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Boston Bruins complete a roster change that leaves fans scratching their heads


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Austin Sabourin
November 19, 2025  (5:31 PM)
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Oct 9, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Bruins center Morgan Geekie (39) celebrates a goal by center Elias Lindholm (28) with his linemates during the third period against the Chicago Blackhawks at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images
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Bruins head coach Marco Sturm has made a roster transaction that is causing fans to scratch their heads.

Recently, the Bruins ended up recalling both Riley Tufte and Matej Blumel from the Providence Bruins following the recent injury news.
Both Tufte and Blumel made their season debuts with the Bruins in their previous game against the Hurricanes, and Tufte was noticeable.
Tufte ended up scoring the Bruins' lone goal of the game to break the Hurricanes' shutout late in the game.
Entering tonight's game, Marco Sturm made a questionable roster decision involving the forward.

Tufte scratched ahead of game vs Ducks

After being one of the better players in their previous game against the Hurricanes, Sturm has decided to take Tufte out of the lineup.
This tracks. No reward for Tufte who statistically was one of the better players on Monday. #NHLBruins
Instead, Jeffrey Viel is going to enter the lineup in his place on the fourth line.
Here are the lines the Bruins are running:
AM lines:

Geekie-Khusnutdinov-Pastrnak
Steeves-Zacha-Blumel
Jeannot-Minten-Kastelic
Viel-Kuraly-Eyssimont
Tufte-Lindholm

Zadorov-Aspirot
Lindholm-Jokiharju
Lohrei-Peeke
Callahan

Along with that, head coach Marco Sturm announced that Joonas Korpisalo is going to be the Bruins starting goaltender for tonight's game.
Tonight's Expected Goalie Matchup

Marco Sturm announced that Joonas Korpisalo will be in net for the #NHLBruins, per
@ZachCav

#FlyTogether is going with Lukas Dostal, as reported by
@Derek_Lee27
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Boston Bruins complete a roster change that leaves fans scratching their heads

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