Bruins’ Matt Poitras Making Most of Opportunity, Sean Kuraly Faces New Reality

Oct 18, 2026, 11:39 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Boston Hockey Now, by Jack Studley,

Marco Sturm is giving the Boston Bruins ’ younger players a chance to prove themselves, and Matt Poitras is taking full advantage of it.

Poitras signed a one-year, two-way deal on the day training camp opened, and one day later told reporters that he needs to “ prove to everybody that I can be in the lineup every night .” It was not all smooth sailing, though. He suffered a lower-body injury during training camp and missed the first three regular-season games before playing in the last six.

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