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Boston Bruins vs Anaheim Ducks

Regular season · Friday, October 16, 2026 · Honda Center

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Prime Video · NESN · KCOP-13

Game preview

The Boston Bruins visit the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday, October 16, 2026, with puck drop at 10:00 PM ET. The game is on Prime Video, NESN and KCOP-13.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Bruins

Game 2 of a road trip: San Jose, now Anaheim.

  1. 62026-10-06: no game
  2. 72026-10-07: no game
  3. 82026-10-08: vs UTA
  4. 92026-10-09: no game
  5. 102026-10-10: vs PHI
  6. 112026-10-11: no game
  7. 122026-10-12: no game
  8. 132026-10-13: at SJS
  9. 142026-10-14: no game
  10. 152026-10-15: no game
  11. 162026-10-16: at ANA
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~332 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,011 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−3 h
body clock vs home

Ducks

Another game at home.

  1. 62026-10-06: no game
  2. 72026-10-07: vs EDM
  3. 82026-10-08: no game
  4. 92026-10-09: at WPG
  5. 102026-10-10: at CGY, second of a back-to-backB2B
  6. 112026-10-11: no game
  7. 122026-10-12: no game
  8. 132026-10-13: vs CGY
  9. 142026-10-14: no game
  10. 152026-10-15: no game
  11. 162026-10-16: vs BOS
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Boston BruinsBruinsTue, Oct 13 at SJS
  1. L1Zacha#18Geekie#39Pastrnak#88
    13:47 together at 5v5
  2. L2Khusnutdinov#92Minten#93Peterka#10
    9:52 together at 5v5
  3. L3Lindholm#28Mittelstadt#11Hagens#44
    8:06 together at 5v5
  4. L4Jeannot#84Kastelic#47Poitras#51
    7:56 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewLindholm#27McAvoy#73
    16:22 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewZadorov#91Borgen#17
    14:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3Lohrei#6Brunet#42
    9:46 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Mittelstadt CMinten CHagens CPeterka RBrunet D1:27
  2. 2Lindholm CZacha CGeekie CPastrnak RMcAvoy D1:26

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lindholm CKhusnutdinov CLindholm DMcAvoy D1:10
  2. 2Zacha CKastelic CLindholm DMcAvoy D0:36
Anaheim DucksDucksTue, Oct 13 vs CGY
  1. L1NewKillorn#17Carlsson#91Sennecke#45
    11:31 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewGranlund#64Nesterenko#13Colangelo#12
    8:49 together at 5v5
  3. L3Malott#39Washe#42Caulfield#28
    7:39 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGreer#18McQueen#95Vatrano#77
    6:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1LaCombe#2Warren#47
    14:22 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewHelleson#14Mintyukov#98
    12:51 together at 5v5
  3. D3Hinds#55Luneau#67
    12:26 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Granlund CCarlsson CCaulfield RSennecke RLaCombe D4:36
  2. 2Killorn LMcQueen CVatrano RColangelo RLuneau D0:40

Penalty kill

  1. 1Granlund CHelleson DMintyukov D0:51
  2. 2Washe CLaCombe DWarren D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BOSANA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

BOS 72% (9th most settled)ANA 62% (9th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)ANA 1:55 left (12th earliest · 19 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

BOS 48.8s (12th longest)ANA 47.0s (8th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

BOS 33% (12th most often)ANA 26% (6th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series