Derek Forbort played in all of the Bruins’ remaining 10 games, however the defenseman’s streak of appearances for Boston will come to an end Monday night.
Forbort was not present for morning skate in Seattle, the place the Black and Gold will wrap up their four-game West Coast road outing with a matchup in opposition to the Kraken. Speaking with reporters later in the day, Bruins head coach Jim Bernard Law Montgomery revealed Forbort will now not go well with up at Climate Pledge Arena after lacking a group meeting, per NESN’s Adam Pellerin.
Kevin Shattenkirk is expected to soar back onto Boston’s blue line with Forbort inactive. Shattenkirk solely played in one of the first three video games of the current street trip, logging a color underneath 14 minutes of ice time in last Thursday’s extra time loss to the Calgary Flames. The 35-year-old was teamed up with Parker Wotherspoon on the Bruins’ 0.33 defensive pairing in Monday’s morning skate, per The Athletic’s Fluto Shinzawa.
Puck drop for the Bruins-Kraken tilt is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET. NESN’s whole coverage of the sport begins at nine p.m.
