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Bruins head coach confirmed two players as healthy scratches in game VS the Colorado Avalanche


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Austin Sabourin
October 18, 2025  (5:42 PM)
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Oct 16, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Boston Bruins left wing Jeffrey Viel (48) celebrates between Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Jeremy Lauzon (5) and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Akira Schmid (40) after Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov (91) scored a goal during the first period at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
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The Boston Bruins have announced two surprising healthy scratches ahead of their game against the Colorado Avalanche tonight.

Marco Sturm already announced multiple roster changes for tonight, and now two players have been healthy scratched.
Johnny Beecher is going to make his season debut against the Colorado Avalanche tonight.
Both Jeffrey Viel, and Marat Khusnutdinov are going to be healthy scratched for the game tonight.
Beecher draws into lineup for his first game of season--Viel and Khusnutdinov the cast extras.

Bruins make lineup changes

Heading into tonight, the Bruins made three line changes to their forward groups.
Pavel Zacha, Morgan Geekie, and Michael Eyssimont all are playing on new lines tonight for the Boston Bruins.
Along with that, the Boston Bruins are going back to Jeremy Swayman starting tonight, even after allowing six goals against the Golden Knights.
Swayman back in net for BOS Sat night vs. AVS.

Beecher draws into lineup for his first game of season--Viel and Khusnutdinov the cast extras.

Sturm with multiple line changes, including Zacha to LW 1 with ELindholm and Pastrnak.

Game time decision for HLindholm.

Mind you, Jeremy Swayman wasn't at fault for all six of those goals, as the Bruins have not played the best defense in the past couple of games.
The Colorado Avalanche will have Scott Wedgewood in net tonight, who has been pretty hot for the Avalanche so far this season.
Boston Bruins HC Marco Sturm says Jeremy Swayman will start tonight against Colorado.

Wedgewood in net tonight for the Avs, Miner backing up.
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