Before the Western Conference leader Winnipeg faces the best team in the Eastern Conference on Saturday, the Bruins will give them a pitstop in Boston.

The Bruins will get a boost on their blue line on Thursday night, as defenseman Charlie McAvoy will rejoin the lineup when Boston hosts the Winnipeg Jets at TD Garden.

The Boston Bruins welcomed back historic defenseman Zdeno Chara to the organization in hopes of helping out interim head coach Joe Sacco, Brad Marchand, and the rest of the players.

Thursday night in the NHL features the Winnipeg Jets visiting the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in a tantalizing matchup. Welcome to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey, where we preview and predict the upcoming slate of NHL games around the league each day!

The current playoff odds don't favor the Bruins. But even with Boston looking at an arduous road, they're embracing the challenge.

Koepke has missed each of the Bruins' last five games due to injury. The 26-year-old winger suffered his injury after receiving a big hit from former Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Darren Raddysh on Jan. 14.

After putting together a strong showing at home last week, the Bruins snuffed out all of them momentum with an ugly loss to Buffalo.

The Boston Bruins have Stanley Cup ambitions in 2025, and for the first time in over a month the team is in a top-three spot in the Atlantic Division. For a bri

The Boston Bruins suffered an embarrassing 7-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 28. With the Sabres at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, this was a winnable game for Boston, but they were blown out instead.

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The Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins have been strong teams through the first half of the 2020s. Boston has 221 wins since the start of the 2020-21 season and Edmonton has 215.

The Bruins boast a minus-20 goal differential — the second-worst rate in the Eastern Conference. Boston ranks 26th in the NHL in goals scored per game (2.77), and 23rd in goals against per game (3.17).