{"id":413428,"date":"2026-01-17T23:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/413428\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T23:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:53:22","slug":"boston-bruins-defenseman-activated-from-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/413428\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins Defenseman Activated From IR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tBoston Bruins Defenseman Activated From IR | 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\/1768693993_653_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>Boston Bruins Defenseman Activated From IR<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hampus-Lindholm-Boston-Bruins-2025.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hampus Lindholm skating for the Boston Bruins 2025\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Eric Canha-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Bruins have activated defenseman Hampus Lindholm from Injured Reserve ahead of their road game Saturday night against the <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/western-conference\/central-division\/chicago-blackhawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>. Lindholm has been out of the lineup since January 3 with an undisclosed injury, but had begun skating with the team the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-4, 220-pound blueliner has three goals and 11 assists in 34 games for Boston. Lindholm underwent knee surgery for a fracture in the offseason but was available opening night. Lindholm missed ten days in October as well. Despite his injury issues, the Swede has averaged over 22 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>Lindholm will not play for Team Sweden in the upcoming Olympic Games. Boston has nine games remaining until the Olympic Break and is fighting for a Wild Card spot. Defenseman Billy Sweezey was sent to the Bruins\u2019 AHL affiliate, the <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/ahl\/ahl-eastern-conference\/ahl-atlantic-division\/providence-bruins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Providence Bruins<\/a>, to make room for Lindholm.<\/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\/1768693998_91_e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/leon-draisaitl-takes-leave-of-absence-from-edmonton-oilers\/\" 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\/1768693999_82_Leon-Draisaitl-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leon Draisaitl skating for the Edmonton Oilers\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/leon-draisaitl-takes-leave-of-absence-from-edmonton-oilers\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leon Draisaitl Takes Leave of Absence From Edmonton Oilers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Edmonton Oilers announced that star forward Leon Draisaitl will be taking a brief leave of absence from the team. Draisaitl will return to Germany to attend to a family matter and is expected to return to the Oilers\u2019 lineup late next week. 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