{"id":402099,"date":"2026-01-11T18:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/402099\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:07:24","slug":"nhl-game-preview-pittsburgh-penguins-at-boston-bruins-with-line-combinations-1-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/402099\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/11\/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\/1768154840_263_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: Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/11\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Khusnutdinov.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Marat Khusnutdinov Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins (21-13-9) at Boston Bruins (24-19-2)<br \/>Venue: TD Garden<br \/>Date: Sunday, January 11<br \/>Time: 5:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: NESN, Sportsnet PT, ESPN+<br \/>Radio: 105.9 The X, 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>Pittsburgh Penguins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Penguins had a six-game losing streak snapped with a 2-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Pittsburgh has the NHL\u2019s third-ranked power play at 29.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins have won four of their last five games after a 10-2 drubbing of the New York Rangers on Saturday. Boston had their first double hat tricks since 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Related Post: <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-sign-defenseman-to-two-year-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins Sign Defenseman to Two-Year Extension<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Novak-Crosby-Rakell<br \/>Malkin-Kindel-Chinakhov<br \/>Mantha-Hayes-Brazeau<br \/>Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari<\/p>\n<p>Wotherspoon-Karlsson<br \/>Kulak-Letang<br \/>Shea-St.Ivany<\/p>\n<p>Skinner<br \/>Silvos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/pittsburgh-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=pittsburgh&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Pittsburgh Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Khusnutdinov-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak<br \/>Mittelstadt-Zacha-Arvidsson<br \/>Steeves-Minten-Geekie<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>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/sidney-crosby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> leads the Penguins with 49 points. Former Bruins <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-justin-brazeau\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Brazeau<\/a> and Parker Wotherspoon return to play their former team.<\/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> leads the Bruins with 55 points and tied a team record with six assists on Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-marat-khusnutdinov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marat Khusnutdinov<\/a> scored four goals against the Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/filip-hallander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Hallander<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-joel-blomqvist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Blomqvist<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/caleb-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Jones<\/a> \u2013 IR<br \/>C <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/filip-hallander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Hallander<\/a> \u2013 IR<\/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\/1768154843_735_e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-sign-defenseman-to-two-year-extension\/\" 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\/Jonathan-Aspirot-Boston-Bruins-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jonathan Aspirot skating for the Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-sign-defenseman-to-two-year-extension\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins Sign Defenseman to Two-Year Extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced Sunday that the team has signed defenseman Jonathan Aspirot to a two-year NHL contract extension through the 2027-28 season with an annual cap hit of $887,500. The 26-year-old made his NHL debut with Boston on Oct. 28, 2025, and has registered two goals and one assist in 25 [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/boston-bruins-sign-defenseman-to-two-year-extension\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/blues-gm-doug-armstrong-is-prepared-for-a-blockbuster-trade-needs-a-willing-partner\/\" 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\/USATSI_27338649-1-e1768147920921-300x150.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Robert Thomas St. Louis Blues\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-new-jersey-devils-at-winnipeg-jets-with-line-combinations-1-11-2026\/\" 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\/1768154844_663_Untitled-design-49-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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