Boston’s strong season profile meets a Blackhawks team searching for a way to halt its slide.
Boston brings a 9-4-1 record and No. 3 power-index ranking to TD Garden, while Chicago arrives 4-9-0 and ranked No. 32. The Bruins have dropped two straight but are 2-3 across their last five; the Blackhawks are 1-4 in theirs after losing 4-1 at Detroit. David Pastrnak leads Boston with 17 points in 14 games, and Jeremy Swayman’s .912 save percentage tops Spencer Knight’s .896. Chicago needs Patrick Kane’s eight points in 13 games and Connor Bedard’s seven in seven to fuel an attack that can test Boston’s plus-18 goal differential; whether Knight can keep pace may decide it.