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The Boston Bruins' lines as deployed at the Kings (W 4-1) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.

Next game

Tue, Oct 20, 8:00 PM ET — at the Stars.

No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.

Lines, last two games

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Bruins

at Kings · Oct 17 · W 4-1

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1MintenCGeekieCPastrnakRW8:48
  2. L2E. LindholmCMittelstadtCHagensC8:24
  3. L3JeannotLWKuralyCKastelicC8:00
  4. L4KhusnutdinovCPoitrasCPeterkaRW5:07
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1McAvoyDH. LindholmD17:27
  2. D2LohreiDBrunetD14:11
  3. D3AspirotDBorgenD12:41
Power playPP together
  1. PP1MintenCGeekieCE. LindholmCPastrnakRWMcAvoyD2:27
  2. PP2MittelstadtCHagensCPoitrasCPeterkaRWBrunetD0:36
In netTOI
  1. G1SwaymanG60:00
  2. G2DiPietroGDNP

Geekie also took 1:06 with L2. Geekie also took 2:53 with L4. Peterka also took 5:36 with L1. Peterka also took 1:12 with L2. Peterka also took 1:14 with L3.

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Bruins

at Ducks · Oct 16 · W 4-2

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1GeekieCZachaCPastrnakRW11:53
  2. L2MintenCKhusnutdinovCPeterkaRW8:50
  3. L3E. LindholmCMittelstadtCHagensC7:47
  4. L4JeannotLWPoitrasCKastelicC6:06
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1McAvoyDH. LindholmD16:01
  2. D2BorgenDZadorovD13:12
  3. D3LohreiDBrunetD10:14
Power playPP together
  1. PP1GeekieCE. LindholmCZachaCPastrnakRWMcAvoyD2:00
In netTOI
  1. G1DiPietroG60:00
  2. G2SwaymanGDNP

Minten also took 1:09 with L1.

What changed since Fri, Oct 16

New top line: Minten, Geekie and Pastrnak. Moved: Minten (L2 → L1), E. Lindholm (L3 → L2), Hagens (L3 → L2), Mittelstadt (L3 → L2), Jeannot (L4 → L3), Kastelic (L4 → L3) and 5 more. In the lineup: Kuraly and Aspirot. Out of it: Zacha and Zadorov.

In net this season

Jeremy Swayman has started 7 of the Bruins' 9 games, Michael DiPietro 2. Jeremy Swayman started the last one.

GoalieGSGPSV%Last start
Jeremy Swayman79.934Sat, Oct 17
Michael DiPietro29.911Fri, Oct 16

How these lines are built

Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.

Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Bruins live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.

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