{"id":402014,"date":"2026-01-11T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/402014\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T17:07:08","slug":"bruins-game-46-notes-lines-and-how-to-watch-vs-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/402014\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins Game 46: Notes, Lines, and How to Watch vs. Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Bruins (24-19-2) are moving quickly through their five-game homestand, and this evening, the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (21-13-9) are in town.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bruins have won both games in the homestand and have scored 14 goals over those two games. Ten of those came yesterday against the New York Rangers<\/a>; that was the Bruins\u2019 first time hitting that mark in a single game since 1988<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s ten-goal performance extended current point streaks for the Bruins. David Pastrnak<\/a> had six assists on Saturday and has 14 points (4-10\u201314) over the last five games. Elias Lindholm<\/a> has seven points (3-4\u20137), and Charlie McAvoy<\/a> has six points (1-5\u20136) in the last five. Viktor Arvidsson<\/a> (1-3\u20134), Marat Khusnutdinov<\/a> (4-3\u20137), Casey Mittelstadt<\/a> (1-2\u20133), and Pavel Zacha<\/a> (3-2\u20135) all have active three-game point streaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is 7-3-0 in its last ten games, and just snapped a six-game win streak on Saturday. The Penguins currently sit outside of the playoff picture by a point (they are in if you go by points percentage).<\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s game marks the return of Justin Brazeau<\/a> and Parker Wotherspoon<\/a> to the TD Garden. Brazeau was dealt<\/a> to Minnesota for a package that included Marat Khusnutdinov, and Wotherspoon signed<\/a> a deal with the Penguins this summer. It is also Dorchester-native Kevin Hayes<\/a>\u2019 800th career NHL game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bruins Morning Skate Notes<\/p>\n

The Bruins will not hold a morning skate on Sunday. Instead, Marco Sturm will meet with the media ahead of the game to announce any lineup changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is the second game in a back-to-back, so barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be Joonas Korpisalo in the goal. Jeremy Swayman played in Saturday\u2019s 10-2 win over the New York Rangers.<\/p>\n

Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm departed the game early on Saturday. In the postgame, Marco Sturm announced that both skaters are \u201cgame-time decisions<\/a>\u201d for Sunday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Expected Bruins Lines
\nForwards<\/p>\n

Marat Khusnutdinov \u2013 Elias Lindholm \u2013 David Pastrnak<\/p>\n

Casey Mittelstadt \u2013 Pavel Zacha \u2013 Viktor Arvidsson<\/p>\n

Alex Steeves \u2013 Fraser Minten \u2013 Morgan Geekie<\/p>\n

Tanner Jeannot \u2013 Sean Kuraly \u2013 Mark Kastelic<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Jonathan Aspirot \u2013 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n

Henri Jokiharju \u2013 Nikita Zadorov<\/p>\n

Mason Lohrei \u2013 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n

Source: Last game<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting Goalie<\/p>\n

Joonas Korpisalo (7-8-0, 3.42 GAA, .888 SV%)<\/p>\n

Source: Expected (Swayman played on Saturday)<\/p>\n

*Lines will be updated after Marco Sturm meets with the media<\/p>\n

Expected Penguins Lines
\nForwards<\/p>\n

Tommy Novak \u2013 Sidney Crosby \u2013 Rickard Rakell<\/p>\n

Evgeni Malkin \u2013 Ben Kindel \u2013 Egor Chinakhov<\/p>\n

Anthony Mantha \u2013 Kevin Hayes \u2013 Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n

Connor Dewar \u2013 Blake Lizotte \u2013 Noel Acciari<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Parker Wotherspoon \u2013 Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n

Brett Kulak \u2013 Kris Letang<\/p>\n

Ryan Shea \u2013 Jack St. Ivany<\/p>\n

Source: Last game<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting Goalie<\/p>\n

Stuart Skinner (3-3-0, 2.56 GAA, .893 SV%)<\/p>\n

Source: Expected (Silovs played on Saturday)<\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s power play (25.8%) went one-for-three on Saturday, connecting on a five-on-three. They have scored five goals on the man-advantage in the seven games after the holiday break. The power play ranks fourth in the league. However, the penalty kill (78.9%) went one-for-two, allowing one of the two Rangers goals while shorthanded. Boston\u2019s penalty kill ranks 19th in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Pittsburgh has the second-best power play in the league (29.1%). They have also scored five goals in the seven games post-holiday break. The Penguins are also strengthened by their tenth-ranked penalty kill (81.5%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bruins have taken the most penalties in the NHL (229), and average 5.03 per 60 minutes. The Penguins have taken the fifth-least (143) for an average of 3.27 per 60.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Season Series<\/p>\n

Sunday, January 11: Penguins @ Bruins<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 3: Penguins @ Bruins<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 8: Bruins @ Penguins<\/p>\n

Upcoming Schedule<\/p>\n

Tuesday, January 13: Red Wings @ Bruins, 7:30 PM<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 15: Kraken @ Bruins, 8:00 PM<\/p>\n

Saturday, January 17: Bruins @ Blackhawks, 8:00 PM<\/p>\n

Tuesday, January 20: Bruins @ Stars, 7:30 PM<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 22: Golden Knights @ Bruins, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n

How To Watch<\/p>\n

5:00 PM ET<\/p>\n

TV: NESN<\/p>\n

Radio: Country 102.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins (24-19-2) are moving quickly through their five-game homestand, and this evening, the Pittsburgh Penguins (21-13-9)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5113],"tags":[95,2178,58,5,1619,4,118,1469,100,5216],"class_list":{"0":"post-402014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-david-pastrnak","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-joonas-korpisalo","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-penguins","15":"tag-pittsburgh","16":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","17":"tag-pittsburghpenguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115877566569842711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}