Brad Marchand will cement his place in Bruins history

Brad Marchand will make history when he takes the ice against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. The forward will become the eighth player in franchise history to skate in 1,000 games, joining other Bruins greats Zdeno Chara, Wayne Cashman, David Krejci, Don Sweeney, Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Bucyk and Ray Bourque.

“It’s special,” Marchand told reporters when asked about the milestone. “I look at it in so many different ways. When you look back as a kid coming up and just trying to make the league, it’s hard to imagine playing 1,000 games, especially for one team. You look at the players, the guys I grew up watching who played 1,000 games – I was even looking the other day at guys who I would have expected to play 1,000 games that didn’t due to injuries or whatever. It’s pretty incredible.”