Projected lineups for the Bruins and Blackhawks
The Boston Bruins (15-2-0) are back in action as they prepare to host the Chicago Blackhawks (6-7-3), trying to keep their perfect record at TD Garden alive.
The Bruins, 10-0-0 at home, are coming off a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, and five straight in total, while the Hawks. have lost two straight, their latest being 5-2 to the St. Louis Blues.
The Bruins will be wearing their ''Pooh Bear'' Reverse Retros tonight, and Chicago will be debuting there's as well. Some more history to add to the Original Six matchup.
PROJECTED BRUINS LINEUP:
Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak
Hall-Krejci-DeBrusk
Frederic-Coyle-Zacha
Foligno-Nosek-Greer
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Lindholm-Clifton
Stralman-Carlo
Swayman
Ullmark
What to watch for:
- Jim Montgomery announced that goaltender Jeremy Swayman will start against Chicago. It's his first action since he was injured versus the Pittsburgh Penguins on November 1st and his first start since October 27th.
- Patrice Bergeron is still three points shy of 1000 in his career. Will he reach the milestone tonight?
PROJECTED BLACKHAWKS LINEUP:
Athanasiou-Domi-Kane
Kurashev-Toews-Raddysh
Entwistle-Dickinson-Lafferty
Blackwell-Khaira-RJohnson
Tinordi-Murphy
JJohnson-McCabe
Roos-Mitchell
Mrazek
| POLL | ||
Saturday vs the Blackhawks will be: | ||
| Low-scoring | 12 | 29.3 % |
| High-scoring | 14 | 34.1 % |
| OT or Shootout | 4 | 9.8 % |
| A blowout | 11 | 26.8 % |
| List of polls | ||
