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St. Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 2026 · TD Garden

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STLNHL · BN+ · ABC32 · TVAS

Game preview

The St. Louis Blues visit the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday, December 17, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on STLNHL, BN+, ABC32 and TVAS.

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

Rest and travel

Blues

First game of a road trip.

  1. 72026-12-07: no game
  2. 82026-12-08: vs COL
  3. 92026-12-09: no game
  4. 102026-12-10: at UTA
  5. 112026-12-11: no game
  6. 122026-12-12: at DAL
  7. 132026-12-13: vs TBL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 142026-12-14: no game
  9. 152026-12-15: vs WPG
  10. 162026-12-16: no game
  11. 172026-12-17: at BOS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~1,036 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~1,036 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+1 h
body clock vs home

Bruins

Another game at home.

  1. 72026-12-07: no game
  2. 82026-12-08: at FLA
  3. 92026-12-09: no game
  4. 102026-12-10: at TBL
  5. 112026-12-11: no game
  6. 122026-12-12: vs NJD
  7. 132026-12-13: at CAR, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 142026-12-14: no game
  9. 152026-12-15: vs FLA
  10. 162026-12-16: no game
  11. 172026-12-17: vs STL
rest since last game
1 day
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

St. Louis BluesBluesTue, Oct 13 at OTT
  1. L1Holloway#81Thomas#18Snuggerud#21
    11:03 together at 5v5
  2. L2Buchnevich#89Neighbours#63Dvorsky#15
    8:14 together at 5v5
  3. L3McMichael#77McTavish#83Berggren#29
    7:54 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewJohnston#49Suter#22Peterson#32
    6:22 together at 5v5
  1. D1Fowler#17Carlo#25
    12:56 together at 5v5
  2. D2Broberg#6Jiricek#36
    11:04 together at 5v5
  3. D3Parayko#55Barron#72
    9:25 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Buchnevich LMcMichael LMcTavish CDvorsky RFowler D1:40
  2. 2Holloway LNeighbours LThomas CSnuggerud RJiricek D1:38

Penalty kill

  1. 1Buchnevich LSuter CParayko DBroberg D1:42
  2. 2Buchnevich LSuter CFowler DCarlo D1:18
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.

STLBOS

Settled lines

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

STL 71% (10th 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

STL 1:07 left (latest · 13 pulls)BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

STL 46.6s (6th 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

STL 26% (8th least often)BOS 33% (12th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series