Jeremy Swayman starts in goal for the Boston Bruins against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at TD Garden. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. Boston is 10-4-1 and Vegas is 9-5-1, and Matthew Poitras returns to the Bruins lineup.
Jeremy Swayman will start in net for the Boston Bruins against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday (Nov. 2, 2026) at TD Garden, with a 7 p.m. puck drop. The Bruins were closing out a two-game homestand on Monday night. The game was to be televised on NHL Network and NESN.
Boston went into the game with a 10-4-1 record, while Vegas was 9-5-1. Vegas has 19 points, which places it second in the Pacific Division. The Bruins won 5-4 in overtime against the Blackhawks on Saturday.
Matthew Poitras will return to the Bruins lineup in place of forward Sean Kuraly. Poitras had been scratched for the overtime win over Chicago on Saturday. Boston's projected forward lines are Peterka-Zacha-Pastrnak, Khusnutdinov-Minten-Geekie, Mittelstadt-Elias Lindholm-Hagens and Jeannot-Poitras-Kastelic. The Bruins list no pregame injuries.
Vegas has lost four of its past five games and three of its past four on the road. In its previous game, the team lost 5-2 at home to the Devils, and it has scored more than two goals just once in its last five games. Jack Eichel has seven goals and 13 assists for Vegas this season. The Golden Knights' injured players are Victor Olofsson (lower body) and Parker Wotherspoon (upper body), and Raphael Lavoie and Viliam Kmec are scratches.
