Round 2 against the Checkers features some lines that are a bit mixed up. Bobo Carpenter took warmup but appears to be out. A few guys back in, a few out.
Could be Zack Stortini in for Charlotte, which can always be interesting. Edit: he’s out. Seven D again for the Checkers. The Checkers’ magic number to clinch the division is two points, so any win tonight does it.
Bridgeport’s magic numbers remain seven for the playoffs and 12 for home ice.
BRIDGEPORT
F: Bellows-Lorito-Bernier (A)
St. Denis-Koivula-C.Bourque
Kubiak – Stevens – Ho-Sang
R.Bourque-Jones-B.Holmstrom (C)
(Carpenter-scratch)
D: Aho-Burroughs
Helgeson (A)-Casto
Vande Sompel-Hutton
G: Smith
Gibson
CHARLOTTE
F: Saarela-Geekie-Poturalski (A)
Jurco-Brown (C)-Necas
Schilkey-Roy-Gauthier
Nastasiuk-Mattheos-(Stortini-scratch)
D: Carrick (A)-Didier
Bean-McKeown
Fleury-Renouf/Robertson
G: Nedeljkovic
Tokarski
R: Dietrich, O’Donnell. L: Cooke, Kiriakos.
Bridgeport scratches (believed healthy unless noted): Rathgeb, Wotherspoon, apparently Carpenter, Eansor, Gionta (veteran), Sislo (veteran/maintenance), Wahlstrom.
Scoreboard watching: Providence at Hershey; Springfield at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton; Lehigh Valley at Cleveland.