Brad Marchand out vs. Blackhawks with upper-body injury
CHICAGO — Brad Marchand will not play in Sunday’s game against the Blackhawks because of an upper-body injury. The 29-year-old, who has a team-high 29 goals and 69 points, collided with forward Anthony Duclair during the first period of Saturday’s Bruins-Blackhawks game in Boston. Marchand did not participate in warmups in Chicago Sunday.
UPDATE: Brad Marchand will not play in this afternoon’s game (upper body).
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This will be the 14th game the Bruins will play without their No. 1 left wing. The Bruins will play with 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
Meanwhile, Anton Khudobin will get the start as the Bruins and Blackhawks complete their back-to-back set.
Coach Bruce Cassidy considered giving Zdeno Chara the day off because of the prompt turnaround, the team’s position in the standings, and the importance of the captain. But Chara played a manageable 20:09 in the Bruins’ 7-4 win on Saturday. Cassidy said he would think about resting Chara later this month or in April before the playoffs.
Blackhawks at a glance
■ When, where: Sunday, 12:30 p.m., at United Center.
■ TV, radio: NBC, WBZ-FM (98.5).
■ Goals: Patrick Kane 24, Alex DeBrincat 22, Nick Schmaltz 20.
■ Assists: Kane 40, Duncan Keith 28, Jonathan Toews 27.
■ Goaltending: Corey Crawford (16-9-2, 2.27 GAA), Anton Forsberg (8-14-3, 3.02 GAA), Jean-Francois Berube (2-3-0, 3.63 GAA).
■ Head to head: This is the second of two meetings this season, with the first coming Saturday in Boston, a contest the Bruins won, 7-4.
■ Miscellany: Crawford has not played since Dec. 23 with vertigo-like symptoms and might miss the rest of the season . . . The Blackhawks are second the NHL with 34.3 shots on goal per game . . . In Thursday’s 3-2 loss to the Hurricanes, Chicago’s Joel Quenneville coached his 1,607th regular-season game, matching Al Arbour for second-most in NHL history (behind Scotty Bowman).
