NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

Boston Bruins (30-33-9, 69 Pts) at San Jose Sharks (18-42-9, 45 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 10:30 ET
TV: ESPN+/NESN/NBCSCA
Radio:
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Boston: -1.5 ML -120
San Jose: +1.5 ML +150
O/U 6.5

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Boston Bruins News & Notes: 

The Bruins suffered their fourth straight loss on Thursday with a 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. They are now 3-6-1 in March and are averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.4 goals per game. Morgan Geekie scored the lone goal on Thursday and now has goals in back-to-back games.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks suffered their second straight loss on Thursday 3-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes. They dropped to 3-6-0 in March and are averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game. Georgii Romanov made his first career NHL start in goal on Thursday and he stopped 26 of the 29 shots he faced.

Boston Bruins Projected Lines

Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Koepke-Mittelstadt-Lettieri
Khusnutdinov-E. Lindholm-Lauko
Beecher-Brown-Kastelic

Zadorov-Jokiharju
Lohrei-Peeke
Wotherspoon-Mitchell

Korpisalo
Swayman

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Graf-Celebrini-Toffoli
Eklund-Wennberg-Smith
Dellandrea-Giles-Kovalenko
Grundstrom-Ostapchuk-Goodrow

Ferraro-Mukhamadullin
Schuldt-Liljegren
Cagnoni-Desharnais

Georgiev
Romanov

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Players To Watch:

Boston Bruins

Elias Lindholm this season has 36 points on 12 goals and 24 assists. He’s faced the Sharks 25 times in his career recording 27 points on ten goals and 17 assists; in the previous meeting he had a goal and an assist.

San Jose

Will Smith this season has 35 points on 13 goals and 22 assists. In his first career game against the Bruins he recorded a goal and an assist. 

Injury Report:

Boston Bruins

D Hampus Lindholm – IR
D Charlie McAvoy – IR

San Jose

D Jan Rutta – IR
C Logan Couture – LTIR
D Henry Thrun – Out
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic – DTD

Next Game:

Boston – March 23 at Los Angeles Kings
San Jose – March 27 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

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