NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 10/16/2024

Inside The Rink Game Day Preview

Boston Bruins (2-2-0, 4 Pts) at Colorado Avalanche (0-3-0, 0 Pts)

Date: Wednesday, October 16

Ball Arena – Denver, Colorado

Time: 9:30 pm EST

TV: TNT, MAX, TruTV

Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Boston Bruins +1.5 ML +102

Colorado Avalanche -1.5 ML -122

O/U 6.5

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Boston Bruins Notes:

The Bruins lost to Florida for the second time this season, 4-3 on Monday. Head Coach Jim Montgomery expressed concern about the Bruins not winning battles and being undisciplined. Boston has taken the most minor penalties in the NHL so far.

Colorado Avalanche Notes:

The Avalanche are winless, and the culprits are injuries and goaltending. Colorado has allowed 26 goals in the three games and are missing four forwards from the lineup with the recent injury to Jonathan Drouin. Alexandar Georgiev’s goals-against average is 6.58.

Boston Bruins Lineup:

Zacha-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak

Marchand-Coyle-Frederic

Jones-Poitras-Tufte

Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke

Lohrei-McAvoy

H. Lindholm-Carlo

Zadorov-Peeke

Swayman

Korpisalo

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Colorado Avalanche Lineup:

Colton-MacKinnon-Rantanen

Wood-Mittelstadt-Ritchie

Kovalenko-Kelly-O’Connor

Ivan-Steinberg-Kiviranta

Kylington-Makar

Girard-Manson

Ludvig-Malinski

Georgiev

Annunen

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Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins:

The second line of Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, and Morgan Geekie is a combined minus-11 with zero points when playing together this season. The fourth line of John Beecher, Mark Kastelic, and Cole Koepke has combined for five goals, nine assists, and a plus-14.

Colorado Avalanche:

Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon have five points each and Mikko Rantanen has registered four points. Rookie Calum Ritchie has a team-worst minus-6.

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins: None

Colorado Avalanche: Gabriel Landeskog (Knee), Valeri Nichushkin (Personal), Artturi Lehkonen (Shoulder), Tucker Poolman (Undisclosed – IR), Jonathan Drouin (Upper Body), Devon Toews (Lower Body)

Next Game: 

Boston Bruins: October 19 at Utah at 9:00 pm EST.

Colorado Avalanche: October 18 vs Anaheim at 9 pm EST.

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