{"id":409703,"date":"2026-01-15T23:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/409703\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:08:20","slug":"bruins-game-48-chara-to-the-rafters-notes-lines-and-how-to-watch-vs-kraken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/409703\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins Game 48; Chara to the Rafters: Notes, Lines, and How to Watch vs. Kraken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins (26-19-2) are retiring Zdeno Chara\u2019s No. 33 tonight and will take on the Seattle Kraken (21-15-9) after the ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins have won their last four games, all at home, and have outscored opponents 18-3. The last two games have been supported by shutouts from the goaltending tandem, and it has been 145:56 since the Bruins last conceded a goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Kraken handed the Bruins their most recent loss. Seattle enters Boston having gone 7-1-2 in their last ten games, and 1-1-2 since the last meeting on January 6. They boast an 11-8-4 road record, while the Bruins are 16-8-1 at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruins Morning Skate Notes<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins held a morning skate at 10:30 AM at the Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/hampus-lindholm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hampus Lindholm<\/a>, for the second straight day, practiced in a red non-contact sweater. He will not play tonight as he recovers from an injury sustained on the Bruins\u2019 roadtrip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins will roll with the same lineup, per Marco Sturm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/jeremy-swayman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Swayman<\/a> will start in goal. He started during the Bruins\u2019 7-4 loss in Seattle. He pitched a shutout during his last start, making 24 saves en route to a <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/13\/back-to-back-shutouts-bruins-over-red-wings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-0 win over Detroit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expected Bruins Lines<br \/>\nForwards<\/p>\n<p>Marat Khusnutdinov \u2013 Elias Lindholm \u2013 David Pastrnak<\/p>\n<p>Casey Mittelstadt \u2013 Pavel Zacha \u2013 Viktor Arvidsson<\/p>\n<p>Alex Steeves \u2013 Fraser Minten \u2013 Morgan Geekie<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Jeannot \u2013 Sean Kuraly \u2013 Mark Kastelic<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Aspirot \u2013 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n<p>Nikita Zadorov \u2013 Henri Jokijarju<\/p>\n<p>Mason Lohrei \u2013 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bellefraser1\/status\/2011824978023333947?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Belle Fraser (Boston Bruins)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting Goalie<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Swayman (18-11-2, 2.79 GAA, .905 SV%)<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=epC7h1DZXX4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Sturm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expected Kraken Lines<br \/>\nForwards<\/p>\n<p>Kaapo Kakko \u2013 Matty Beniers \u2013 Jordan Eberle<\/p>\n<p>Jaden Schwartz \u2013 Chandler Stephenson \u2013 Eeli Tolvanen<\/p>\n<p>Berkly Catton \u2013 Shane Wright \u2013 Jared McCann<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Winterton \u2013 Frederick Gaudreau \u2013 Ben Meyers<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Vince Dunn \u2013 Adam Larsson<\/p>\n<p>Ryker Evans \u2013 Jamie Oleksiak<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Lindgren \u2013 Cale Fleury<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/seattle-kraken\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting Goalie<\/p>\n<p>Joey Daccord (12-10-5, 2.83 GAA, .903 SV%)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Expected (Grubauer played last night)<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Boston\u2019s power play will have a prime opportunity to capitalize on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins\u2019 power play (24.3%) is tied for fifth across the NHL, they have not converted since Saturday\u2019s 10-2 win against the Rangers; going zero-for-eight in the last two games. Boston\u2019s penalty kill (79.4%) ranks 18th in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seattle\u2019s penalty kill (71.1%) ranks last in the league, which gives the Bruins an opportunity to capitalize. However, the Kraken have given up 142 penalties which is 30th in the league; they do not take penalties, but when they do, they are more susceptible to let in a goal. On the other hand, Seattle\u2019s power play (22.8%) ranks eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Season Series<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 6: @ SEA \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/07\/penalties-second-period-collapse-cost-bruins-kraken\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kraken win 7-4\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, January 15: Kraken @ Bruins<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 17: Bruins @ Blackhawks, 8:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 20: Bruins @ Stars, 7:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, January 22: Golden Knights @ Bruins, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 24: Canadiens @ Bruins, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Monday, January 26: Bruins @ Rangers, 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch<\/p>\n<p>Chara\u2019s Retirement Ceremony airs at 6:00 PM ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is at 8:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p>TV: NESN<\/p>\n<p>Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s Schedule:<\/p>\n<p>4:15 PM: Gold Carpet Entrance<br \/>\n6:00 PM: NESN broadcast starts<br \/>\n6:10 PM: Audience encouraged to be seated<br \/>\n6:20 PM: Ceremony<br \/>\n8:00 PM: Puck Drop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins (26-19-2) are retiring Zdeno Chara\u2019s No. 33 tonight and will take on the Seattle Kraken&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[95,58,5,156,4188,4,2686,234,5318,4079],"class_list":{"0":"post-409703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-kraken","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-jeremy-swayman","12":"tag-kraken","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-seattle","15":"tag-seattle-kraken","16":"tag-seattlekraken","17":"tag-zdeno-chara"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115901635450016023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409703","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=409703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}