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BOSTON –– The Boston Bruins are opening a five-game homestand on Tuesday when they host the Utah Mammoth for a 7 p.m. matchup.​ It is the second of two regular-season meetings between the teams; the Bruins fell 3-2 to the Mammoth in Salt Lake City on Oct. 19. Now, though, the B’s feel like a new group.

While the Bruins lost their last game against the Wild in a poor fashion, it appears that head coach Marco Sturm is not going to make changes to their lineup against the Mammoth. Here is the Bruins' projected lineup for their matchup against the Mammoth, based on their lines at morning skate.

Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Sergei Murashov is scheduled to start Sunday’s game against the Utah Mammoth at PPG Paints Arena. Coach Dan Muse announced Murashov’s status approximately two hours before the opening faceoff.

When the wheels come off, they come off fast. The Utah Mammoth are feeling that now. They’ve dropped three straight — including a gut-punch 4-3 loss to the Flor

With a 5–4 overtime win against the Penguins — a game in which the Mammoth impressively rallied from a 3–0 deficit in the third period before Dylan Guenther got the game winner — Utah now has its second win in a row ahead of its game against the Bruins.

Despite the Utah Mammoth having the second-worst point percentage in the NHL since Oct. 27, they find themselves just one point out of a Western Conference wild card playoff spot as we creep up on the halfway mark of the season.

For the second time in as many days, the Pittsburgh Penguins surrendered a multi-goal lead in the third period. While the path was slightly different, the result was the same as the Penguins were defeated by the Utah Mammoth,