Viktor Arvidsson to return to Bruins’ lineup in Detroit

The Bruins will attempt to take four out of four points in the second half of their home-and-home against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday night On Saturday the B s gave the Wings a point when the visitors tied it late with the goalie pulled but the B s and Jeremy Swayman saves plus all three shots in the shootout prevailed on the skills competition at the Garden As expected they will get one of their injured players back when Viktor Arvidsson suits up and plays on a line with Casey Mittelstadt and center Pavel Zacha He s been out since pulling up lame in the lat stages of the Bruins - win over the Canadiens in Montreal on February Before injuries had hit first Mittelstadt November and then Arvidsson that line had emerged as a kind of shutdown line to play against the opposition s top lines He s just one of those players that you want to follow just the way he leads on the ice coach Marco Sturm informed reporters in Detroit I thought when he got hurt in Montreal that was maybe his best stretch in playing for a while Hopefully we can get him back to the way he was playing back during that time But it s definitely nice to have him back With Arvidsson back Jeffrey Viel and Riley Tufte were set to be the healthy scratches Swayman who was - in November will get the net again He s too good right now declared Sturm So if we have any time now we had two days in between I think that gave him enough rest again to have a limited games in him He s doing excellent It s going to be a tough challenge again at present and he s the right guy Sturm also reported that David Pastrnak who had appeared to suffer certain sort of lower body injury late in the B s win on Long Island on Thanksgiving eve will not skate the rest of the week Whether he can make the road trip next week that takes the B s to St Louis Winnipeg and Minnesota remains to be seen Sturm revealed he wants to see Pastrnak get a inadequate skates in before he gets back into the lineup We ve got to be careful with him noted Sturm Charlie McAvoy has resumed skating but there is still no timetable for a return from his facial injury The Boston Fleet communicated they will be playing the Montreal Victoire at TD Garden on April pm It will be the second half of a hockey double-header The B s host the Tampa Bay Lightning at pm that afternoon in what could be a very big meeting for their playoff hopes