A week after a sucker punch from Panthers forward Sam Bennett landed him on the shelf, Brad Marchand could be back on the ice for Boston’s do-or-die Game 6 on Friday night at TD Garden.
Marchand — sidelined for the past two games due to an upper-body injury — still has “boxes to check”, according to Jim Montgomery. But the 36-year-old Bruins captain was optimistic about his chances of getting the green light to play and try to keep his team’s season alive.
“Just going through the steps,” Marchand said Thursday of his availability for Game 6.