The Boston Bruins take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena tonight for Game 4 of their first round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
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(2A) BRUINS at (3A) MAPLE LEAFS
Eastern Conference First Round, Game 4
8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, NESN, TBS, truTV, MAX
Boston leads best-of-7 series 2-1
Bruins projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Morgan Geekie
James van Riemsdyk — Trent Frederic — Danton Heinen
John Beecher — Jesper Boqvist — Patrick Maroon
Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon — Kevin Shattenkirk
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Matt Grzelcyk, Jakub Lauko
Injured: Andrew Peeke (upper body), Justin Brazeau (upper body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
- The Bruins are expected to use the same 18 skaters from a 4-2 win in Game 3 on Wednesday.
- Swayman was in the starter’s net during the morning skate but Bruins coach Jim Montgomery did not confirm if he would make his second straight start.
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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi — Auston Matthews — Max Domi
Matthew Knies — John Tavares — Mitch Marner
William Nylander — Pontus Holmberg — Calle Jarnkrok
Nicholas Robertson — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly — Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit — Jake McCabe
Joel Edmundson — TJ Brodie
Ilya Samsonov
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Martin Jones, Noah Gregor, Timothy Liljegren, Conor Timmins, Mark Giordano, Connor Dewar
Injured: Matt Murray (hip), Bobby McMann (lower body)
Status report
- Nylander is expected to make his series debut after missing the first three games with an undisclosed injury.
- Matthews, who did not practice on Friday due to maintenance, participated in Toronto’s optional morning skate and is expected to play.
- Brodie will make his series debut after missing the first three games as a healthy scratch, replacing Liljegren.
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- Maple Leafs News & Rumors: Nylander, Lyubushkin & Brodie
- As Nylander Returns to the Maple Leafs’ Lineup, Who is Out?
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