{"id":431044,"date":"2026-01-27T18:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/431044\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:50:19","slug":"nhl-game-preview-nashville-predators-at-boston-bruins-with-line-combinations-1-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/431044\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/27\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Nashville Predators at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/27\/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\/1769539816_698_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: Nashville Predators at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 1\/27\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Charlie-McAvoy-GettyImages-1440637965.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Charlie McAvoy #73 skating for the Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo via NBC Sports <\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators (24-23-4) at Boston Bruins (30-20-3)<br \/>Venue: TD Garden<br \/>Date: Tuesday January 27<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: NESN, ESPN+<br \/>Radio: 102.5 WPRT, 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>Nashville Predators News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Predators have lost three of their last four games after a 5-2 loss to the Utah Mammoth on Saturday. Nashville is 12th in the NHL in penalty killing at 80.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Monday. Boston is in the 2nd wild card position in the Eastern Conference entering the game.<\/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>Nashville Predators Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Forsberg-O\u2019Reilly-Evangelista<br \/>Bunting-Haula-Stamkos<br \/>Smith-McCarron-Marchessault<br \/>Wood-Jost-Wiesblatt<\/p>\n<p>Skjei-Josi<br \/>Wilsby-Perbix<br \/>Blankenburg-Barron<\/p>\n<p>Saros<br \/>Annunen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/nashville-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=nashvi&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Nashville 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 \/>Lohrei-H. Lindholm<br \/>Peeke-Zadorov<\/p>\n<p>Swayman<br \/>Korpisalo<\/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>Nashville Predators<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-ryan-oreilly\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"36250\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan O\u2019Reilly<\/a> leads the Predators with 50 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-filip-forsberg\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"94346\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Forsberg<\/a> is second on the team with 40 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> leads the Bruins with 67 points and tallied his 900th career point on Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-charlie-mcavoy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie McAvoy<\/a> is second on the team with 30 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators<\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/nicolas-hague\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1985\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Hague<\/a> \u2013 Week to week<\/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-nikita-zadorov\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"95656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikita Zadorov<\/a> \u2013 Day to day<\/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\/1769539817_747_e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/another-boston-bruins-member-is-olympic-bound\/\" 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\/Lindholm-Hampus-USATSI-17961791-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hampus Lindholm skating for the Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/another-boston-bruins-member-is-olympic-bound\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Another Boston Bruins Member is Olympic Bound<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Bruins now have seven members of their team headed to Milan, Italy, for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Team Sweden has added defenseman Hampus Lindholm as an injury replacement for Jonas Brodin, according to TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston. Lindholm joins a Bruins list that includes USA\u2019s Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman, Czechia\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/another-boston-bruins-member-is-olympic-bound\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/opinion-the-boston-bruins-are-doing-that-thing-again\/\" 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\/Boston-Bruins-2025-26-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Boston Bruins bench 2025-26\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/opinion-the-boston-bruins-are-doing-that-thing-again\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion: The Boston Bruins Are Doing That Thing Again<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Bruins Are Doing That Thing Again (You know the one.) There\u2019s\u00a0a peculiar feeling Bruins fans know well.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0not panic.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0not optimism.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0that weird middle space where\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0watching the team and thinking,\u00a0\u201cOkay\u2026 but what exactly are we doing here?\u201d And congratulations, folks\u2014we\u2019re\u00a0back there again. The Bruins are currently the NHL equivalent of a movie sequel that technically\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0bad, but\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0sitting [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/opinion-the-boston-bruins-are-doing-that-thing-again\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/evander-kane-on-the-table-agent-given-permission-to-seek-trade\/\" 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\/Evander-Kane-Vancouver-Canucks-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Evander Kane Vancouver Canucks\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/evander-kane-on-the-table-agent-given-permission-to-seek-trade\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evander Kane On The Table: Agent Given Permission to Seek Trade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In what was supposed to be a heartfelt homecoming for veteran forward Evander Kane coming over to his hometown team in the 2025 offseason, Vancouver has, by far, the fewest points in the NHL and has been a far cry from the team that was one game away from a Western Conference Finals just over [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/evander-kane-on-the-table-agent-given-permission-to-seek-trade\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/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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