{"id":476524,"date":"2026-02-28T05:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/476524\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:38:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:38:31","slug":"nhl-game-preview-columbus-blue-jackets-at-boston-bruins-with-line-combinations-2-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/476524\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 2\/26\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 2\/26\/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\/02\/1772257104_685_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: Columbus Blue Jackets at Boston Bruins with Line Combinations 2\/26\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/David-Pastrnak-USAToday-13890518.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Pastrnak skating for the Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>NBC Sports <\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets (29-20-7) at Boston Bruins (32-20-5)<br \/>Venue: TD Garden<br \/>Date: Thursday, February 26<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: NESN, ESPN+, FDSN<br \/>Radio: 97.1 FM, 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>Columbus Blue Jackets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jackets have won 11 of their last 12 games and find themselves back in the wild card race. Columbus will face Boston three times in the last two months of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins entered the break after losing two one-goal games to Tampa Bay and Florida. Boston has the NHL\u2019s third-ranked power play at 26.3 percent.<\/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>Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Marchment-Fantilli-Marchenko<br \/>Voronkov-Monahan-Johnson<br \/>Sillinger-Coyle-Olivier<br \/>Jenner-Lundestrom-Wood<\/p>\n<p>Werenski-Severson<br \/>Provorov-Mateychuk<br \/>Fabbro-Gudbranson<\/p>\n<p>Greaves<br \/>Merzlikins<\/p>\n<p>Buy Columbus Hockey Merchandise Below!<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Geekie-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak<br \/>Mittelstadt-Zacha-Arvidsson<br \/>Khusnutdinov-Minten-Steeves<br \/>Jeannot-Kuraly-Kastelic<\/p>\n<p>Aspirot-McAvoy<br \/>H. Lindholm-Lohrei<br \/>Zadorov-Peeke<\/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>Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p>Defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/zach-werenski\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1307\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Werenski<\/a> leads the team with 62 points and is expected to play after winning a Gold Medal with Team USA. Former Bruin <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-charlie-coyle\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"35056\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Coyle<\/a> has registered 42 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 71 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-charlie-mcavoy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie McAvoy<\/a> is second on the team with 35 assists. Fraser Minten leads all forwards with a plus-18 rating.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p>D <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/brendan-smith\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Smith<\/a> \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins<\/p>\n<p>None<\/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\/02\/1772257107_418_e27aaab36ffede299e324f5880c96e966d988a67e5199a61ed72e84a3934c3ae.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/echl-game-recap-maine-mariners-vs-adirondack-thunder-02-27-2026\/\" 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\/02\/55119839016_72069f80f3_k-e1772251429724-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/echl-game-recap-maine-mariners-vs-adirondack-thunder-02-27-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ECHL Game Recap: Maine Mariners vs Adirondack Thunder | 02\/27\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Adirondack Thunder kicked off Stick It To Cancer Night on Friday Night as they looked to extend their win streak against the Maine Mariners. Coming into the game, both teams had been playing some good hockey as the Maine had won their last five games, all of which came on the road. 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With the NHL trade deadline less than a week away, they should look recoup some draft picks. Toronto should also try to acquire younger players and try to at least finish the season on a high note. 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