Boston Bruins at Nashville Predators: game preview
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8that
NashvillePredators2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 38-34-10 · 86 pts · 23rdFourteen points apart last season
Boston finished last season 8th in the league on 100 points. Nashville finished 23rd on 86.
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Meeting number 43
Across 42 completed games, Boston lead the head-to-head 22-14-6.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 27 Jan 2026, Boston were 10th in the league and Nashville 26th. By 5 Mar 2026 it was 10th and 26th.
Nashville out-attempted Boston 114 to 105
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Boston Bruins
Nashville Predators
Nashville 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.
This season: 4 games for Boston, 3 for Nashville. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Boston, 10 for Nashville.
2025-26: 82 games for Boston, 82 for Nashville.
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 sampleNashville
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Boston crease
BOS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 17 Mar
No appearances against Nashville in the last meetings.
Nashville crease
NSH · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 17 Mar
No appearances against Boston in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.1 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
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Boston2.252.753.323.05
Nashville2.333.003.013.28Goals 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.
2 on the injury lists
Boston · injuries
Nashville · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.
Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.
Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.
Recalled G Matt Murray from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed G Justus Annunen on injured reserve.
Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G Matt Murray to Milwaukee.
Recalled G Matthew Murray from Milwaukee (AHL).
Boston · 2026 draft
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