Our beloved Boston Bruins are riding a seven-game home win streak, following a beautiful 4-1 victory from pouncing on the Florida Panthers Sunday afternoon. Fans were on their feet for the majority of the 2-hour, penalty-filled match in the reverberating arena, leaving fans looking forward to extending that home game-winning stretch for at least the next two home games. One of those two games is a match-up with our Northern contenders, and the other is a rematch from a road trip defeat earlier this season. Let's see what lies ahead for the B's this week.
Montreal Canadiens
Thursday is the first of 4 matchups this season with our original 6 rivals, the Montreal Canadiens. Currently, the Bruins are sitting atop the Atlantic leaderboard, with the Canadiens trailing shortly behind them by 1 point. Netminder Jeremy Swayman put on the show of the season this past Sunday at home, setting a season high for himself of blocking 40 shots on goal, allowing only one to squeeze by, top shelf, right after a faceoff. In spite of the Canadiens earning points in their last 11 games, they fell to the Minnesota Wild Tuesday night in OT. Coach St. Louis played rookie Jacob Fowler on Tuesday, who had 22 saves...just over half of what Sway was able to pull off during his last game.
"I said (my biggest rivalry) it's still Montreal for sure...so I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's game. It should be a fun night, but we are here to grab 2 points against a very good opponent. "Coach Marco Sturm
The Bruins v. Canadiens bouts are the ones we love to hate. This strong feud spans over an impressive 100 years and is the most played rivalry in NHL history. The two have met 945 times, with 177 of those battles in the playoffs. In their previous clash in March 2026, the Canadiens won in OT by only 1 point at home. The tension continues to mount, as both teams will meet once again on our turf wearing their remix jerseys on Thursday.
Minnesota Wild
Following the Canadiens match on Thursday, Minnesota will be the next to ship up to Boston. They previously beat the B's on our own stomping grounds back in October, winning 4-1. This was before the D-line changes Coach Sturm has been honing since training camp. Recent injuries and unnecessary nixing Nikita for one game this season forced the Bruins to find their groove through various paths, and it seems our team has found the winning combos.
The Wild overpowered Montreal with an OT win only 21 seconds post-regulation Tuesday night. The Wild's own Kirill Kaprizov has already gathered 17 goals and 15 assists for the 2026-27 season, so the Bruins will really need to follow this left winger around to prevent him from having a repeat performance in our den come Saturday.
With every game being one game closer to the playoffs, we need to keep our defense strong, our offense to continue with their intentional passing, and our goalies need to stay fresh and locked in.
How will the Bruins fare this week? Stay tuned, Spoked-B Nation!
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