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Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 2026 · TD Garden

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Game preview

The Detroit Red Wings visit the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Saturday, December 5, 2026, with puck drop at 1:00 PM ET. The game is on DSN, SN1 and NESN.

This is the second of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Red Wings

First game of a road trip.

  1. 252026-11-25: vs VAN
  2. 262026-11-26: no game
  3. 272026-11-27: at CBJ
  4. 282026-11-28: vs NSH, second of a back-to-backB2B
  5. 292026-11-29: no game
  6. 302026-11-30: no game
  7. 12026-12-01: vs CGY
  8. 22026-12-02: no game
  9. 32026-12-03: vs COL
  10. 42026-12-04: no game
  11. 52026-12-05: at BOS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~612 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~612 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Bruins

Another game at home.

  1. 252026-11-25: vs WPG
  2. 262026-11-26: no game
  3. 272026-11-27: vs TOR
  4. 282026-11-28: no game
  5. 292026-11-29: vs VAN
  6. 302026-11-30: no game
  7. 12026-12-01: vs COL
  8. 22026-12-02: no game
  9. 32026-12-03: no game
  10. 42026-12-04: no game
  11. 52026-12-05: vs DET
rest since last game
3 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

Detroit Red WingsRed WingsTue, Oct 13 vs NJD
  1. L1Finnie#58DeBrincat#93Brandsegg-Nygård#28
    14:37 together at 5v5
  2. L2Arvidsson#33Raymond#23Larkin#71
    14:25 together at 5v5
  3. L3Copp#18Rasmussen#27Kolesar#55
    8:17 together at 5v5
  1. D1Chiarot#8Seider#53
    15:39 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewFaulk#72Sandin-Pellikka#44
    9:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Englund#24Johansson#42
    7:57 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Arvidsson LRaymond LLarkin CDeBrincat RSeider D1:48

Penalty kill

  1. 1Copp CRasmussen CFaulk DJohansson D0:24
  2. 2Larkin CDries CChiarot DSeider D0:20
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.

DETBOS

Settled lines

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

DET 66% (14th most shuffled)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

DET 1:50 left (16th earliest · 10 pulls)BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

DET 47.4s (10th shortest)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

DET 28% (13th least often)BOS 33% (12th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series