THE BIG MATCHUP

Bo Horvat vs. Patrice Bergeron

In a 2-1 win over the Bruins on Oct. 20 at Rogers Arena, centre Brandon Sutter combined with Antoine Roussel and Loui Eriksson to keep the vaunted top Bruins line of Bergeron between Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak pointless, even though they managed nine shots. The point is with Sutter injured, Horvat must not only shoulder added defensive-zone faceoff responsibility, he’ll be asked to do what Sutter did. And as much as Horvat welcomes added ice time, he logged a whopping 23:53 on Tuesday in Detroit and took a career-high 40 draws, 19 of which he won. Bergeron has won 57.5 per cent of his draws this season and Horvat 55.3.