Overview
- Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. ET as the nightcap to a Bruins–Lightning matinee at TD Garden.
- The arena seats nearly 18,000 for hockey, roughly triple the Fleet’s Tsongas Center capacity of about 6,500.
- The matchup is the fourth of five in the Boston–Montreal season series, following a 17,324 crowd for their Bell Centre meeting last March.
- The move aligns with the league’s strategy of staging games in NHL buildings, which has produced record U.S. crowds such as Seattle’s 16,014 home opener at Climate Pledge Arena.
- Season-ticket holders receive the Garden game, and single-game tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.