Bruins vs. Stars (Oct 20, 2026)

ESPN

Bruins BOS

7-2-0

7-2-0 in Last 10

Stars DAL

4-3-1

4-3-1 in Last 10

Preview

Bruins

Stars

Predictions

Notes

preview Bruins Stars predictions Notes

Odds

BOS

DAL

+153

Money

-156

Money

o5.5

-104

u5.5

+102

+1.5

-174

-1.5

+167

o5.5

Open

-169

Open

C. McAvoy Over 1.5 Shots on Goal -104 E. Lindholm Over 1.5 Shots on Goal +117

Forward Matchup

D. Pastrnak

BOS RW #88

M. Rantanen

DAL RW #96

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

M. Lohrei

BOS D #6

M. Heiskanen

DAL D #4

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

J. Swayman

BOS G #1

J. Oettinger

DAL G #29

Wins

.934

Save Pct

.952

1.85

Goals Against Avg

1.00

BOS

Team Stats

DAL

3.78

Goals per Game

2.38

2.11

Goals Against per Game

1.5

25.44

Shots per Game

25.50

28.33

Shots Against per Game

22.63

25.0

Power Play Pct

15.0

81.3

Penalty Kill Pct

89.3

.925

Save Pct

.934

BOS

Injuries

DAL

Pavel Zacha

Day to day (Upper Body)

Oskar Back

Out (Finger)

Cameron Hughes

Out (Upper-body)

Matt Duchene

Out (Abdomen)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

BOSDAL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	7	2	0	14	15
Lightning	6	2	0	12	4
Senators	6	3	0	12	1
Panthers	5	2	2	12	5
Sabres	4	3	2	10	-7
Maple Leafs	4	4	2	10	-1
Canadiens	4	3	1	9	-3
Red Wings	3	3	2	8	-4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	7	3	0	14	7
Wild	6	2	1	13	7
Avalanche	5	3	1	11	11
Jets	4	2	2	10	-1
Stars	4	3	1	9	7
Predators	3	2	3	9	-1
Blues	3	4	1	7	-1
Blackhawks	3	6	0	6	-15

BOS

Last 5

DAL

Sat, Oct 17

Sat, Oct 17

Fri, Oct 16

Wed, Oct 14

Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Sat, Oct 10

Sat, Oct 10

Thu, Oct 8

Thu, Oct 8

Game Info

October 20, 2026

ESPN

American Airlines Center

Dallas, Texas

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Hyry 0.5 +506

C. Blackwell 0.5 +900

C. McAvoy 0.5 +669

C. Mittelstadt 0.5 +488

D. Pastrnak 0.5 +190

Points

Line Over Under

D. Pastrnak 1.5 +203 -317

J. Robertson 1.5 +203

M. Rantanen 1.5 +186 -285

C. McAvoy 0.5 -104 -138

E. Lindholm 0.5 +130 -178

Assists

Line Over Under

C. McAvoy 0.5 +113 -156

D. Pastrnak 0.5 -122 -108

E. Lindholm 0.5 +223 -335

F. Minten 0.5 +212

J. Benn 0.5 +251 -400

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

D. Pastrnak 3.5 +120 -186

F. Minten 2.5 +156 -223

J. Robertson 2.5 -208 +138

W. Johnston 2.5 +100 -144

C. McAvoy 1.5 -104 -113

Team Leaders

D. Pastrnak

GWG

D. Pastrnak

SV%

.934

J. Swayman

Season

Career vs DAL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	9	4	8	12	+3	2	3	2	1	0	34	11.8	2	4	50.0	13	3	2	22	19:44
Fraser Minten F. Minten	9	4	4	8	+7	14	0	0	1	0	23	17.4	41	95	43.2	9	5	3	6	16:29
Morgan Geekie M. Geekie	9	1	7	8	+3	2	1	3	0	0	9	11.1	10	26	38.5	16	4	1	9	17:46
Elias Lindholm E. Lindholm	9	3	4	7	+2	4	1	1	1	0	14	21.4	102	170	60.0	5	4	0	7	16:20
JJ Peterka JJ Peterka	9	3	3	6	+4	4	0	0	1	1	15	20.0	0	0	0	5	5	3	7	16:28
James Hagens J. Hagens	9	2	4	6	+2	2	0	1	0	0	15	13.3	1	2	50.0	6	11	3	12	12:43
Pavel Zacha P. Zacha	8	2	3	5	+3	4	0	3	1	0	12	16.7	54	107	50.5	4	5	4	7	18:05
Marat Khusnutdinov M. Khusnutdinov	9	2	3	5	+7	0	0	0	1	0	10	20.0	5	13	38.5	7	3	1	8	13:36
Mason Lohrei M. Lohrei	9	2	3	5	+4	0	0	0	1	0	9	22.2	0	0	0	2	10	3	10	18:12
Mark Kastelic M. Kastelic	9	1	4	5	+2	12	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	21	34	61.8	21	9	3	5	11:20
Matthew Poitras M. Poitras	6	3	2	5	+4	2	0	0	0	0	8	37.5	11	22	50.0	6	2	0	4	10:42
Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	9	1	3	4	+9	2	0	1	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	2	10	4	11	20:48
Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	8	0	3	3	+1	29	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	31	11	1	11	19:52
William Borgen W. Borgen	9	1	2	3	+9	12	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	27	13	3	3	18:45
Casey Mittelstadt C. Mittelstadt	9	2	1	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	6	13	46.2	2	5	3	11	13:30
Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	3	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	4	7	2	5	25:50
Frederic Brunet F. Brunet	6	1	1	2	+3	2	1	1	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	4	11	0	7	17:01
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	13	6	3	5	20:38
Tanner Jeannot T. Jeannot	9	1	0	1	+2	14	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	4	10	40.0	27	5	2	7	11:36
Sean Kuraly S. Kuraly	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	25	37	67.6	9	4	0	1	12:45
Jonathan Aspirot J. Aspirot	4	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	8	9	0	3	16:58

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jeremy Swayman J. Swayman	7	7	6	1	0	197	184	.934	13	1.85	1	422
	Michael DiPietro M. DiPietro	2	2	1	1	0	57	52	.912	5	2.54	0	118

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Elias Lindholm E. Lindholm	29	6	19	25	+1	6	3	8	1	0	72	8.3	198	360	55.0	31	14	19	14	18:53
David Pastrnak D. Pastrnak	21	8	14	22	-1	6	2	5	3	1	61	13.1	0	1	0.0	17	12	12	26	18:32
Hampus Lindholm H. Lindholm	26	3	7	10	+8	18	2	2	2	0	39	7.7	0	0	0	31	29	5	29	22:20
Nikita Zadorov N. Zadorov	42	3	7	10	-4	62	0	0	0	0	52	5.8	0	0	0	109	51	13	28	17:47
Morgan Geekie M. Geekie	14	1	7	8	+4	2	1	1	0	0	13	7.7	39	81	48.1	15	8	6	10	12:28
Charlie McAvoy C. McAvoy	11	0	7	7	+2	10	0	1	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	14	17	3	12	22:55
Sean Kuraly S. Kuraly	16	1	4	5	+3	6	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	80	154	51.9	41	14	3	5	13:50
Pavel Zacha P. Zacha	18	2	3	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	23	8.7	81	166	48.8	13	4	3	11	16:30
Tanner Jeannot T. Jeannot	16	2	3	5	+1	19	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	3	4	75.0	74	8	2	13	13:47
Casey Mittelstadt C. Mittelstadt	12	1	4	5	-3	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	48	113	42.5	8	5	4	5	15:53
JJ Peterka JJ Peterka	10	0	5	5	+2	2	0	1	0	0	21	0.0	0	4	0.0	3	1	3	15	15:54
Mason Lohrei M. Lohrei	3	1	1	2	-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	18:12
William Borgen W. Borgen	14	0	1	1	-5	4	0	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	19	18	1	4	16:08
Jonathan Aspirot J. Aspirot	2	0	1	1	-1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	17:37
Marat Khusnutdinov M. Khusnutdinov	4	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	12	22	54.5	4	3	0	0	13:12
Matthew Poitras M. Poitras	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	12	25.0	1	1	1	0	13:22
Fraser Minten F. Minten	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	8	20	40.0	2	0	1	2	14:57
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	10	0	0	0	-1	24	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	26	15	7	6	16:07
Mark Kastelic M. Kastelic	8	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	40	78	51.3	28	3	3	5	11:04

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jeremy Swayman J. Swayman	7	6	3	3	0	228	203	.890	25	3.94	0	381

Team Leaders

R. Hintz

M. Rantanen

GWG

J. Robertson

SV%

.952

J. Oettinger

Season

Career vs BOS

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	8	2	6	8	+4	8	0	2	0	0	15	13.3	10	15	66.7	8	3	3	10	20:43
Jason Robertson J. Robertson	8	3	4	7	+3	2	1	1	0	2	26	11.5	0	0	0	9	1	4	8	19:37
Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	8	3	3	6	+5	6	0	1	0	1	13	23.1	0	0	0	4	10	2	10	25:10
Roope Hintz R. Hintz	8	3	2	5	+4	7	1	0	0	0	16	18.8	59	108	54.6	13	4	1	6	16:57
Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	6	0	4	4	+2	0	0	1	0	0	16	0.0	28	52	53.8	4	4	1	4	20:03
Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	8	2	2	4	-2	6	1	0	0	0	23	8.7	17	30	56.7	5	1	0	3	15:16
Thomas Harley T. Harley	8	0	3	3	+4	4	0	1	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	8	14	4	13	23:55
Sam Steel S. Steel	8	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	20	35	57.1	7	3	0	6	16:09
Arttu Hyry A. Hyry	8	3	0	3	+2	7	0	0	1	0	13	23.1	52	80	65.0	20	4	2	2	13:51
Nils Lundkvist N. Lundkvist	8	0	2	2	+1	6	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	4	9	1	10	17:24
Jamie Benn J. Benn	8	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	4	5	80.0	11	1	0	8	12:27
Radek Faksa R. Faksa	8	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	26	55	47.3	9	9	3	2	11:08
Oskar Back O. Back	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	4	7	57.1	5	9	1	2	11:20
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	4	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	9	2	0	6	11:52
Tyler Myers T. Myers	8	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	7	14	2	9	14:27
Kyle Capobianco K. Capobianco	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2:59
Esa Lindell E. Lindell	8	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	18	1	10	20:49
Colin Blackwell C. Blackwell	6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	5	10	50.0	13	0	1	0	10:03
Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	8	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	22	15	1	4	15:30
Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	26	40	65.0	16	3	1	4	15:02

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	6	6	3	2	1	126	120	.952	6	1.00	3	360
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	2	2	1	1	0	53	49	.925	4	1.94	0	123

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Matt Duchene M. Duchene	30	10	14	24	-8	2	1	6	0	0	2	0	70	14.3	170	340	50.0	26	17	14	21	17:34
David Perron D. Perron	36	7	17	24	-5	26	1	8	0	0	1	0	64	10.9	6	13	46.2	62	20	16	17	16:27
Jamie Benn J. Benn	26	8	14	22	+9	28	1	4	1	0	0	0	65	12.3	98	211	46.4	42	19	22	24	17:58
Tyler Seguin T. Seguin	22	8	10	18	-1	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	79	10.1	157	270	58.1	22	10	10	17	19:05
Tyler Myers T. Myers	44	5	12	17	-4	42	1	4	0	0	0	0	60	8.3	0	0	0	50	65	21	41	21:43
Mikko Rantanen M. Rantanen	18	3	9	12	-12	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	39	7.7	19	43	44.2	8	9	12	21	20:28
Jason Robertson J. Robertson	9	4	7	11	+3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	30	13.3	0	1	0.0	4	2	4	7	20:26
Miro Heiskanen M. Heiskanen	12	1	9	10	+4	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	26	3.8	0	0	0	9	17	12	14	25:12
Roope Hintz R. Hintz	11	5	3	8	+7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	29	17.2	48	103	46.6	11	5	2	8	17:43
Esa Lindell E. Lindell	18	3	4	7	+9	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	34	8.8	0	0	0	20	28	6	14	22:29
Colin Blackwell C. Blackwell	17	3	3	6	-3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	12.5	20	37	54.1	29	3	7	9	13:07
Wyatt Johnston W. Johnston	8	5	1	6	+1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	20.8	25	53	47.2	6	6	6	7	18:30
Thomas Harley T. Harley	6	0	5	5	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	3	14	4	6	22:18
Radek Faksa R. Faksa	17	2	2	4	-5	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	8.3	86	190	45.3	26	13	12	4	15:22
Justin Hryckowian J. Hryckowian	2	1	2	3	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	10	18	55.6	1	1	2	1	13:54
Oskar Back O. Back	4	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	3	0.0	5	1	3	1	12:17
Sam Steel S. Steel	10	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	40	72	55.6	10	2	7	4	13:25
Kyle Burroughs K. Burroughs	7	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	21	3	3	5	16:59
Kyle Capobianco K. Capobianco	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	14:04
Cameron Hughes C. Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6:34
Nils Lundkvist N. Lundkvist	8	0	0	0	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	7	4	0	6	15:35
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	7	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	17	2	1	0	10:57
Lian Bichsel L. Bichsel	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15:12
Arttu Hyry A. Hyry	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	63.6	5	0	0	2	12:03

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	8	8	3	3	2	215	195	.907	20	2.49	0	483
	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	9	8	4	4	0	276	255	.924	21	2.72	1	463

Dallas hosts Boston after Hyry's 2-goal performance

The Associated Press

Oct 19, 2026

Boston Bruins (7-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Dallas Stars (4-3-1, in the Central Division)

Dallas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Dallas Stars host the Boston Bruins after Arttu Hyry's two-goal game against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stars' 4-0 win.

Dallas has a 4-3-1 record overall and a 1-2-0 record on its home ice. The Stars have a 2-1-0 record when scoring a power-play goal.

Boston has a 7-2 record overall and a 4-1-0 record on the road. The Bruins rank third in the league with 43 total penalties (averaging 4.8 per game).

Tuesday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.

INJURIES: Stars: Oskar Back: out (finger), Cameron Hughes: out (upper-body), Matt Duchene: out (abdomen).

Bruins: Pavel Zacha: day to day (upper body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Bruins BOS

Stars DAL

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Dallas hosts Boston after Hyry's 2-goal performance

Players Mentioned

Matt Duchene

Pavel Zacha

Cameron Hughes

Oskar Back