Boston Bruins
Built around David Pastrnak's elite scoring, a healthy Charlie McAvoy anchoring the blueline, and a bounce-back Jeremy Swayman in net, with Marco Sturm installing a "tough to play against" identity rooted in physicality, defensive structure, and effort over flash. Morgan Geekie has emerged as one of the league's best stories alongside Pastrnak, and a reshaped second line of Pavel Zacha, Viktor Arvidsson, and Casey Mittelstadt is outscoring opponents 38-16 at 5v5. The bottom-six was deliberately rebuilt with grit signings in Tanner Jeannot, Mikey Eyssimont, and Sean Kuraly, while young pieces like 21-year-old Fraser Minten have stepped into real top-line minutes. Clinching a playoff spot after a one-year absence validates Sweeney's deadline reset that shipped out Marchand and Carlo to accelerate the retool.
5-year points history
Regular-season points, last five seasons.
Organization strength
Forwards
Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff
Defense
Goaltending
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