There are now nine Boston Bruins heading to Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday morning, the Finnish national team<\/a> announced that Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo<\/a> will represent Finland at the Olympics next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n This season, Korpisalo has a 10-8-1 record with a 3.12 goals against average (GAA) and a .895 save percentage (SV%).\u00a0<\/p>\n Since the New Year, he has gone 4-0-1 in six appearances with an impressive 1.89 GAA and a .931 SV%.\u00a0<\/p>\n It will be his first time representing his home country at the Olympics, and his first time representing Finland at any national tournament since the 2017 World Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n Korpisalo found out on Monday<\/a>: \u201cThe head coach called me, then the rest of the team staff (did), so I got the call pretty early.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n He will join Henri Jokiharju<\/a> as the Bruins\u2019 representation on the Finnish roster. Both goaltenders from the B\u2019s goalie room are now headed to the Milan Olympics (Jeremy Swayman<\/a> will represent the USA<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n Korpisalo will replace the injured Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Sabres\u2019 goalie has not played since January 27, when he suffered a lower-body injury at the 12:14 mark of the first period. He has not returned to the ice, even in practice, and was placed on injured reserve Monday.<\/p>\n Finland will open the Olympic tournament with a game on February 11 against Slovakia.\u00a0<\/p>\n LINDHOLM MOVED TO IR, STILL EXPECTED FOR OLYMPICS<\/p>\n On Monday afternoon, the Boston Bruins placed center Elias Lindholm<\/a> on the injured reserve.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lindholm was hurt last Tuesday in a home game against the Nashville Predators<\/a>. He was ruled out with an upper-body injury<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pavel Zacha<\/a> suffered an upper-body injury on Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>. He had a goal in 10:46 of ice time before being ruled out.\u00a0<\/p>\n Both players did not travel with the team to Florida<\/a> and missed Sunday\u2019s Stadium Series.<\/p>\n Lindholm is on Sweden\u2019s roster for the Olympic Games that begin next week, while Zacha is on Czechia\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAs of right now, yes,\u201d Sturm said about Lindholm and Pavel Zacha being available for the Olympics<\/a>. \u201cBut again, they are still not here. So that\u2019s not good. That means they still have issues. But at this point, I think it\u2019s probably more up to their doctors than ours, and their decision moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n The players head to Milan on February 8. Sweden opens the tournament on February 11 with a game against the host nation, Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n JORDAN HARRIS RECALLED FROM PROVIDENCE<\/p>\n In a subsequent move on Monday, the Bruins announced that Jordan Harris<\/a> has been recalled from the Providence Bruins.\u00a0<\/p>\n By placing Lindholm on IR, the Bruins gave themselves an extra roster spot to recall Harris.<\/p>\n