Bruins call up Anton Blidh and Paul Postma from Providence
SUNRISE, Fla. — Slightly worse for their wear Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C. — where they finished their 6-4 win with injuries to Jake DeBrusk, Zdeno Chara, and Torey Krug — the Bruins Thursday morning summoned forward Anton Blidh and defenseman Paul Postma from AHL Providence.
The Bruins are due on the ice here at BB&T Center at 11:30 a.m. for their day-of-game skate.
The Bruins also have extras Tommy Wingels (F) and Adam McQuaid (D) available for tonight’s 7:30 faceoff vs. the Panthers.
Blidh, who put up meager numbers (1-1—2) in his 19 games with the varsity last season, has delivered 9-13—22 in 59 games with Providence. The Bruins used a sixth-round pick, 180th overall, to selected Blidh in the 2013 draft.
Postma, acquired July 1 last year as a free agent, was waived to Providence late last month after the Bruins acquired Nick Holden from the Rangers at the trade deadline. He appeared in only 12 games with the varsity before being assigned to Providence, where he went 0-5—5 in five games.
DeBrusk appeared to suffer a shoulder injury when he banged into the boards late in the second period in Raleigh. Chara and Krug both were injured in the third period and were not on the ice for any of the five consecutive goals the Bruins scored to overcome a 4-1 deficit for their most dramatic comeback win of the season.
Prior to Tuesday night in Raleigh, no NHL team this season had erased a three-goal deficit in the third period and come back to win in regulation.
Panthers at a glance
■ When, where: Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla.
■ TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM (98.5).
■ Goals: Vincent Trocheck 26, Aleksander Barkov 25, Jonathan Huberdeau 23.
■ Assists: Barkov 44, Huberdeau 40, Keith Yandle 40.
■ Goaltending: James Reimer (16-13-5, 3.16 GAA), Roberto Luongo (14-8-2, 2.61 GAA).
■ Head to head: This is the first of four meetings.
■ Miscellany: Former Bruin Frank Vatrano, traded to Florida Feb. 22, scored a goal in his first game as a Panther Saturday . . . Florida’s franchise-record eight-game home winning streak was snapped by Ottawa Monday . . . The Panthers are the only team the Bruins have not yet faced this season.
