Boston Bruins
“Damaged rib and a bit of puncture on the lungs. … It was unlucky, however a part of the sport.”
With the Bruins’ 2025-26 season coming to a detailed on Friday evening, Boston’s full roster formally packed up its luggage at Warrior Ice Enviornment on Sunday morning as a part of the membership’s annual breakup day in Brighton.
As is the case each spring, breakup day affords an opportunity for gamers to disclose the myriad of bumps, bruises, and different extreme illnesses that they performed by in the course of the grueling grind of an NHL season.
Right here’s a have a look at what among the Bruins gamers had been preventing by this 12 months:
Charlie McAvoy
Regardless of the frustration rooted in a first-round playoff exit, Charlie McAvoy acknowledged that a while off this summer time will likely be welcomed — particularly given the punishment he went by over the previous few months.
“Hopefully I’ll be a bit of bit extra entire,” McAvoy mentioned of his upcoming offseason procedures.
As anticipated, the Bruins defenseman is ready to have loads of dental work carried out this summer time, recent off a pair of incidents the place McAvoy misplaced a number of chiclets.
On Nov. 15, 2025, McAvoy took a slapshot from Montreal’s Noah Dobson — fracturing his jaw and expelling a number of tooth in a ugly damage.
McAvoy missed lower than a month of recreation motion regardless of having a steel plate inserted into his jaw and a liquid-only food plan that noticed him drop 20 kilos in a matter of weeks.
McAvoy’s mouth took much more injury on March 10, when Kings ahead Samuel Helenius drove him — face-first — into the glass. He misplaced much more tooth on account of the collision.
Past that dental injury, McAvoy revealed on Sunday that he broke his proper hand throughout Recreation 2 in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres — and also will endure a couple of extra MRIs to see if anything must be corrected over the offseason.
McAvoy wore a small solid beneath his glove to try to conceal the damage over the ultimate 4 video games in opposition to Buffalo, which restricted his capacity to grip his stick.
Regardless of a number of damage setbacks, McAvoy mentioned that he discovered loads this season from battling by adversity.
“It was a variety of firsts — a variety of issues that hopefully don’t occur once more,” McAvoy mentioned. “I actually do suppose that after I get an opportunity to only spend a while with my household and get a bit of bit farther from this, I’ll notice that, the whole lot that occurred this 12 months, I believe there was some good to come back out of it.”
“I simply suppose that I grew to become a very stronger individual, off the ice, for my household, for myself, simply kind of as an grownup. I believe we confronted loads this 12 months, and we simply dealt with it very well.”
Viktor Arvidsson
The Bruins missed Viktor Arvidsson’s pace and scoring punch over the ultimate two video games of their playoff sequence, with Boston holding the 33-year-old winger out of the lineup in Video games 5 and 6.
The rationale for his absence?
“Damaged rib and a bit of puncture on the lungs,” Arvidsson mentioned. “So it was laborious to sort of come again that shortly. It was unlucky, however a part of the sport.”
Arvidsson, who logged lower than 4 minutes of ice time after getting hit into the boards within the first interval of Recreation 4, mentioned that his damage restricted his respiration and mobility. Nonetheless, he added that he was making an attempt to get again into the lineup for Recreation 7 had Boston gained Friday and knotted the sequence up at 3-3.
“It’s simply robust. You wish to be on the market, however sooner or later you simply take into consideration your self and take into consideration your loved ones and stuff, and sort of go from there,” Arvidsson mentioned of enjoying by the damage. “I don’t wish to put myself in any hazard, both.”
Nikita Zadorov
Nikita Zadorov drew loads of headlines on Friday evening when he revealed proper after Boston’s season-ending loss that he suffered a torn MCL in Game 3 — enjoying the ultimate three video games of the sequence whereas on a compromised knee.
Regardless of the severity of that damage, Zadorov had some excellent news to share on Sunday relating to his offseason plans for his knee.
“I don’t want surgical procedure, I don’t suppose so,” the 6-foot-6 defenseman mentioned. “I’m going to have a health care provider’s appointment on Tuesday. I believe it’s a PRP (platelet-rich plasma) injection and may heal by itself. I acquired a bit of fortunate there.”
Zadorov, who additionally mentioned he suffered an ankle damage throughout a recreation in opposition to Montreal in January, nonetheless logged over 20 minutes of ice time in each Video games 5 and 6 in opposition to Buffalo regardless of his injured knee.
David Pastrnak
There have been some considerations over David Pastrnak’s skating this season, beginning in coaching camp when he missed the start of on-ice sessions due to tendinitis in his knee.
Talking on Sunday, Boston’s star ahead famous that he was hindered in November after struggling a groin tear that compelled him to overlook a number of video games.
“I got here again a bit of earlier, and battled mentally loads with that as a participant,” Pastrnak mentioned. “As a result of, with the [skating] stride, I remembered that ache for some time when that occurred. So I struggled with that a bit of bit.
“However I might say, for the final month, I used to be a lot better mentally with the skating, and extra assured.”
Pastrnak, who scored three targets and 7 factors in six playoff video games, mentioned he felt wholesome in the course of the postseason in opposition to Buffalo.
Elias Lindholm
Elias Lindholm’s first two years in Boston have largely been marred by underperformance and damage. Regardless of enjoying a full 82 video games in 2024-25, he was restricted to 48 factors, with a again damage suffered in the course of the summer time of 2024 forcing him to play catch-up after lacking most of coaching camp and the preseason.
That again damage as soon as once more sprouted up for the 31-year-old ahead this season, as he wanted an injection to attempt to alleviate the ache simply earlier than the beginning of the Olympic break. He additionally wanted an injection in his again early on in the course of the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
“It was robust to sort of recuperate,” Lindholm mentioned of coming back from the Olympics and coping with his again damage. “I believe going over there, my physique was not nice — however [I] battled by, after which got here again and sort of stored grinding. I couldn’t discover the arrogance or stuff like that to play my recreation.”
Lindholm — who was restricted to 48 factors over 69 video games this season — nonetheless has one other 5 years left on his contract with a median annual cap hit of $7.75 million.
Hampus Lindholm
The 2024-25 season was a misplaced 12 months for Hampus Lindholm, who was restricted to only 17 video games after struggling a fractured kneecap in November 2024.
Lindholm in the end performed 67 video games in 2025-26 with Boston, with the veteran blueliner noting that he did undergo a foot fracture in the course of the winter that was extra of a nagging damage than a extreme setback.
“I believe I missed like a few video games after that. I’ve acquired to say, kudos to the employees and the tools guys for serving to me with my skates and stuff,” Lindholm mentioned. “Fortunately, I play a sport the place you may sort of lock your foot in fairly good.
“So you may play with stuff like that whenever you get on the ice. It’s most likely extra annoying whenever you’re strolling round exterior. Elliot was a bit of disillusioned at residence — my canine. He didn’t get the lengthy walks anymore. In order that was most likely the most important draw back with the damage, nevertheless it’s beginning to really feel higher.”
Lindholm mentioned that, in contrast to final summer time — when he was nonetheless restricted in his exercises whereas rehabbing again from his knee surgical procedures — he shouldn’t have those self same limitations this offseason.
Pavel Zacha
Zacha had a profession 12 months in 2025-26, scoring 30 targets and posting 65 complete factors over 78 video games.
However, the 29-year-old ahead went by his justifiable share of bumps and bruises.
A concussion suffered simply earlier than the Olympic break prevented the Czech product from representing his nation in the course of the Milano-Cortina Video games, whereas he additionally missed a couple of video games in the course of the winter with a excessive ankle sprain.
“Nothing too critical that was limiting me an excessive amount of,” Zacha mentioned of his ankle damage. “Aside from that, it was good.”
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