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Bruins add Matt Poitras to active roster after September injury

Boston activated the 22-year-old forward Monday after an injury dated September 22. The move comes before the Bruins host Ottawa.

By TSP Staff
Matt Poitras in a yellow Boston Bruins jersey skating beside a Florida Panthers player.
Matt Poitras, No. 51, skating for Boston in the photograph accompanying Causeway Crowd’s September 23 training-camp report. The source does not specify the capture date. · Credit: Imagn Images via Reuters Connect, via Causeway Crowd

The Boston Bruins added forward Matt Poitras to their active roster Monday, October 5, after an injury the team dated to September 22.

The 22-year-old spent most of the 2025-26 season with Providence in the American Hockey League, recording 13 goals and 31 assists in 69 games. Boston’s announcement lists 85 points in 109 career AHL appearances.

Poitras has seven goals and 20 assists in 69 career NHL games. The Bruins selected the Whitby, Ontario, native in the second round, 54th overall, in the 2022 draft.

Boston hosts the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time. The activation announcement does not confirm a place in the game lineup.

Sources and notes

  1. Bruins activation announcement: https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-activate-matt-poitras
  2. NHL October 5 schedule: https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/schedule/2026-10-05
  3. Photograph source: https://causewaycrowd.com/2-bruins-camp-injuries-create-potential-setbacks-for-matthew-poitras-and-mason-lohrei