Bouchard has the most points (37) of all Edmonton defensemen. The 26-year-old blueliner is skating on the first pair with Mattias Ekholm, and is averaging 24:16 of total ice time per night. Bouchard has seven goals in 40 games, which leads the Oilers' defensemen, too.

The final rosters for the 2026 Olympic Games were due on New Year’s Eve. Team USA and Team Canada used every bit of runway before finalizing their 25-player squads on the final day of the year. Boston Bruins 27-year-old center Morgan Geekie was an afterthought for the Canadian roster before the NHL season began.

Bruins' Morgan Geekie, Blackhawks' Connor Bedard snubbed from Team Canada's Olympic hockey roster Two of the NHL's top-scoring young forwards won't be going to the Olympics with Team Canada. The two of note here are Boston Bruins goalscorer Morgan Geekie and Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard.

Connor Zary scored at 1:53 of overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 2-1 victory over Boston, sending the Bruins to their sixth straight loss.

Andrew Mangiapane will come back into the lineup after being a healthy scratch on Monday while Connor Ingram will return to the crease to start against the Bruins on New Year's Eve

McDavid burned the Bruins two weeks ago in Boston, setting up a power-play goal and scoring an electrifying shorthander in the Oilers’ 3-1 win.

The Bruins have skidded to sixth in the Atlantic and out of the top eight in the East. They need to right the ship quickly post-break.

The Boston Bruins will not be home again until 2026, but before 2025 concludes, they open a five-game road trip that starts on Saturday, Dec. 27 against the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

Calgary has won four of its seven games as a favorite this season. In four games with moneyline odds shorter than -135, the Flames have two wins. According to the moneyline odds, Calgary has a 57.4% chance of winning this contest.

My Bruins vs. Oilers predictions and NHL picks expect a convincing win from Edmonton with superstar Connor McDavid taking center stage tonight. The Edmonton Oilers are trending in the right direction with an active 9-3-1 stretch that has positioned them atop the Pacific Division, and they’re also up to 10-3-3 on home ice for the campaign.