Bruins vs Hurricanes Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 27, 2026)

Boston Bruins logo

Bruins9-3 · 10-2 ATS2nd in the East
FINAL1 – 2
Carolina Hurricanes logo

Hurricanes9-4 · 7-6 ATS1st in the East

NHL · Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 T
Bruins 1 0 0 1
Hurricanes 1 0 1 2

How the bets settled

MoneylineHurricanes wonClosed at -192
SpreadBruins coveredBruins +1.5, by 0.5
TotalUnder 6.53 scored, 3.5 under

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Carolina Hurricanes beat Boston Bruins 2-1 on October 27, with the game decided in the third period. Sebastian Aho scored Carolina’s goal and led its points, while William Carrier added an assist; Pavel Zacha scored Boston’s goal and Elias Lindholm assisted. Carolina owned the shot advantage and posted more hits (23-12), takeaways (7-3), and blocked shots (16-15). Boston stayed in it with a 20.0% power play against Carolina’s 0.0% and a 52.6% faceoff mark.

Boston converted one of five power-play chances while Carolina went scoreless on four, and neither side scored shorthanded or in a shootout.

For bettors, the Bruins covered the closing spread by 0.5. The closing total of 6.5 finished under by 3.5.

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Against the spread, start to finish

HurricanesBruins
The score margin against the closing spread (Hurricanes -1.5). Blue: Hurricanes covering. Orange: Bruins covering.
+2.5Largest BOS cover
100%BOS covering
+0Largest CAR cover
0%CAR covering

Top performers

Bruins

  • GoalsPavel Zacha1
  • AssistsElias Lindholm1
  • PointsPavel Zacha1

Hurricanes

  • GoalsSebastian Aho1
  • AssistsWilliam Carrier1
  • PointsSebastian Aho1

Team stats

BruinsHurricanes
16Shots30
52.6%Faceoffs won47.4%
1Power play goals0
12Hits23
15Blocked shots16
3Takeaways7
15Giveaways16
13Penalty minutes15

Box score

Boston Bruins

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Morgan Geekie C 0 0 0 2 0 16:49 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
James Hagens C 0 0 0 1 0 13:31 18 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Tanner Jeannot LW 0 0 0 2 0 8:41 13 0 0 0 1 7 0.0
Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 2 0 10:23 14 0 1 0 2 0 25.0
Marat Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 0 -1 13:46 21 0 2 1 2 0 50.0
Elias Lindholm C 0 1 0 1 0 19:17 22 2 0 0 0 0 52.0
Fraser Minten C 0 0 0 1 0 15:34 20 0 2 0 0 2 63.6
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 1 0 13:27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
David Pastrnak RW 0 1 0 1 -2 22:39 22 0 1 0 3 0 0.0
JJ Peterka RW 0 0 0 2 -1 19:24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Matthew Poitras C 0 0 0 0 -1 8:36 12 0 1 1 1 0 100.0
Pavel Zacha C 1 0 0 2 -1 20:53 24 0 0 0 1 0 58.3

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Will Borgen D 0 0 0 0 0 18:12 27 5 0 0 1 0 0.0
Frederic Brunet D 0 0 0 0 -2 12:22 18 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 1 -1 20:33 25 0 2 0 1 2 0.0
Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 0 -1 15:03 20 2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 0 0 26:32 28 0 1 1 0 0 0.0
Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 0 0 18:31 23 3 4 0 1 2 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Jeremy Swayman G 2 30 0 0 28 .933 23 4 1 57:47 0 0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Sebastian Aho C 1 0 0 5 1 21:18 24 1 0 0 2 2 50.0
Jackson Blake RW 1 0 0 4 1 16:47 18 2 0 2 1 4 0.0
William Carrier LW 0 1 0 4 1 14:00 18 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 0 0 7:29 10 4 0 0 0 5 0.0
Nikolaj Ehlers LW 0 1 0 4 1 16:16 18 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
Mark Jankowski C 0 0 0 0 0 17:16 23 0 0 0 1 0 46.7
Seth Jarvis C 0 0 0 0 0 16:29 19 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 0 0 10:18 12 2 1 0 0 0 66.7
Jordan Martinook RW 0 0 0 1 0 13:53 20 2 2 0 1 2 100.0
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 2 0 12:17 15 3 0 0 1 0 100.0
Logan Stankoven C 0 0 0 1 1 15:03 18 0 0 0 1 0 41.7
Andrei Svechnikov LW 0 1 0 2 1 16:47 20 3 0 1 1 2 33.3

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 1 1 22:32 25 0 2 2 0 0 0.0
Shayne Gostisbehere D 0 0 0 1 1 15:24 18 1 1 0 1 0 0.0
K’Andre Miller D 0 0 0 0 1 20:24 23 0 2 1 1 0 0.0
Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 1 0 23:16 27 1 2 0 3 0 0.0
Juuso Valimaki D 0 0 0 1 1 13:43 19 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
Sean Walker D 0 0 0 3 0 18:18 22 3 3 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Pyotr Kochetkov G 1 16 0 0 15 .938 10 4 1 60:00 0 0

Attendance 18,811 · Officials: Jean Hebert, Francois St. Laurent, Tommy Hughes, Libor Suchanek

Recap: Aho’s late goal helps Kochetkov improve to 8-0-0 as Hurricanes beat Bruins 2-1 (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

StatsBench picks

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Betting trends

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Bruins vs Hurricanes pre-game preview

Tuesday night’s matchup in Carolina has the Hurricanes as the -179 moneyline favorite, laying -1.5 with a 6.5 total, unchanged from the DraftKings opener. The last meeting was a 5-6 Boston road loss on April 7, 2026. Boston is 9-3 and 10-2 ATS this season, 7-3 and 8-2 ATS over its last 10 after a 6-4 win vs San Jose on October 24. Carolina is 9-4 and 7-6 ATS, 8-2 and 7-3 ATS over its last 10 after a 4-0 win at St. Louis on October 24. In the last nine head-to-head meetings, Boston is 3-6 straight up and 2-2 ATS with an O/U of 1-3.

The defensive profile is strong on both sides. Boston allows 2.17 goals per game (second) but 27.92 shots per game (19th), while Carolina allows 22.38 shots (second) and 2.46 goals (fourth), with a faster pace (56.3, eighth). Carolina’s injury list includes Taylor Hall (IR), Alexander Nikishin (out), Jordan Staal (IR, calf) and Mark Jankowski (out). On props, Seth Jarvis over 1.5 shots at -270 cleared in 9 of his last 10, and David Pastrnak over 2.5 shots at -135 cleared in 8 of 10.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Boston Bruins

David Pastrnak R1.4 PTS · 3.5 SOG · 0.6 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 vs SJS 20:24 1 0 5 0
10/22 vs NSH 16:37 2 2 3 0
10/20 @ DAL 21:41 0 0 0 1
10/17 @ LAK 20:57 1 1 3 1
10/16 @ ANA 20:35 1 1 4 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs CAR
PTS 1.4 (12) 1.2 (6) 1.3 (83) 0.7 (3)
2 · 0 · 0
SOG 3.5 (12) 3.3 (6) 3.4 (83) 2.0 (3)
1 · 1 · 4

Charlie McAvoy D1.0 PTS · 1.5 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 vs SJS 24:51 0 0 1 1
10/22 vs NSH 19:01 0 4 1 1
10/20 @ DAL 27:04 0 0 0 2
10/17 @ LAK 25:55 0 1 2 0
10/16 @ ANA 26:54 0 0 2 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs CAR
PTS 1.0 (6) 0.5 (4) 0.8 (75) 2.0 (2)
2 · 2
SOG 1.5 (6) 1.8 (4) 1.7 (75) 0.5 (2)
0 · 1

Fraser Minten C0.8 PTS · 2.6 SOG · 0.4 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 vs SJS 18:15 1 1 4 1
10/22 vs NSH 15:28 0 0 1 0
10/20 @ DAL 17:11 0 0 3 1
10/17 @ LAK 20:30 0 1 2 2
10/16 @ ANA 17:05 0 0 2 1
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs CAR
PTS 0.8 (12) 0.5 (6) 0.4 (88) 0.0 (3)
0 · 0 · 0
SOG 2.6 (12) 2.5 (6) 1.4 (88) 2.0 (3)
0 · 3 · 3

Carolina Hurricanes

Seth Jarvis R1.5 PTS · 3.0 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 @ STL 16:17 0 2 3 1
10/22 @ EDM 15:15 1 0 3 4
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs BOS
PTS 1.5 (2) – 0.9 (90) 0.0 (3)
0 · 0 · 0
SOG 3.0 (2) – 3.0 (90) 3.3 (3)
2 · 3 · 5

Sebastian Aho C1.4 PTS · 2.9 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 @ STL 16:36 0 2 1 3
10/22 @ EDM 22:06 1 1 3 3
10/20 @ VAN 20:01 0 0 4 0
10/18 @ CGY 21:30 0 1 3 0
10/17 @ WPG 20:51 0 0 0 1
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs BOS
PTS 1.4 (13) 1.0 (4) 0.9 (98) 0.3 (3)
1 · 0 · 0
SOG 2.9 (13) 2.5 (4) 2.4 (98) 1.7 (3)
3 · 2 · 0

Jackson Blake R1.0 PTS · 2.9 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 @ STL 17:14 0 1 1 0
10/22 @ EDM 17:36 1 0 4 0
10/20 @ VAN 20:30 0 3 6 1
10/18 @ CGY 16:56 0 0 2 0
10/17 @ WPG 20:09 0 0 4 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs BOS
PTS 1.0 (13) 1.0 (4) 0.7 (100) 0.7 (3)
2 · 0 · 0
SOG 2.9 (13) 2.8 (4) 2.2 (100) 1.3 (3)
2 · 0 · 2

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Bruins 9-3 10-2 5-7 5-1 4-2
Hurricanes 9-4 7-6 6-7 2-2 7-2

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Bruins vs Hurricanes head-to-head

Bruins are 3-6, 2-2 ATS, O/U 1-3 in the last 9 meetings. Last time: Bruins lost 5-6 on April 7, 2026.

Date Venue Bruins result ATS O/U
Apr 7, 26 Hurricanes home L 5-6 W +1.5 O 6.5
Nov 17, 25 Bruins home L 1-3 – –
Nov 1, 25 Bruins home W 2-1 – –
Apr 5, 25 Bruins home W 5-1 – –
Mar 6, 25 Hurricanes home L 2-3 – –
Oct 31, 24 Hurricanes home L 2-8 – –
Apr 9, 24 Bruins home L 1-4 L +1.5 U 5.5
Apr 4, 24 Hurricanes home W 4-1 W -1.5 U 5.5
Jan 24, 24 Bruins home L 2-3 L -1.5 U 5.5

Recent form

Boston Bruins: last 10 (7-3, 8-2 ATS, O/U 4-6)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 vs SJ W 6-4 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 22, 26 vs NSH W 6-0 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 20, 26 @ DAL L 2-3 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 17, 26 @ LA W 4-1 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 16, 26 @ ANA W 4-2 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 13, 26 @ SJ W 6-3 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 10, 26 vs PHI W 5-1 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 8, 26 vs UTA W 6-1 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 5, 26 vs OTT L 1-4 L +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 3, 26 @ MIN L 1-4 L +1.5 U 6.5

Carolina Hurricanes: last 10 (8-2, 7-3 ATS, O/U 5-5)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 @ STL W 4-0 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 22, 26 @ EDM L 5-6 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 20, 26 @ VAN W 6-3 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 18, 26 @ CGY L 2-3 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 17, 26 @ WPG W 3-2 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 13, 26 vs WSH W 4-2 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 11, 26 @ PHI W 4-1 W -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 10, 26 @ CHI W 5-2 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 8, 26 vs VAN W 7-2 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 6, 26 @ MTL W 6-4 W -1.5 O 6.5

Injury report

Boston Bruins: none listed.

Carolina Hurricanes

  • Taylor Hall (L): Out, Undisclosed
  • Alexander Nikishin (D): Out, Nikishin
  • Jordan Staal (C): Injured Reserve, Calf

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Bruins defense Hurricanes defense
Goals allowed per game 2.38 (4th of 32) 2.19 (2nd of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 28 (21st of 32) 22.44 (2nd of 32)
Points allowed per game 6.38 (4th of 32) 5.88 (1st of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 2.44 (23rd of 32) 1.63 (11th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 54.2 (19th) 56.3 (8th)

Venue and weather

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Bruins vs Hurricanes odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Hurricanes spread -1.5 -1.5 –
Total 6.5 6.5 –
Bruins moneyline +160 +160 –
Hurricanes moneyline -192 -192 –

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Hurricanes spread -1.5 → -1.5
Total 6.5 → 6.5
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