
This week will mark their first of three multigame journeys in the final month of the regular season. They dart down to New Jersey for a Tuesday tilt before venturing west for a Friday-Saturday swing through Colorado and Phoenix.
Next week features more of a breather with the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks each coming to the Garden. The subsequent weekend will commence a slew of four games in four opposing cities within six nights.
If one factors out the footrace with Pittsburgh for the highest seed in the Eastern Conference, these trips carry priorities beyond winning. The Bruins would need to pull a 2011 Red Sox to squander home ice for at least the first two rounds.
As the adage goes, there will be plenty of time for that later. Until then, this team can take advantage of the travel and bring its final configuration together on the ...
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