Projected Lineups for the Bruins vs Kings – 3/23/25

The Boston Bruins take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BRUINS (30-32-9) at KINGS (38-21-9)

9 p.m. ET; FDSNW, NESN, SN, TVAS

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Cole Koepke — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri
Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — Fabian Lysell
Jakub Lauko — John Beecher — Patrick Brown

Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon — Michael Callahan

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Ian Mitchell

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee), Mark Kastelic (upper body)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Swayman is likely to start after Korpisalo made 18 saves in a 3-1 loss at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.

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• Today in Hockey History: March 23
• Bruins’ Prospect Will Zellers Continues to Impress in USHL
• Projected Lineups for the Bruins vs Sharks – 03/22/25

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Tanner Jeannot — Samuel Helenius — Alex Turcotte

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Trevor Lewis

Injured: None

Status report

Kuemper is expected to start in the only lineup change for the Kings after a 7-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.

More from THW:

• Today in Hockey History: March 23
• Red-Hot Kings Deliver 7-2 Thumping of Hurricanes for 5th Straight Win at Home
• Projected Lineups for the Hurricanes vs Kings – 03/22/25