{"time":1792708781286,"blocks":[{"id":"7WS7Ba12zp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins return home Thursday night after a 10-day road trip through California, with a pit stop in Dallas on the way home."}},{"id":"5GjGb8jEJk","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Bruins continue to play Western Conference Teams, as they host the Nashville Predators inside TD Garden on Thursday."}},{"id":"ttG_9V0Gx0","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Boston had a very successful road trip, sweeping the California teams and picking up a loser point in an overtime loss against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday."}},{"id":"kJMVrZtUsp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Bruins enter Thursday atop the Atlantic Division and as one of the best teams in the entire NHL."}},{"id":"DN1_VB_81H","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Still, the goalscoring from Boston's top line, including David Pastrnak, has fallen short of expectations thus far."}},{"id":"uwzukgznwO","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"With that, Bruins' Head Coach Marco Sturm has made the decision to flip around two wingers in his top six for tonight's return home."}},{"id":"cRmxNQfBGV","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Defensively, Boston's keeping the same pairings they had Tuesday in Dallas."}},{"id":"f4fB5BHy2U","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Michael DiPietro makes his first home start of the season."}},{"id":"XLLST0edP2","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Predators will start backup goalie Justus Annunen"}},{"id":"kpwzMjCvm_","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Bruins Confirmed Lineup:"}},{"id":"iSQ7DNJBMp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Forwards:"}},{"id":"BKvKOaalA7","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"JJ Peterka - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak"}},{"id":"LQ1-4n5gR-","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Marat Khusnutdinov - Fraser Minten - Morgan Geekie"}},{"id":"SlntJJaTfp","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Casey Mittelstadt - Elias Lindholm - James Hagens"}},{"id":"R0YYq7V8aj","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Tanner Jeannot - Matthew Poitras - Mark Kastelic"}},{"id":"WhCqfktDo5","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Defense:"}},{"id":"SawjC_jvfc","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Hampus Lindholm - Charlie McAvoy"}},{"id":"I_FwgiI8M1","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Nikita Zadorov - Will Borgen"}},{"id":"MRycpKSAOq","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Frederic Brunet - Mason Lohrei"}},{"id":"FJzGd_GUQ2","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Starting Goalie:"}},{"id":"Vc0egTSa2m","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Michael DiPietro"}}],"version":"2.31.6"}

Three X-Factors for the Boston Bruins in 2023-24