{"id":545308,"date":"2026-04-07T10:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545308\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:33:29","slug":"lines-notes-and-how-to-watch-vs-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545308\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines, Notes, and How to Watch vs. Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes welcome the Boston Bruins for the final home game of the season in Raleigh, which will be the final game of an arduous road trip for the wild card-gripping Bruins, who have only gotten a single point in the three games played, scoring just one goal in each match.<\/p>\n<p>The game, which will be Fan Appreciation Night in Lenovo Center, is scheduled for 7:00 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>However, the last game was its own flavor of arduous for the Hurricanes. Both Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook were absent for undisclosed reasons against the Ottawa Senators, which saw a return to the lineup for Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Nicolas Deslauriers.<\/p>\n<p>The first period was decent enough, with the twenty minutes ending with a tied game, but things soon unraveled as the Hurricanes were unable to meet the urgency-level of a desperate Ottawa team. Alas, at least Taylor Hall \u2013 who ironically spent a little over two seasons with the Bruins \u2013 scored the 300th goal of his career. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/flat-hurricanes-lose-to-hungry-senators-taylor-hall-hits-milestone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can read all about it here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>In the Crease<\/p>\n<p>For the Hurricanes, due to the alternating tandem, Brandon Bussi will be the likely starter. It will be a reunion of sorts, potentially marking Bussi\u2019s first game against the team that signed him to his first NHL contract in 2022. His save percentage this season is .894, with a goals against average of 2.46 across a 29-6-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Bruins are expected to turn to Jeremy Swayman to mind the pipes after Joonas Korpisalo played <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2026-04-05-bruins-huge-point-breaking-apart-ot-loss-philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the last game against the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>. Swayman has taken the brunt of the starts for Boston this season, with 51 out of the 78 games played thus far. His save percentage this season is .907, with a goals against average of 2.70 across a 30-17-4 record.<\/p>\n<p>Expected Carolina Hurricanes Lines<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Svechnikov \u2013 Sebastian Aho \u2013 Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p>William Carrier \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Nikolaj Ehlers<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Deslauriers \u2013 Jesperi Kotkaniemi \u2013 Eric Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin \u2013 Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p>Shayne Gostisbehere \u2013 Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Bussi \/ Frederik Andersen<\/p>\n<p>Expected Boston Bruins Lines<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Geekie \u2013 Elias Lindholm \u2013 David Pastrnak<\/p>\n<p>Casey Mittelstadt \u2013 Pavel Zacha \u2013 Viktor Arvidsson<\/p>\n<p>Lukas Reichel \u2013 Fraser Minten \u2013 Marat Khusnutdinov<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Jeannot \u2013 Sean Kuraly \u2013 Mark Kastelic<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Aspirot \u2013 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n<p>Hampus Lindholm \u2013 Mason Lohrei<\/p>\n<p>Nikita Zadorov \u2013 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Swayman \/ Joonas Korpisalo<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes power play: 24.7% (5th)<br \/>Carolina Hurricanes penalty kill: 80.1% (12th)<\/p>\n<p>Boston Bruins power play: 23.7% (9th)<br \/>Boston Bruins penalty kill: 76.6% (26th)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>With just four games of the regular season remaining, the Hurricanes will likely make roster adjustments for load management in preparation for the playoffs. Until the puck drops, all lineups are merely projections \u2013 but that is especially true going into the upcoming sets of games.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous game, both Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook were left off the starting lineup for reasons that were undisclosed, and their return remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch<\/p>\n<p>TV: FanDuel Sports Network South<br \/>Streaming: ESPN+<br \/>Radio: 99.9 The Fan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775558009_487_ab783896b73f675bc93cb7c5b0a070ee9f363e9b6b751c7e80dcfd1fd7431eb5.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tRachel  Barkley  is  a  beat  writer  covering  the  Carolina  Hurricanes  for  Carolina  Hockey  Now  on  Sportsnaut.  Painting  stories  with  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/rbarkley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Barkley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Hurricanes welcome the Boston Bruins for the final home game of the season in Raleigh, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[194,29,5176,5,2603,195,1743,4,29698,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-545308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","10":"tag-carolinahurricanes","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-how-to-watch","13":"tag-hurricanes","14":"tag-jesperi-kotkaniemi","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nicolas-deslauriers","17":"tag-taylor-hall"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116362976902695339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}