Boston Bruins fantasy preview 2026-27.
14 skaters and 1 goaltender clear the pool line. David Pastrnak leads at 2.58 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 4th in the league in hits and 19th in shots. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Boston name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
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| 9of 400 | David Pastrnak | RW | 30 | 2.55 | 2.56 | 2.58 | -0.11 | 29-71-100 in 77 | 33 | 261 | 86 | 32 | 74% | 6 | -3 | |
| 39of 400 | Charlie McAvoy | D | 28 | 2.42 | 1.82 | 2.23 | +0.46 | 11-50-61 in 69 | 23 | 111 | 79 | 129 | 67% | 124 | +85 | |
| 97of 400 | Morgan Geekie | C | 28 | 2.04 | 1.75 | 1.90 | -0.58 | 39-29-68 in 81 | 24 | 181 | 110 | 34 | 57% | 93 | -4 | |
| 141of 400 | Elias Lindholm | C | 31 | 1.74 | 1.67 | 1.71 | -0.35 | 17-31-48 in 69 | 20 | 114 | 41 | 59 | 48% | 216 | +75 | |
| 178of 400 | Pavel Zacha | C | 29 | 1.78 | 1.18 | 1.59 | +0.61 | 30-35-65 in 78 | 22 | 131 | 64 | 26 | 63% | 158 | -20 | |
| 245of 400 | Connor CliftonNEW · PIT | D | 31 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.42 | +0.21 | 2-4-6 in 50 | 0 | 35 | 180 | 84 | 12% | — | n/r | |
| 248of 400 | Hampus Lindholm | D | 32 | 1.43 | 1.35 | 1.41 | -0.37 | 5-21-26 in 67 | 4 | 100 | 12 | 103 | 28% | — | n/r | |
| 253of 400 | JJ PeterkaNEW · UTA | RW | 24 | 1.24 | 1.72 | 1.40 | -0.42 | 25-22-47 in 82 | 5 | 159 | 16 | 19 | 46% | 182 | -71 | |
| 296of 400 | Mason Lohrei | D | 25 | 1.26 | 1.42 | 1.32 | -0.18 | 7-19-26 in 73 | 5 | 72 | 30 | 93 | — | — | n/r | |
| 300of 400 | Nikita Zadorov | D | 31 | 1.30 | 1.38 | 1.31 | -0.42 | 2-20-22 in 81 | 0 | 107 | 196 | 102 | — | — | n/r | |
| 365of 400 | Will BorgenNEW · NYR | D | 29 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.19 | +0.29 | 5-10-15 in 75 | 0 | 69 | 111 | 99 | — | — | n/r | |
| 375of 400 | Fraser Minten | C | 22 | 1.28 | 0.99 | 1.18 | +0.02 | 17-18-35 in 82 | 3 | 116 | 142 | 51 | — | — | n/r | |
| 379of 400 | Casey Mittelstadt | C | 27 | 1.15 | 1.13 | 1.17 | +0.01 | 15-27-42 in 71 | 7 | 80 | 23 | 21 | — | — | n/r | |
| 381of 400 | Jonathan Aspirot | D | 27 | 1.17 | — | 1.17 | — | +0.15 | 3-10-13 in 61 | 1 | 47 | 86 | 83 | — | — | n/r |
- 9 David Pastrnak RW · age 30 · mkt 6 2.58blend 2.5525-26 2.5624-25 -0.11H2−H1 33PPP 261SOG 86HIT 32BLK 74%PG% 29-71-100 in 77-3
- 39 Charlie McAvoy D · age 28 · mkt 124 2.23blend 2.4225-26 1.8224-25 +0.46H2−H1 23PPP 111SOG 79HIT 129BLK 67%PG% 11-50-61 in 69+85
- 97 Morgan Geekie C · age 28 · mkt 93 1.90blend 2.0425-26 1.7524-25 -0.58H2−H1 24PPP 181SOG 110HIT 34BLK 57%PG% 39-29-68 in 81-4
- 141 Elias Lindholm C · age 31 · mkt 216 1.71blend 1.7425-26 1.6724-25 -0.35H2−H1 20PPP 114SOG 41HIT 59BLK 48%PG% 17-31-48 in 69+75
- 178 Pavel Zacha C · age 29 · mkt 158 1.59blend 1.7825-26 1.1824-25 +0.61H2−H1 22PPP 131SOG 64HIT 26BLK 63%PG% 30-35-65 in 78-20
- 245 Connor Clifton D · age 31 · mkt n/r 1.42blend 1.4325-26 1.4024-25 +0.21H2−H1 0PPP 35SOG 180HIT 84BLK 12%PG% 2-4-6 in 50n/r
- 248 Hampus Lindholm D · age 32 · mkt n/r 1.41blend 1.4325-26 1.3524-25 -0.37H2−H1 4PPP 100SOG 12HIT 103BLK 28%PG% 5-21-26 in 67n/r
- 253 JJ Peterka RW · age 24 · mkt 182 1.40blend 1.2425-26 1.7224-25 -0.42H2−H1 5PPP 159SOG 16HIT 19BLK 46%PG% 25-22-47 in 82-71
- 296 Mason Lohrei D · age 25 · mkt n/r 1.32blend 1.2625-26 1.4224-25 -0.18H2−H1 5PPP 72SOG 30HIT 93BLK —PG% 7-19-26 in 73n/r
- 300 Nikita Zadorov D · age 31 · mkt n/r 1.31blend 1.3025-26 1.3824-25 -0.42H2−H1 0PPP 107SOG 196HIT 102BLK —PG% 2-20-22 in 81n/r
- 365 Will Borgen D · age 29 · mkt n/r 1.19blend 1.1725-26 1.1824-25 +0.29H2−H1 0PPP 69SOG 111HIT 99BLK —PG% 5-10-15 in 75n/r
- 375 Fraser Minten C · age 22 · mkt n/r 1.18blend 1.2825-26 0.9924-25 +0.02H2−H1 3PPP 116SOG 142HIT 51BLK —PG% 17-18-35 in 82n/r
- 379 Casey Mittelstadt C · age 27 · mkt n/r 1.17blend 1.1525-26 1.1324-25 +0.01H2−H1 7PPP 80SOG 23HIT 21BLK —PG% 15-27-42 in 71n/r
- 381 Jonathan Aspirot D · age 27 · mkt n/r 1.17blend 1.1725-26 —24-25 +0.15H2−H1 1PPP 47SOG 86HIT 83BLK —PG% 3-10-13 in 61n/r
Boston are 4th in hits
Six categories, summed across every Boston skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. Rare shape: it scores and it fills the peripheral columns.
- G 207 lg avg 194 10th
- A 367 lg avg 329 9th
- PPP 147 lg avg 130 8th
- SOG 1583 lg avg 1644 19th
- HIT 1176 lg avg 909 4th
- BLK 935 lg avg 789 6th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at defence, barren at left wing
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Left wing 0
0 deep · fewest in the league
Nobody in the poolDefence 7
7 deep · most in the league
McAvoy2.23 +85 Clifton1.42 Lindholm1.41 Lohrei1.32 Zadorov1.31 Borgen1.19 Aspirot1.17Crease 1
Boston against the other 31
Draftable stock
3 Boston skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 17th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
54.4% held by the top three — 19th-most concentrated
Below the league median of 55.2%. Power-play value here is not locked behind three players.
Swayman is a workhorse
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 14 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Swayman sits at 100.0%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swaymanage 27 · mkt 63 | 54 | 31 | 2 | 2.71 | 0.907 | 1.94 | Starter |
Power-play points are normally split in Boston
- 1 David Pastrnak RW 33 PPP · 22.4% · 33.0% of his own points
- 2 Morgan Geekie C 24 PPP · 16.3% · 35.3% of his own points
- 3 Charlie McAvoy D 23 PPP · 15.6% · 37.7% of his own points
54.4% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
1 in, 0 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- JJ Peterka top line/PP with Pastrnak; 70-point potential
The Boston schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-09-29. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
David Pastrnak owns the 2nd-best RW season in the ten-year file: 2022-23, 82 games, 61-52-113, 3.16 ESPN points per game.
1 Boston name to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- James Hagens Boston College NCAA 34 GP · 47 P · 1.38 P/GP 2 NHL games
Reading the Boston board
2 inside the desk top 50, 3 inside the top 100. David Pastrnak is the ceiling at 2.58, 9th overall. Charlie McAvoy (2.23) follows 0.35 back. Usage can flip that order.
Shape: 4th in hits, 19th in shots. Rare shape: it scores and it fills the peripheral columns.
Charlie McAvoy is the widest gap: desk 39, market 124. 85 slots in your favour. JJ Peterka runs the other way, 253 here against 182. You pay 71 slots over. 2 names carry a 20-slot edge.
Three players hold 54.4% of the club's 147 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
32 off-nights of 84, 15th in the league. 14 back-to-backs, 27th-fewest. Neutral at the bottom of your roster.
Jeremy Swayman started 54 at 2.71 and 0.907. Workhorse volume, and volume is most of what a fantasy goalie is.
1 in, 0 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by JJ Peterka. Average pool age 28.1. 2 trending up, 4 down. Next in line: James Hagens.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.