When it arrives in full is still to be determined, but the cavalry is on the way for the Bruins.

Both Charlie McAvoy, out since November 15 with a broken jaw, and David Pastrnak, out since November 26 with an unspecified injury, both practiced with the team on Monday and are traveling with the team for its three-game road trip starting in St. Louis on Tuesday and then moving on to Winnipeg on Thursday before closing it out in Minnesota on Sunday.

Pastrnak wore a red non-contact jersey in practice while McAvoy was in regular, full-participation jersey.

In speaking last Friday, McAvoy sounded as if his absence was going to be longer from the injury he suffered when taking a Noah Dobson slapper to the face in Montreal. He was supposed to be off solid food for six weeks since the surgery.

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