Marco Sturm’s latest update on Matthew Poitras points to a wait-and-see situation, but there was at least one encouraging sign for the Bruins forward on Wednesday.
“We’ll see,” Sturm said. “I mean, he stayed out there for the whole practice, so I guess it’s a good thing. And [we’ll] see how it is tomorrow and go from there.”
That came after Sturm said Tuesday that Poitras was expected to travel with the team to Pittsburgh for Thursday night’s game.
“Yeah, he has a doctor appointment at 12:30 and we’ll know more tomorrow,” Sturm said after practice on Tuesday. “But I heard the plan is him traveling tomorrow. So, hopefully it will be that case.”
Poitras left Boston’s game against Vegas on Monday night after taking an elbow to the face from Golden Knights forward Braeden Bowman in the second period. Bowman was assessed a five-minute major and a 10-minute game misconduct on the play.
The Bruins forward did make it back to the bench after leaving the ice, but he did not return to the game. Sturm had no update on Poitras immediately afterward.
“No, not yet,” Sturm said Monday night. “He went into the room again.
So, I don't really, I can't give you an update yet. Hopefully it's not too bad.
We’ll see tomorrow where he’s at.”
Poitras opened the 2026-27 season on injured reserve after suffering a lower-body injury on Sept. 22 during Bruins training camp. He was activated and made his season debut on Oct. 5 against the Ottawa Senators.
In 12 games this season, the Whitby, Ontario, Canada native has four goals and three assists for seven points.
The Bruins face the Penguins on Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET on NESN.
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