Boston Bruins Game Day Preview: Two Old Faces Return

Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno skating for the Boston Bruins
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Game 1: Chicago Blackhawks (1-0) at Boston Bruins (0-0)

Date: Wednesday, October 11

Time: 7:30 pm EST

TV: TNT

Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

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DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Chicago +105

Boston -125

O/U 6

Chicago Blackhawks Notes:

The Blackhawks are playing the second game of a back-back after beating Pittsburgh on opening night 4-2 Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Corey Perry scored the game-winning goal as Chicago came back from a 2-0 deficit.

Boston Bruins Notes:

This is the opener at TD Garden for the defending President Trophy-winning Bruins, who begin their centennial season. The Bruins will be playing their first game after the retirements of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci.

Boston Bruins Lineup:

Van Riemsdyk – Zacha – Pastrnak
Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
Frederic – Poitras – Geekie
Lucic – Beecher – Lauko

Grzelcyk – McAvoy
Lindholm – Carlo
Forbort – Shattenkirk

Ullmark
Swayman

Chicago Blackhawks Lineup:

Hall – Bedard – Donato
Johnson – Reichel – Raddysh
Katchouk – Guttman – Athanasiou
Perry – Dickinson – Foligno

Vlasic – Jones
Korchinski – Murphy
Tinordi – Kaiser

Mrazek
Soderblom

Players To Watch:

Chicago – Bedard is the 2023 first-overall draft pick and collected his first NHL point in the first game. Bedard was 0 for 8 on the faceoff dot, however. Former Bruins Taylor Hall and Ryan Donato are his linemates. Nick Foligno is also in the lineup for Chicago. Chicago totaled 59 points last season.

Boston – Matthew Poitras, the Bruins 2022 2nd-round draft pick, is making his NHL debut after leading the Bruins with five points in the preseason. The 19-year-old will center the third line with Trent Frederic and Morgan Geekie. Johnny Beecher is also making his debut. The 2019 first-round pick is the fourth-line center with Milan Lucic and Jakub Lauko on his wings. The Bruins led the NHL with 135 points last season.

Next game

Chicago – October 14 at Montreal

Boston – October 14 vs Nashville

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