The Bruins are coming off of a massive come from behind win against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday at TD Garden. This come from behind win marked their sixth win in their last eight games.
A surprising player will be returning to the Bruins lineup tonight, as it was confirmed that Cole Koepke will be back on the fourth line after missing the last five games due to an injury.
Brandon Carlo is expected to be a game time decision due to an illness today. Both Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm practiced in regular jerseys on Monday, but both did not travel with the team to Buffalo today.
Oliver Wahlstrom will be unavailable due to an illness as well. He did not travel with the team, and neither did Mark Kastelic who is on injury reserved for the Bruins right now.
Puck drop for the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres game at KeyBank Center is set for 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for Boston and Buffalo.
BOSTON BRUINS (25-20-6)
Brad Marchand - Matthew Poitras - Charlie Coyle
Morgan Geekie - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic - Elias Lindholm - Vinni Lettieri
Cole Koepke - John Beecher - Justin Brazeau
Nikita Zadorov - Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan - Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei - Parker Wotherspoon
BUFFALO SABRES (18-26-5)
JJ Peterka - Jiri Kulich - Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker - Dylan Cozens - Alex Tuch
Zach Benson - Ryan McLeod - Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn - Peyton Krebs - Sam Lafferty
Rasmus Dahlin - Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson - Owen Power
Jacob Bryson - Connor Clifton
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