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Brad Marchand suffers injury vs. Sabres, but will play Saturday

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BOSTON -- Almost nothing has gone wrong for the Boston Bruins this season. So when Brad Marchand left Thursday night's game in the second period with an injury, everyone in Boston had to hold their breath.

The good news for everybody on Friday is that it looks like they can exhale.

Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery said on Friday that the team expects Marchand to play on Saturday afternoon against the Rangers.

On Thursday night, Montgomery said the team was not 100 percent positive on the scope of Marchand's issue. But he also said, "We think it's gonna be all right." It didn't take long for the team to confirm that positive news.

Marchand went down a little over seven minutes into the second period after taking an awkward tumble into the boards following a hit by Ilya Lyubushkin.

Thursday was just Marchand's second game without a point in the Bruins' last eight games. He has 19 goals and 34 assists in 53 games this season.

The Bruins host the Rangers on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Garden, before getting a much-needed four-day break.

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