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The Boston Bruins visit the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday, October 16, 2026, with puck drop set for 10:00\u202fPM EDT.<\/p>\n
Matchup: Boston Bruins (5-2-0, 10 points in 2026-27) at Anaheim Ducks (4-2-0, 8 points in 2026-27)<\/p>\n
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Puck drop: 10:00\u202fPM EDT (7:00\u202fPM PDT local)<\/p>\n
Venue: Honda Center<\/p>\n
How to watch: ANA: FOXLA+, Prime Video \u00b7 BOS: NESN<\/p>\n
Boston Bruins News & Notes<\/p>\n
Charlie McAvoy\u2019s return from a six-game suspension, issued for a slash on Buffalo\u2019s Zach Benson during last year\u2019s playoffs, leaves Boston with eight defensemen on the active roster and a decision to make. Hampus Lindholm, Nikita Zadorov, Will Borgen and Connor Clifton appear secure, leaving Mason Lohrei, Jonathan Aspirot and Frederic Brunet in competition. Lohrei, who has 196 career NHL games, added 10 pounds over the summer and has three points through five games while averaging 19:48 per night. Jordan Harris and Henri Jokiharju were already sent to AHL Providence. <\/p>\n
Marco Sturm reshuffled his lines after Boston followed an opening-night win over the Rangers with a 1-2-0 stretch, grouping David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha on the top unit. None of the three had scored through that point. With Viktor Arvidsson now in Detroit, Sturm has called on younger forwards to supply secondary offense. Meanwhile, Pierre LeBrun reported the Bruins are among at least 10 teams that have inquired about Red Wings restricted free agent Simon Edvinsson, whom Detroit\u2019s interim GM Shawn Horcoff would prefer to re-sign. <\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks News & Notes<\/p>\n
Leo Carlsson has driven Anaheim\u2019s opening stretch, collecting six points in the team\u2019s first three games, including a goal and an assist in a 4-3 win over Vegas, three assists in a 3-2 overtime win against Florida, and two assists in a 5-2 loss to Edmonton. The 21-year-old center leads the Ducks in scoring and sits tied for fifth in league points. Carlsson signed a five-year, $90 million offer sheet from Philadelphia over the summer that Anaheim matched, committing $18 million annually and contributing to the cap squeeze that preceded Chris Kreider\u2019s departure to Montreal. <\/p>\n
The forward group has thinned out. Troy Terry is on injured reserve, Cutter Gauthier was listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury, Ryan Poehling is expected to miss six to eight weeks with a sprained MCL, and Mikael Granlund is day-to-day with an upper-body issue. Anaheim recalled Roger McQueen, the tenth overall pick in 2025, from San Diego, where he had three goals in four games. Depth carried the Ducks in a 5-1 win at Winnipeg, with Judd Caulfield, Tim Washe and Jeff Malott combining for five points. <\/p>\n
Boston Bruins Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Morgan Geekie \u2013 Pavel Zacha \u2013 David Pastrnak<\/p>\n
Line 2: Marat Khusnutdinov \u2013 Fraser Minten \u2013 JJ Peterka<\/p>\n
Line 3: Casey Mittelstadt \u2013 Elias Lindholm \u2013 James Hagens<\/p>\n
Line 4: Tanner Jeannot \u2013 Matthew Poitras \u2013 Mark Kastelic<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Hampus Lindholm \u2013 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Nikita Zadorov \u2013 Will Borgen<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Frederic Brunet \u2013 Mason Lohrei<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Jeremy Swayman \u2013 Michael DiPietro<\/p>\n
Boston Bruins Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Morgan Geekie \u2013 Elias Lindholm \u2013 Pavel Zacha \u2013 David Pastrnak \u2013 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: James Hagens \u2013 Casey Mittelstadt \u2013 Fraser Minten \u2013 Frederic Brunet \u2013 JJ Peterka<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Elias Lindholm \u2013 Marat Khusnutdinov \u2013 Hampus Lindholm \u2013 Charlie McAvoy<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Fraser Minten \u2013 Pavel Zacha \u2013 Nikita Zadorov \u2013 Will Borgen<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Alex Killorn \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Nikita Klepov<\/p>\n
Line 2: Nikita Nesterenko \u2013 Cutter Gauthier \u2013 Beckett Sennecke<\/p>\n
Line 3: Frank Vatrano \u2013 Roger McQueen \u2013 Judd Caulfield<\/p>\n
Line 4: A.J. Greer \u2013 Tim Washe \u2013 Jeff Malott<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Noah Warren<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Pavel Mintyukov \u2013 Tristan Luneau<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Tyson Hinds \u2013 Drew Helleson<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Lukas Dostal \u2013 Ville Husso<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Judd Caulfield \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Cutter Gauthier \u2013 Beckett Sennecke \u2013 Jackson Lacombe<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Alex Killorn \u2013 Roger McQueen \u2013 Nikita Klepov \u2013 Frank Vatrano \u2013 Tristan Luneau<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Tim Washe \u2013 Alex Killorn \u2013 Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Pavel Mintyukov<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Leo Carlsson \u2013 Frank Vatrano \u2013 Noah Warren \u2013 Tyson Hinds<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
David Pastrnak \u2014 Boston Bruins<\/p>\n
Pastrnak had an assist and four shots last time out, but the underlying work is the story: Box Score Junkie has him at 58.8% Corsi-for and 61.1% Fenwick through 136 minutes this season, with 66.1 shot attempts per 60. Two goals on 2.2 expected means the volume should keep producing. A fine shots-on-goal prop target.<\/p>\n
Leo Carlsson \u2014 Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n
Carlsson scored on two shots last game while logging 22:18. Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 numbers back it up: 55.9% Corsi-for, 58.1% Fenwick and a team-best 68.6 shot attempts per 60 across 121 minutes. He\u2019s also two goals on 1.0 expected, so he\u2019s finishing above the margin. With Granlund and Gauthier banged up, expect heavy minutes.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Boston Bruins: no report available.<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n
Mikael Granlund (C) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Friday, October 16<\/p>\n
Cutter Gauthier (LW) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Friday, October 16<\/p>\n
Ryan Poehling (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Wednesday, November 25<\/p>\n
Troy Terry (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Saturday, November 21<\/p>\n
Ian Moore (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Friday, October 16<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Boston Bruins: visit the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, October 17.<\/p>\n
Anaheim Ducks: visit the New York Rangers on Monday, October 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images The Boston Bruins visit the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday, October…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[188834,163,824,165,164,2063,17395,1718,16028,192367,37611,401,5647,2098,21258,187314,1716,2101,16993,823,16994,404,16029,37329,174814,74038,15954,2721,4862,70738],"class_list":["post-498150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-boston-bruins","tag-charlie-mcavoy","tag-cutter-gauthier","tag-david-pastrnak","tag-frederic-brunet","tag-hampus-lindholm","tag-hockey","tag-honda-center","tag-injury-report","tag-jeff-malott","tag-judd-caulfield","tag-leo-carlsson","tag-line-combinations","tag-mason-lohrei","tag-mikael-granlund","tag-morgan-geekie","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-nikita-zadorov","tag-pavel-zacha","tag-roger-mcqueen","tag-ryan-poehling","tag-tim-washe","tag-troy-terry","tag-will-borgen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}