NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 10/31/2024

John Beecher #19 skating for the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins (4-5-1, 9 Pts) at Carolina Hurricanes (6-2-0, 12 Pts)
Date: Thursday, October 31
Venue – Lenovo Center
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, NESN, FanDuel Sports Network South
Radio:
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub
Carolina – 99.9 The Fan

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Boston Bruins +1.5 ML +140
Carolina Hurricanes -1.5 ML -166
O/U 5.5

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Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins lost at home to Philadelphia 2-0 on Tuesday and lost 31 of 51 faceoffs. Boston was 9-0-1 in their first ten games last season. Head Coach Jim Montgomery has shuffled lines almost every game and offensively the Bruins have not responded quite yet.

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Carolina Hurricanes come into a matchup against the Boston Bruins as winners of four games in a row. Carolina is just 1-1-0 at home. The Hurricanes have a 6-1-0 record when scoring three or more goals.

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Beecher-Zacha-Pastrnak

Marchand-E. Lindholm-Kastelic

Frederic-Poitras-Brazeau

Jones-Coyle-Koepke

Lohrei-McAvoy

H. Lindholm-Carlo

Zadorov-Peeke

Swayman

Korpisalo

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

Svechnikov-Aho-Roslovic

Robinson-Kotkaniemi-Necas

Martinook-Staal-Jarvis

Carrier-Drury-Blake

Slavin-Burns

Gostisbehere-Walker

Orlov-Chatfield

Kochetkov

Martin

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Carolina Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

Forward David Pastrnak has a team-leading six goals and winger Cole Koepke has seven points for Boston and leads the team with a plus-10 rating. Center Charlie Coyle has a team-worst plus-8.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward Martin Necas leads the Hurricanes with 11 points. Center Sebastian Aho has collected three goals and five assists. Left wing Eric Robinson is a team-leading plus-5.

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

None

Carolina Hurricanes

RW Jesper Bratt – LTIR – Out for season
G Frederik Andersen – Being evaluated

Next Game
Boston Bruins – November 2 at Philadelphia at 1:00 pm EST.
Carolina Hurricanes – November 3 vs Washington at 5:00 pm EST.

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