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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Boston Bruins at Edmonton Oilers: game preview

Puck drop19 Feb · 8:00 PM ET
VenueRogers Place
All-time meetings99 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Seven points apart last season

Boston finished last season 8th in the league on 100 points. Edmonton finished 14th on 93.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 100

Across 99 completed games, Boston lead the head-to-head 57-32-10.

All-time record57-32-10Boston's record in the series
Meetings played99This is number 100
2025-26 series—
Last 54-1Edmonton
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
31 Dec 2025BOS 6 – EDM 2——BOS
18 Dec 2025EDM 3 – BOS 1——EDM
7 Jan 2025EDM 4 – BOS 0——EDM
19 Dec 2024BOS 2 – EDM 3 OT——EDM
5 Mar 2024EDM 2 – BOS 1 OT——EDM
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateBostonEdmonton
18 Dec 202520-15-0 · 40 pts12th17-12-6 · 40 pts13th
31 Dec 202521-18-2 · 44 pts17th20-15-6 · 46 pts12th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 18 Dec 2025, Boston were 12th in the league and Edmonton 13th. By 31 Dec 2025 it was 17th and 12th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Boston out-attempted Edmonton 113 to 106

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Boston Bruins

113 att · 55 on goal · 7 G · 12.7%
Crease7 att · 2 G
Slot36 att · 1 G
Wing50 att · 4 G
Point17 att · 0 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

Edmonton Oilers

106 att · 61 on goal · 5 G · 8.2%
Crease14 att · 1 G
Slot51 att · 2 G
Wing27 att · 1 G
Point12 att · 1 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Edmonton have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

BostonEdmonton
2.87xG for per game3.31
3.13xG against per game2.10
47.8%xG share61.2%
−2.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals+7.1
+1.5GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−7.7

This season: 4 games for Boston, 3 for Edmonton. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Boston

Small sample
Power play · 2026-270.0%
Power play · 2025-2623.4% · 9th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.0% · 24th
Faceoffs · 2026-2750.4% · 117/232
Drawn · 2026-2710 (2.50/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Edmonton

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th
Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176
Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
47Mark Kastelic41230.75
10JJ Peterka42020.50
44James Hagens42020.50
97Connor McDavid32793.00
29Leon Draisaitl33251.67
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
27Hampus Lindholm41120.50
91Nikita Zadorov40220.50
6Mason Lohrei40220.50
2Evan Bouchard34482.67
6Ryan Shea31231.00
14Mattias Ekholm30000.00
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 17 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 17 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Boston crease

BOS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Feb

Jeremy Swayman.9143 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.4
Michael DiPietro.8971 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −0.7

No appearances against Edmonton in the last meetings.

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Feb

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6
Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

No appearances against Boston in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.7 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

31 Dec 20258 · BOS 6–2 EDM
18 Dec 20254 · EDM 3–1 BOS
7 Jan 20254 · EDM 4–0 BOS
19 Dec 20245 · BOS 2–3 EDM
5 Mar 20243 · EDM 2–1 BOS

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Boston2.252.753.323.05
Edmonton5.674.673.443.28

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.7Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings4.8Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

10 on the injury lists

Boston · injuries

Charlie McAvoySuspensionOutReturn13 Oct

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct
Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct
Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec
James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct
Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov
Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct
Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 Oct
5 Oct · BOS

Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.

4 Oct · BOS

Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.

27 Sep · BOS

Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.

1 Oct · EDM

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

Injury report
#56Yuri IvanovRound 2 · Spartak Jr.G
#88Nils BartholdssonRound 3 · Rogle Jr.RW
#104Matvei KotkovRound 4 · Yaroslavl Jr.RW
#122Oscar OlssonRound 4 · Orebro Jr.LW
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#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC
#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW
#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD
#180Caden HarveyRound 6 · WindsorC
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