2015-16 Bruins home opener will be against Winnipeg on Thursday, October 8th

The Boston Bruins will kick off the home half of their season-long march back to the playoffs this year with a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, October 8th:

#NHLBruins to face Winnipeg Jets in 2015-16 home opener on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 PM ET. pic.twitter.com/77fi2p9hRE

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 24, 2015

The roster on that date looks like, so far:

Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak

Loui Eriksson - David Krejci - Milan Lucic

Reilly Smith - Ryan Spooner - Chris Kelly

Brian Ferlin - Not Gregory Campbell - Not Daniel Paille

Dougie Hamilton - Zdeno Chara

Torey Krug - Kevan Miller

Dennis Seidenberg - Joe Morrow

Tuukka Rask

Zane McIntyre

The countdown begins!