The Boston Bruins finish a four-game road trip tonight in Raleigh, facing the Eastern Conference's current first-place team, the Carolina Hurricanes.
Boston has lost three straight games, scoring just three goals across the three games.
The Bruins, despite the recent setbacks, remain a virtual lock to make the 2026 NHL Playoffs, entering today with over a 99% chance of a playoff berth. They cannot clinch tonight, but can get extremely close.
Bruins' Head Coach Marco Sturm will almost assuredly make some kind of line changes tonight. Whether it's major, like reuniting Morgan Geekie and David Pastrnak on one line, or as simple as giving Alex Steeves a game over Lukas Reichel, much like Mikey Eyssimont received a game this past weekend.
UPDATE, 5:55: The Boston Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont reports that it will indeed be Steeves in for Lukas Reichel, with no other changes for the Bruins.
Defensively, the Bruins have been solid. There shouldn't be any changes, barring injuries.
Jeremy Swayman is projected to start.
Sturm will meet with the media roughly an hour prior to the game, and might confirm lineup news then.
This story will be updated later to reflect confirmed lines
Projected Bruins Lineup:
Forwards:
Marat Khusnutdinov - Fraser Minten - David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt - Pavel Zacha - Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Steeves - Elias Lindholm - Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot - Sean Kuraly - Mark Kastelic
Defense & Starting Goalie:
Jonathan Aspirot - Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm - Mason Lohrei
Nikita Zadorov - Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman