Matt Rempe stretched on the bench several minutes before warmups when the chants started. Then, every time he touched the puck during the game in Washington, the Capitals crowd booed Rempe, unhappy about a hit he made two nights earlier that injured defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk and sparked more criticism about his play. The 21-year-old forward shrugged it off, happy to play the villain role on the road knowing back home at Madison Square Garden he'll be applauded just as much, if not more. “I've got no issue with it,” Rempe said last weekend.
BOSTON—James van Riemsdyk is one of the few active NHL players left from one of the most memorable Boston-Toronto playoff series. “It still stings and it still hurts,” van Riemsdyk said. Van Riemsdyk, 34, is at the tail end of his career and now on the opposite side of this rivalry, one that has been one-sided in Boston's favour for almost five decades. The Bruins, up 3-2 ahead of Game 6 in Toronto on Thursday, have won the last six playoff matchups.
Sign In The Bruins enter their regular-season finale Tuesday night with a chance to clinch the Atlantic Division. Boston plays the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on the second night of a back-to-back. The Black and Gold can clinch the Atlantic Divison with a win of any type, but a loss would then have the team's eyes toward the Florida Panthers-Toronto Maple Leafs matchup to determine the division winner. The Bruins loaned Johnny Beecher to Providence head of Tuesday's matchup and recalled Jayson Megna. The team did not hold morning skate, so it's unknown if the veteran will make his debut. It's expected that James van Riemsdyk will return to the lineup and skate on the fourth line with Jesper
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19 | C | |
70 | C | |
55 | RW | |
70 | G | |
25 | D | |
13 | C | |
74 | LW | |
64 | G | |
28 | D | |
11 | C | |
39 | C | |
48 | D | |
43 | LW | |
94 | C | |
27 | D | |
6 | D | |
17 | LW | |
63 | LW | |
61 | LW | |
73 | D | |
26 | C | |
88 | RW | |
52 | D | |
51 | C | |
12 | D | |
1 | G | |
35 | G | |
29 | D | |
18 | C | |
21 | LW |