Boston Bruins
2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 19th in the NHL · 6th in the Atlantic · L10 2-2-0 · L2
2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8th in the NHL · 4th in the Atlantic
vs Utah · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Jeremy Swayman 58%Game preview →Boston are 2-2-0 after 4 games of 2026-27, 6th in the Atlantic. Last season they finished 8th in the league with 100 points.
6th in the Atlantic after 4 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 19th in the league · 2-2-0 · 4 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 9 goals for and 11 against in 4 games. Last season: 100 points against 98.4. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six on the road
Next six
See all: Next six →Utah Mammoth92 pts · 15th10 Octvs
Philadelphia Flyers98 pts · 11th13 Oct@
San Jose Sharks86 pts · 24th16 Oct@
Anaheim Ducks92 pts · 18th17 Oct@
Los Angeles Kings90 pts · 20th20 Oct@
Dallas Stars112 pts · 3rdDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 49.8% of the time. 5 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Ottawa1–419–24L3 Oct@
Minnesota1–427–30L2 Oct@
Winnipeg4–3 OT30–33W29 Sepvs
NY Rangers3–023–24WScores Mark Kastelic leads with 3 points in 4 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$6.05M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 1 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include. 1 roster player without a contract record is left out of the split.
Who dressed against Ottawa on 5 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 3 Oct: in Frederic Brunet, Matthew Poitras; out Sean Kuraly, Jonathan Aspirot.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 28th power play and a 23rd penalty kill
Small sample after 4 games. Last season: power play 23.4%, penalty kill 77.0%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Boston attempt more from the wing than anywhere else
Every Boston attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (4 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
222 att · 99 on goal · 9 G
By shot type
Boston Bruins rank 14th for 22+ mph bursts and 22nd for shot-attempt differential
How fast Boston Bruins skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.56JJ PeterkavsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 04:50
- 22.19Hampus LindholmvsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 02:33
- 22.03Marat KhusnutdinovvsNYR29 Sep · 1st 01:36
- 21.98Sean Kuraly@WPG2 Oct · 1st 19:07
- 21.97Tanner Jeannot@MIN3 Oct · 1st 15:36
- 21.92Casey MittelstadtvsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 10:59
- 21.66Frederic BrunetvsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 10:02
- 21.30Mark KastelicvsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 04:13
Each Boston Bruins skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 96.38Jonathan AspirotvsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 10:24
- 92.03Morgan GeekievsOTT5 Oct · 1st 08:03
- 90.76Pavel ZachavsNYR29 Sep · 1st 00:24
- 89.21Nikita Zadorov@WPG2 Oct · OT 01:30
- 87.17Hampus Lindholm@WPG2 Oct · 1st 09:23
- 84.60Fraser MintenvsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 16:14
- 83.49Elias Lindholm@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 06:17
- 82.07JJ Peterka@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 03:40
Each Boston Bruins skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Jeremy Swayman has started 3 of 4
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
One on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →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.
Placed C/LWs Lukas Reichel and Alex Steeves on waivers.
Assigned Fs Ivan Ivan and Attilio Biasca to Providence (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Providence Fs Brendan Gaunce and Brian Halonen Ds Jordan Harris and Billy Sweezey and G Jiri Patera.
Assigned G Simon Zajicek to Providence (AHL).
Signed C Fraser Minten to a seven-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 38% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Boston Bruins, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 102-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 82%; the market sits 43 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
4 points from 4 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Montréal is the most-played rivalry: 951 meetings
Boston against every Atlantic rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Montréal Canadiens951419-479-53.4411924-25
Toronto Maple Leafs775406-333-36.5241927-28
Detroit Red Wings626306-303-17.4891932-33
Buffalo Sabres380207-141-32.5451970-71Ottawa Senators177101-54-22.5711992-93
Tampa Bay Lightning14885-48-15.5741992-93
Florida Panthers14376-52-15.5311993-9421 playoff trips and a Stanley Cup in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 45 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct