Boston Bruins celebrating a goal against the Washington Capitals on October 8, 2025.

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Chicago Blackhawks (0-1-0) at Boston Bruins (1-0-0)
Venue: TD Garden
Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: NESN, CHSN, ESPN+
Radio: 720AM WGN, 98.5 The Sports Hub

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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

The Blackhawks are coming off a 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on opening night. Chicago was outshot 37-19 by Florida.

Boston Bruins News & Notes:

The Bruins are coming off a 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night. Boston was outshot 36-21 but was able to secure the win.

Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines

Dach-Bedard-Burakovsky
Teravainen-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Donato-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Foligno-Greene-Lafferty

Vlasic-Rinzel
Kaiser-Levshunov
Grzelcyk-Murphy

Knight
Soderblom

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Boston Bruins Projected Lines:

Geekie-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak
Zacha-Mittelstadt-Arvidsson
Jeannot-Minten-Eyssimont
Khusnutdinov-Kuraly-Kastelic

Lohrei-McAvoy
H. Lindholm-Peeke
Zadorov-Jokiharju

Korpisalo
Swayman

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Players To Watch:

Chicago Blackhawks

Frank Nazar scored a goal for Chicago on Tuesday. Nazar played over 20 minutes of ice time and had a 70-point season last year.

Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 106 points last season and collected three more on opening night. The top line with Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm each scored a goal.

Injury Report:

Chicago Blackhawks

G Laurent Brossoit – IR
LW Landon Slaggert – IR

Boston Bruins

None

Next Game:

Chicago Blackhawks  – October 11 at Montreal Canadiens
Boston Bruins – October 11 vs Buffalo Sabres

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