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BOSTON -- Just when the Bruins were playing some of their best defense of the season, they lose their No. 1 defenseman to an injury.Captain Zdeno Chara left with an unspecified injury after taking one shift in the second period during the Bruins 4-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.He did not join the Bruins on Wednesday for their flight to Ottawa to face the Senators on Thursday, and Claude Julien said the 2009 Norris Trophy winner was doubtful for Calgary on Friday.Chara has one goal and five assists in 19 games this season. His team-high 22:41 of ice time per game will also be difficult to replace.We just lost our best defender and teams hate playing against him, and thats the kind of impact hes got, Julien said. Now theres no individual thats going to step up and do his job more than were going to have to do it as a group.The Bruins received some positive news Wednesday, as defenseman Kevan Miller, who has missed the start of the season after fracturing his left hand, and forward David Pastrnak, who leads the Bruins with 10 goals, were cleared to play against Ottawa. Pastrnak had missed three games with an undisclosed injury.Both Miller and Pastrnak practiced on Wednesday.The Bruins have won four of their past six and eight of their past 12 games. Prior to their loss to the Blues, the Bruins had allowed two or fewer goals in five straight games, including four wins.Having Chara out of the lineup will put the onus not just on the defensemen, but the rest of the team to keep the opposition off the scoreboard.I think everybody together as a group has really come together and embraced our identity and the style of play that we want to emphasize and I think thats one of the reasons weve had success, defenseman John-Michael Liles said.Losing Z is a big loss, but I think if we continue to play the style that weve really focused on the last little while, I think we can continue to have success.When the Bruins were without Chara because of a torn knee ligament during the 2014-15 season, they went 11-7-1.This time they will rely upon veterans such as Liles, Torey Krug and Adam McQuaid. Nineteen-year-old Brandon Carlo has thrived as Charas regular defense partner this season, and the rookie will have to figure out how to play without the captain.Carlo has two goals and two assists in 19 games and has averaged just 20 fewer seconds per game than Chara.Hes a pretty good player anyway, and he can still play in this league without Zdeno, Julien said.When youre missing your No. 1 defenseman, when youre playing with him, theres no doubt it affects you. But hes still a good enough player to overcome that.Youri Tielemans Belgium Jersey . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. Nacer Chadli Jersey . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. http://www.belgiumsoccerpro.com/Yannick-Carrasco-Belgium-Jersey/ . 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Johnny Cueto (14-3, 2.90) pitches for San Francisco.JAPANESE REUNIONFormer Japanese league teammates Masahiro Tanaka and Hisashi Iwakuma face off when the Yankees play at Seattle. The pair worked in Rakutens rotation from 2007-11, playing in the finals in 2009. They already pitched against each other once this season, when Tanakas Yankees got a 4-3 victory in New York in April.RICK ROLLINGRed Sox righty Rick Porcello (17-3, 3.22) can become the majors first 18-game winner when Boston plays at Tampa Bay. Porcello already has a career high for victories and is tied with Torontos J.A. Happ for the majors lead.BATTED AROUNDPirates ace Gerrit Cole (7-8, 3.30) tries to get back on track in a matinee against Houston.dddddddddddd Batters have 24 hits and a .453 average against Cole in his past two starts, a huge spike from the .258 average he allowed in his first 17 starts. Astros righty Collin McHugh (7-10, 4.99) is 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA in his past five starts.BAUER POWERIndians righty Trevor Bauer faces Oakland after striking out a career-high 13 in a 3-2 win over Toronto last time out. Bauer has an inconsistent track record but has been better this season in part because hes inducing more groundballs -- his 49 percent grounder rate this year is about 10 points better than his 2015 mark. Kendall Graveman (9-8, 4.09) is coming off a two-hit shutout of the White Sox.DARVISH DEALINGYu Darvish (4-3, 2.75) is rounding into form for the Rangers and gets his next test against Cincinnati. Darvish has pitched at least six innings in each of his last six starts, averaging 96 pitches in that stretch as he returns from Tommy John surgery. ' ' '