{"id":397314,"date":"2026-01-08T10:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/397314\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:18:17","slug":"nhl-game-preview-calgary-flames-at-boston-bruins-with-line-combinations-1-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/397314\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/8\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/8\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767867494_762_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/8\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Joonas-Korpisalo-Boston-Bruins.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joonas Korpisalo Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo via The Boston Globe<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames (18-21-4) at Boston Bruins (22-19-2)<br \/>Venue: TD Garden<br \/>Date: Thursday, January 7<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: NESN, ESPN+<br \/>Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan, 98.5 The Sports Hub<\/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>Calgary Flames News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Flames defeated the Bruins 2-1 in overtime on December 30. Calgary is playing the second of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins lost the last game of a five-game road trip to Seattle 7-4 on Tuesday. Boston is starting a five-game homestand.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Zary-Kadri-Farabee<br \/>Huberdeau-Frost-Sharangovich<br \/>Coleman-Backlund-Coronato<br \/>Lomberg-Kirkland-Klapka<\/p>\n<p>Bahl-Andersson<br \/>Kuznetsov-Weegar<br \/>Hanley-Pachal<\/p>\n<p>Wolf<br \/>Say<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/calgary-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=calgary&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Calgary Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Geekie-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak<br \/>Khusnutdinov-Minten-Steeves<br \/>Mittelstadt-Zacha-Arvidsson<br \/>Jeannot-Kuraly-Kastelic<\/p>\n<p>Aspirot-McAvoy<br \/>Zadorov-Jokiharju<br \/>Lohrei-Peeke<\/p>\n<p>Korpisalo<br \/>Swayman<\/p>\n<p>Buy Boston Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/florida-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=florida&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/boston?_pos=1&amp;_psq=bost&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/nazem-kadri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nazem Kadri<\/a> leads the Flames with 32 points. Defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/rasmus-andersson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmus Andersson<\/a> is second on the team with 27 points.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-david-pastrnak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Pastrnak<\/a> scored two goals in the loss to Seattle and has 19 on the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-morgan-geekie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Geekie<\/a> has 25 goals to lead the Bruins but has gone seven games without a goal.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/martin-pospisil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Pospisil<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/samuel-honzek\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Honzek<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jake-bean\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Bean<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>F <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-john-beecher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Beecher<\/a> \u2013 Day to day<br \/>G <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/devin-cooley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Cooley<\/a> \u2013 Day to day<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins<\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jordan-harris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Harris<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-hampus-lindholm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hampus Lindholm<\/a> \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/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<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/mattb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/danny-zhilkin-gets-first-nhl-call-up\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USATSI_27205922-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/danny-zhilkin-gets-first-nhl-call-up\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Zhilkin Gets First NHL Call Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Jets announced today that they\u2019ve recalled forward Danny Zhilkin from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. 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While it\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/danny-zhilkin-gets-first-nhl-call-up\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-2025-late-round-pick-developing-into-possible-sleeper-prospect\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767867497_446_Kirill-Yemelyanov-KHL-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kirill Yemelyanov skating in the MHL\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-2025-late-round-pick-developing-into-possible-sleeper-prospect\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins 2025 Late-Round Pick Developing into Possible Sleeper Prospect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much of the focus of the Boston Bruins\u2019 2025 NHL Draft is on first-round selection James Hagens at Boston College and his teammate at The Heights, second-round pick Will Moore, but Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney might have found some potential NHL talent deep in that draft. 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