The Bruins’ road narrative is starting to change as the schedule gets tougher. 

There are 10 games remaining in the season, with six on the road and seven against playoff teams. 

In their upcoming stretch, the Bruins have three sets of back-to-backs. Only three opponents (Florida, Philadelphia, and New Jersey) sit outside of the playoff picture. 

This season has not been the best showing for the Bruins away from TD Garden. They are 14-14-7, and their 14 road wins are tied for the fewest of any team in the playoff picture. 

But the tide is turning. The Bruins have points in their last six road games (3-0-3), and that run began toward the end of a seven-game road losing streak. 

“Honestly, like, I don’t think it’s that much in our head,” David Pastrnak said about the struggles on the road. “The games [are] coming so much that obviously you just focus on game-by-game. You are not really looking at what happened in the past. Yes, we know early we were struggling, but the feeling in the locker room is that we have been playing much better hockey on the road and putting ourselves in a good spot.”

Two of their most recent road wins came against divisional teams, both pushing for a playoff spot. The Bruins knocked the Red Wings out of the playoff picture; they now sit as the tenth seed. Then they handed the Sabres just their 10th loss in the last 43 games. 

“We feel overall better than like a month ago when we were on the road,” Marco Sturm added after the Bruins’ win on Wednesday. “It started already, the (New) Jersey, that trip. Even Detroit. I don’t feel the difference now anymore, so that’s good.”

Five of their last six road games have needed overtime, and three of those ended in a loss. 

However, Sturm has yet to get sour when picking up a point. Even when the rug gets pulled from underneath them, like in Pittsburgh. 

With the playoff push in full swing and the margin for error gone, flipping the narrative on the road could define the Bruins’ final 10 games. 

BRUINS MAGIC NUMBER

The Boston Bruins have a 75.1% chance of making the playoffs, according to MoneyPuck. 

They currently hold the top wildcard spot with 88 points. 

According to HockeyMagicNumbers.com, the Bruins’ magic number is 19. The tragic number is 24, but the playoff picture has changed every day, and with a 13-game slate on Thursday, it will likely change again. 

The magic number represents how many points a team needs so that they rank ahead of the ninth-seed’s best finish. 

The Bruins are already playing playoff hockey. Charlie McAvoy said that “every game the rest of the way is the most important” after the team lost to Nashville on March 5, their last road regulation loss.

Since then, the Bruins have posted the third-best record in the NHL (6-2-3). 

REMAINING SCHEDULE

vs. Minnesota – March 28, 5:00 PM

at Columbus – March 29, 5:00 PM

vs. Dallas – March 31, 7:00 PM

at Florida – April 2, 7:00 PM

at Tampa Bay – April 4, 5:00 PM

at Philadelphia – April 5, 3:30 PM

at Carolina – April 7, 7:00 PM

vs. Tampa Bay – April 11, 12:30 PM

at Columbus – April 12, 6:00 PM

vs. New Jersey – April 14, 7:00 PM

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