The National Hockey League announced today, August 27, the league's official 2025-26 U.S. television broadcast schedule. The Boston Bruins will have 17 nationally broadcast games this season on either ESPN, TNT or ABC, including their season opener on Wednesday, October 8 when they visit the Washington Capitals on TNT.

The Bruins announced their national TV schedule on Wednesday, which includes 17 games that will be aired on ESPN, ABC and TNT.

The UCLA Bruins, looking for their first win of the 2025 college football season, host New Mexico in Week 3 on Saturday, Sept. 13.

Morgan Geekie was such a great story from the Boston Bruins' nightmare 2024-25. While the Bruins struggled this past season, Geekie played the best hockey of his career and cemented himself as a major part of the team's future because of it.

The Athletic staff writer Scott Dochterman ranked the Big Ten's toughest schedules, and the Bruins didn't even crack the top five. He listed UCLA 8th in the conference and noted that their home opponents had a 20-16 record last season, and their away opponents had a 20-25 record.

Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman acknowledges the tough time he had in the 1st season of his new contract as Boston missed the playoffs, but he is promising to be better in 2025-26.

Dave Barr wore No. 32 for the Bruins during the 1981-82, where he had zero points in two games. He then switched to No. 17 the following season with the Bruins. In 12 games over two seasons as a member of the Bruins, he posted one goal, one assist, seven penalty minutes, and a plus-1 rating.

According to ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI), the Bruins have the 18th-hardest remaining strength of schedule in all of college football. To take it further, UCLA is ranked 134th in the nation for its average in-game win probability. 134th.