{"id":291041,"date":"2026-04-29T06:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/291041\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:35:20","slug":"bruins-coach-sturm-rules-out-arvidsson-for-game-5-of-first-round-series-against-buffalo-boston-25-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/291041\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins coach Sturm rules out Arvidsson for Game 5 of first-round series against Buffalo \u2013 Boston 25 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 The Boston Bruins will be without second-line forward Viktor Arvidsson when they face elimination in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series at Buffalo on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Without disclosing the nature of the injury, coach Marco Sturm said Arvidsson did not travel with the team. Arvidsson was hurt after being checked by Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson in the first period of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bruins-sabres-score-7948b8a8c206c059e9179e24834b8894\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston\u2019s 6-1 loss on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">The Bruins trail the series 3-1, with Arvidsson scoring twice in Boston\u2019s 4-2 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bruins-sabres-playoffs-score-a195512af04cf7ba2742bd5f2116d627\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">victory in Game 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Sturm said forwards Michael Eyssimont and Alex Steeves are among the options to make their series debuts. The coach added veteran defenseman Henri Jokiharju will replace Jordan Harris and play his first game of the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">\u201cI think we are excited to bounce back,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cWe want to show that last game that\u2019s not really us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO, N.Y. 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