Lineup: Bruins Make Big Changes To Their Lineup Ahead Of Game Vs Washington Capitals

The Boston Bruins will be looking to close out the 2024 calendar year with a big win against one of the top teams in the league.

Boston and Washington are set to have a rematch after the two teams faced off just before the holiday break when the Boston Bruins beat the Capitals 4-1, and the Bruins held the Capitals to just 11 shots in the game.

Things are going to look a bit different for the Boston Bruins since their first meeting with the Washington Capitals last Monday, and even from their game Saturday night. The Boston Bruins sent Fabian Lysell back down to the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League the day after he made his NHL debut.

It is expected that Johnny Beecher will be back into the Bruins lineup after being healthy scratched for the game Saturday vs the Columbus Blue Jackets. It's not confirmed yet, but Jeremy Swayman is expected to be guarding the net for the Bruins just two days after logging his third shutout of the year.

Oliver Wahlstrom and Jordan Oesterle are also gonna be coming out of the lineup, something different from when these two teams last met.

Here are the Bruins and Capitals projected lineups for their New Year's Eve matchup. Puck drop is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET.

BRUINS (20-14-4)

Morgan Geekie - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand - Elias Lindholm - Charlie Coyle
Cole Koepke - Trent Frederic - Justin Brazeau
John Beecher - Mark Kastelic - Marc McLaughlin

Nikita Zadorov - Charlie McAvoy
Parker Wotherspoon - Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei - Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

CAPITALS (24-10-2)

Aliaksei Protas - Dylan Strome - Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane - Lars Eller - Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime - Nic Dowd - Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin - John Carlson
Martin Fehervary - Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun - Trevor van Riemsdyk