So, during a timeout, assistants Terry Stotts and Chris DeMarco made a suggestion. Butler subbed in for Will Richard at the 4:21 mark of the fourth quarter, Green took the place of Brandin Podziemski with 3:50 to play, and besides a few seconds on the final possession of regulation, the five-man lineup closed out the final 8 minutes, 50 seconds of what turned into a 137-131 overtime win.
The Vegas Golden Knights made arguably the biggest headline of the offseason acquiring star forward Mitch Marner. Now, it's time to figure out how to arrange the top six in order to put the strongest lineup on the ice for opening night. Head coach Bruce Cassidy has quite the task in front of him with a seemingly endless number of line combinations that could reasonably play together.
The Red Sox are continuing to utilize a lineup full of right-handed bats against left-handed pitching, featuring Nate Eaton, Romy Gonzalez, Rob Refsnyder, Trevor Story, and Ceddanne Rafaela prominently placed.