{"id":503171,"date":"2026-03-14T15:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/503171\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:28:23","slug":"nhl-game-preview-boston-bruins-at-washington-capitals-with-line-combinations-3-14-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/503171\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 3\/14\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 3\/14\/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\/03\/1773502098_765_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: Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 3\/14\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Alex-Ovechkin-C-Washington-Capitals.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alex Ovechkin 'C' #8 skating during warmups for the Washington Capitals\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins (36-23-6) at Washington Capitals (33-27-7)<br \/>Venue: Capital One Arena<br \/>Date: Saturday, March 14<br \/>Time: 3:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ABC<br \/>Radio:\u00a098.5 The Sports Hub\u00a0\/106.7 The Fan<\/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>Calgary Flames News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Bruins had their 13-game home winning streak snapped by the San Jose Sharks in a 4-2 loss on Thursday. Boston is one point ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Capitals are five points behind the Bruins for the second wild card spot and lost to Boston 3-1 last Saturday. Washington is coming off a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Khusnutdinov-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak<br \/>Mittelstadt-Zacha-Arvidsson<br \/>Eyssimont-Minten-Geekie<br \/>Jeannot-Kuraly-Kastelic<\/p>\n<p>Aspirot-McAvoy<br \/>H. 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