Episode Description
Summary
Bruins rookie James Hagens leads all NHL rookies in goals, and he does it on about 13 minutes a night. Kirk Day breaks down how Hagens went from a playoff scratch to a 20-year-old scoring on Boston's third line with Casey Mittelstadt and Elias Lindholm, why that trio has become the Bruins' shutdown line, and whether coach Marco Sturm should ever move Hagens back to centre.
Comment your pick: if Sturm changes the lines, who plays centre, Elias Lindholm or James Hagens?
Chapters
0:00 James Hagens leads NHL rookies in goals: the Bruins rookie nobody expected
0:39 Hagens, Mittelstadt and Lindholm: the Bruins third line that keeps scoring
2:01 James Hagens' story: Boston College, draft, scratches, Bruins roster
3:11 James Hagens' ice time: 13 minutes a night and a career-high vs Vegas
4:27 Why Marco Sturm won't split the Bruins' Lindholm, Hagens line
6:16 Should the Bruins move Hagens to centre? Hagens or Lindholm
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Credits
Stats: NHL.com and the NHL API, regular season 2026-27 through Nov 2. Line results and quotes: Boston.com, The Hockey Writers, Conor Ryan and Belle Fraser on X. Photos: Imagn Images and Reuters.
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