Lucic injured, Lefebvre recalled
Guillaume Lefebvre will replace Milan Lucic in the lineup tonight. (Paul Chiasson/AP) |
Milan Lucic suffered an undisclosed injury last night against Dallas and will not play tonight against Phoenix. Lucic took a hard tumble into the boards last night. It is unknown whether he was injured during the play.
Guillaume Lefebvre has been recalled from Providence and is expected to make his Bruins debut tonight. Lefebvre's last NHL appearance came in 2005-06 when he played for Pittsburgh. Lefebvre had appeared in four games for Providence this season, registering one assist and 25 penalty minutes.
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound wing was invited to camp on a tryout basis. Lefebvre signed a one-year, $500,000 contract on Sept. 26. In 70 AHL games last season for Springfield, Lefebvre scored four goals and nine assists while racking up 206 penalty minutes.
Last night, Lucic skated on the second line with David Krejci and Blake Wheeler for the first time this season. Lucic took 15 shifts for 12:23 of ice time, recording one shot and landing five hits. In the five previous games, Lucic had been the No. 1 left wing alongside Marc Savard and Marco Sturm. Lucic has three assists and nine penalty minutes in six games.


- Fluto Shinzawa - Globe Bruins beat writer
- Kevin Paul Dupont - Globe national hockey writer






