{"id":220574,"date":"2025-10-02T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/220574\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:02:13","slug":"nhl-preseason-game-preview-boston-bruins-at-washington-capitals-with-line-combinations-10-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/220574\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Preseason Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 10\/2\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Boston-Bruins-Fabian-Lysell.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fabian Lysell skating for the Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Matthew J. Lee\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins (2-2-0) at Washington Capitals (4-0)<br \/>Venue: Capital One Arena<br \/>Date: Tonight \u2013 Thursday, October 2<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<\/p>\n<p>TV: NESN, MNMT<br \/>Radio:<br \/>Boston\u2013 98.5 The Sports Hub<br \/>Washington \u2013 Capitals 24\/7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins are coming off a split of two games with the Philadelphia Flyers. Boston lost to Washington 5-2 in the preseason opener in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals are 4-0 after a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. The Caps host the Bruins in the season opener on October 8.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Khustnudinov-Merkulov-Lysell<br \/>Blumel-Beecher-Poitras<br \/>Tufte-Brown-Duran<br \/>Harrison-Kastelic-Steeves<\/p>\n<p>Aspirot-Callahan<br \/>Lohrei-Jokiharju<br \/>Brunet-Harris<br \/>Soderstrom<\/p>\n<p>Korpisalo<br \/>DiPietro<br \/>Zajicek<\/p>\n<p>Get your Boston Hockey merchandise here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/boston?_pos=1&amp;_psq=boston&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Leonard-Protas-Ovechkin<br \/>Lapierre-Frank-Milano<br \/>Miroshnichenko-Duhaime-Beauvillier<br \/>Rempal-Cristall-Sourdif<\/p>\n<p>Chychrun-Van Riemsdyk<br \/>Chesley-McIlrath<br \/>Iorio-Fehervary<\/p>\n<p>Thompson <br \/>Lindgren<\/p>\n<p>Buy Washington Capitals Hockey Merchandise Below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/philadephia-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=phil&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/washington-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=washington&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins:<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins have yet to make decisions on the opening night roster. Mason Lohrei has been playing with Charlie McAvoy on the top defense pairing and projects to start the season there.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals:<\/p>\n<p>Alex Ovechkin makes his preseason debut tonight. Ilya Protas scored a goal in Washington\u2019s last win.<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins \u2013 October 4 vs New York Rangers<br \/>Washington Capitals \u2013 October 4 vs Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Matthew J. 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