NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 3/6/2025

Sebastian Aho celebrating a goal for the Carolina Hurricanes
Photo: Josh Lavallee / National Hockey League / Getty

Boston Bruins (28-27-8, 64 pts) at Carolina Hurricanes (36-22-4, 76 pts)

Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+ / NESN / FDSS
Radio: 
Boston Bruins – The Sports Hub 98.5 FM
Carolina Hurricanes – The Fan 99.9 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Boston Bruins +1.5 ML +220
Carolina Hurricanes -1.5 ML -270
O/U 5.5

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Boston Bruins News & Notes: 

The Bruins are 10-16-3 on the road this season and are 3-5-2 as they’ve fallen to 7th place in the Atlantic Division. The Bruins have traded Trent Frederic, and other moves seem to be on the horizon for a Bruins team that hasn’t lived up to expectations this season. 

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes: 

The Hurricanes are 23-7-1 at home this season and have won two straight games as they welcome the Bruins to Raleigh tonight. The Hurricanes have a +28 goal differential this season. This is the second of three matchups between these two teams, with Carolina taking the first meeting 8-2 on Halloween night. 

Boston Bruins Projected Lines:

Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Tufte-E. Lindholm-Coyle
Koepke-Poitras-Lettieri
Beecher-Brown-Kastelic

Zadorov-Carlo
Lohrei-Peeke
Wotherspoon-Mitchell

Swayman
Korpisalo

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines:

Jarvis-Aho-Rantanen
Hall-Kotkaniemi-Blake
Martinook-Staal-Svechnikov
Robinson-Jost-Roslovic

Slavin-Burns
Orlov-Chatfield
Gostisbehere-Walker

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

Former Hurricane Morgan Geekie scored his career-high 20th goal in the Bruins’ 6-3 loss to Nashville on Tuesday night. Geekie has been one of the few bright spots for Boston this season. Since the 26-year-old winger has been paired with David Pastrnak, his scoring has taken off, with 17 goals since December 1. Geekie will be an RFA at season’s end and could potentially be a trade chip at the trade deadline tomorrow for a team looking for scoring. 

Carolina Hurricanes

Sebastian Aho leads the Hurricanes in scoring with 59 points in 61 games. The Raina, Finland native has 23 goals and 36 assists this season and has goals in three of his last four games. Aho had an assist in Carolina’s win over the Bruins in their first meeting. 

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – IR
D Charlie McAvoy – IR
LW Brad Marchand– OUT

Carolina Hurricanes

LW William Carrier – OUT 
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR 

Next game:

Boston Bruins – March 8 at Tampa Bay Lightning 
Carolina Hurricanes – March 9 vs. Winnipeg Jets

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