Bruins’ Matthew Poitras Will Miss Boston’s First Game Out Of Break

The Boston Bruins play the Calgary Flames at TD Garden on Tuesday night after their All-Star break.Amidst the brief break, rookie forward Matthew Poitras will miss his second straight game, but Jake DeBrusk and Derek Forbort are back in the starting lineup.Following the team’s practice at Warrior Ice Arena, Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters, “He had a follow-up doctor’s appointment today, just part of his steps in his progression.” “This evening, (he) is not an option.”

Montgomery remarked, “Hopefully using him more in situations where he’s going to help us offensively like he did early on.”The Bruins have a strategy in place to make sure Poitras is placed in advantageous circumstances.Montgomery clarified, “We see it as just another aspect of his growth to keep evolving. “We think he will play a major role in what we do. Two things that immediately stand out about him are his aggressiveness and hockey sense, which is why we find him to be such an entertaining hockey player.

Montgomery gave a mid-season summary of Poitras’s growth before to the All-Star break.Before the Ottawa Senators game on January 25, Montgomery told reporters, “I think you would say the first 15, 20 games of the season was excellent,” according to the team. “There was a little bit of a retraction in his play due to the grind of the season and his initial adjustment to the NHL at the age of 19, but he has responded.”Poitras played in 33 of Boston’s first 49 games this year, averaging 13:24 minutes on the ice and tallying five goals and ten assists for a total of 15 points.

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