Boston Bruins at Minnesota WildOct 3, 2026

8:00 PM ETSaturday, Oct 3, 2026· Grand Casino Arena

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: MIN +12.8 pts

BOSaway−12.7 pts

Back-to-back · 628 km travel

B2B vs rested MIN −9.3 pts
Backup likely (82%) −3.4 pts

MINhome+12.8 pts

1 day rest · 1,113 km travel

BOS on a B2B +9.3 pts
BOS backup likely (82%) +3.5 pts

MIN has the schedule edge (+12.8 pts net win probability): bos on a b2b, bos backup likely (82%), b2b vs rested min, backup likely (82%).

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Boston Bruins

Goalie: Michael Dipietro Expected
Start probability: Michael DiPietro82%Expected
Jeremy Swayman18%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 4–3 at WPG · Oct 2

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka
10:21
L2Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
9:44
L3Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt
9:21
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:01
D1Lindholm – Borgen
15:02
D2Aspirot – Lohrei
14:50
D3Clifton – Zadorov
14:33
PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Peterka – Lohrei
2:56

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Jesper Wallstedt Confirmed
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt97%Confirmed
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Game day: all games on Oct 3.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.