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Chicago Blackhawks vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 2026 · TD Garden

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Game preview

The Chicago Blackhawks visit the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Saturday, October 31, 2026, with puck drop at 1:00 PM ET. The game is on SN1, CHSN and NESN.

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

Rest and travel

Blackhawks

Game 2 of a road trip: Detroit, now Boston.

  1. 212026-10-21: no game
  2. 222026-10-22: no game
  3. 232026-10-23: vs MTL
  4. 242026-10-24: no game
  5. 252026-10-25: vs FLA
  6. 262026-10-26: no game
  7. 272026-10-27: vs LAK
  8. 282026-10-28: no game
  9. 292026-10-29: at DET
  10. 302026-10-30: no game
  11. 312026-10-31: at BOS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~612 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~851 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+1 h
body clock vs home

Bruins

First home game after a 2-game road trip (Carolina and St. Louis).

  1. 212026-10-21: no game
  2. 222026-10-22: vs NSH
  3. 232026-10-23: no game
  4. 242026-10-24: vs SJS
  5. 252026-10-25: no game
  6. 262026-10-26: no game
  7. 272026-10-27: at CAR
  8. 282026-10-28: no game
  9. 292026-10-29: at STL
  10. 302026-10-30: no game
  11. 312026-10-31: vs CHI
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~1,036 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,308 mi
on this 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

Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksTue, Oct 13 vs PIT
  1. L1NewBedard#98Kane#88Kantserov#80
    14:40 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewBertuzzi#59Teravainen#86Frondell#16
    9:13 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewToninato#25Donato#8Moore#11
    8:03 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGreenway#12Greene#20Smith#22
    6:49 together at 5v5
  1. D1Byram#24Levshunov#55
    17:47 together at 5v5
  2. D2Cole#28Vlasic#72
    12:41 together at 5v5
  3. D3Kaiser#44Rinzel#6
    11:31 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Bertuzzi LBedard CKane RKantserov RByram D2:48

Penalty kill

  1. 1Teravainen CFrondell CCole DVlasic D1:29
  2. 2Greene CSmith RCole DVlasic D1:05
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

CHIBOS

Settled lines

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

CHI 70% (14th most settled)BOS 72% (9th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

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

CHI 1:23 left (2nd latest · 19 pulls)BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

CHI 48.6s (15th longest)BOS 48.8s (12th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

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

CHI 33% (10th most often)BOS 33% (12th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series