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Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Friday, January 1, 2027 · United Center

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Game preview

The Boston Bruins visit the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center on Friday, January 1, 2027, with puck drop at 3:00 PM ET. The game is on SN, TVAS, CHSN and NESN.

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

Rest and travel

Bruins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 222026-12-22: at NYI
  2. 232026-12-23: no game
  3. 242026-12-24: no game
  4. 252026-12-25: no game
  5. 262026-12-26: vs NYI
  6. 272026-12-27: at NJD, second of a back-to-backB2B
  7. 282026-12-28: no game
  8. 292026-12-29: no game
  9. 302026-12-30: vs EDM
  10. 312026-12-31: no game
  11. 12027-01-01: at CHI
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~851 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~851 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
−1 h
body clock vs home

Blackhawks

Another game at home.

  1. 222026-12-22: no game
  2. 232026-12-23: no game
  3. 242026-12-24: no game
  4. 252026-12-25: no game
  5. 262026-12-26: no game
  6. 272026-12-27: vs PHI
  7. 282026-12-28: no game
  8. 292026-12-29: vs VGK
  9. 302026-12-30: no game
  10. 312026-12-31: no game
  11. 12027-01-01: 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
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BOSCHI

Settled lines

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

BOS 72% (9th most settled)CHI 70% (14th 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

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

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

BOS 48.8s (12th longest)CHI 48.6s (15th longest)
← 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)CHI 33% (10th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series