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Dennis Seidenberg ‘pretty close,’ Brad Marchand expected to play vs. Rangers 01.22.13 at 11:51 am ET
By DJ Bean

WILMINGTON — With the 0-2-0 Rangers waiting in New York, the Bruins on Tuesday returned to practice in anticipation of a rematch of the season-opener.

Dennis Seidenberg, who missed Monday’s 2-1 shootout win over the Jets with a lower-body injury, skated by himself prior to the session and participated in the full practice. With Seidenberg back at practice, his pairing with Dougie Hamilton was reunited, as was the Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk duo. The Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid pairing remained intact in Monday’s game and Tuesday’s practice.

Brad Marchand was the only absence, with Jay Pandolfo filling in for him on Patrice Bergeron‘s line. Lane MacDermid wore a Merlot jersey as the fourth member of Gregory Campbell‘s line.

Claude Julien said after the practice both Seidenberg and Marchand are day-to-day, though he expects Marchand to play Wednesday vs. the Rangers and said that Seidenberg is “pretty close.”

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  • glenn88

    With the intense schedule MacDermid is going to get a lot of starts on the 4th line.  Impossible for people like Thorton and Cambell to bring the physical part of the game and be available to fight every night. 

  • ILoveHockey

    There is going to be a ton of injuries too- and a week long injury will keep you out 3-5 games rather than 2-3 in a normal schedule

  • rogerroger

    Thankfully the Bruins are a pretty deep lineup, so that kind of issue may impact them less than others teams. Potentially, anyway. 

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