Hampus Lindholm, who hasn’t played since November with a lower-body injury, had a scheduled day off in his rehabilitation on Friday. Sacco didn’t reveal if the Bruins thought it was possible that he could be back before the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off.

As the NHL's break for the 4 Nations Face-Off approaches, the Boston Bruins have defenseman Charlie McAvoy back from injury and hope that consistency can follow.

BOSTON – Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, January 30, that the team has added defenseman Charlie McAvoy to the active roster (Date of Injury: Jan. 11) and assigned forward Max Jones to Providence.

The Bruins have not had Lindholm and McAvoy anchoring their D corps together since the former suffered a lower-body injury on Nov. 12 against the Blues.

The McAvoy family grew after Charlie McAvoy’s wife Kiley, gave birth the couple’s first child on Sunday morning.

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy is still recovering from an undisclosed injury with no set return date.

Trying to bounce back from yet another brutal loss, the Bruins could be getting their best all-around defenseman back for Thursday's game against the Jets.

The Bruins might benefit from a rising salary cap, but Boston knows full well of the dangers that come from building through free agency.

Before Friday’s practice began, Head Coach Mike Sullivan gathered the Penguins to acknowledge Sidney Crosby being named captain for Canada and Erik Karlsson being named an alternate captain for Sweden at the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off.

The plan for Auston Matthews is to be, well, Auston Matthews. On Thursday, Matthews was named the captain of Team USA for the 4 Nations Face-Off, the international best-on-best tournament that will pit the US, Canada, Sweden and Finland against each other in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20.

“I don’t need to step in and be a rah-rah guy,” Matthews said Friday in a conference call after he was named captain the previous day, to be assisted by Matthew Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers and Charlie McAvoy of the Boston Bruins. “A lot of these guys I’ve played with in junior and other tournaments. There’s good familiarity.