The Boston Bruins take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BRUINS (28-28-8) at LIGHTNING (37-21-4)
3 p.m. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN1, TVAS
Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt — Elias Lindholm — Riley Tufte
Cole Koepke — Matthew Poitras — Vinni Lettieri
John Beecher — Marat Khusnutdinov — Mark Kastelic
Nikita Zadorov — Ian Mitchell
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon — Henri Jokiharju
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Patrick Brown, Jakub Lauko
Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder) Hampus Lindholm (knee)
Status Report:
Mittelstadt and Jokiharju each will make his Bruins debut after being acquired in trades Friday, Mittelstadt from the Colorado Avalanche and Jokiharju from the Buffalo Sabres. … Also on Friday, Boston traded forward Brad Marchand to the Florida Panthers, defenseman Brandon Carlo to the Toronto Maple Leafs and forward Charlie Coyle to the Avalanche as part of the Mittelstadt trade.
Latest for THW:
- Marchand Trade Marks End of an Era in Boston Sports
- Grading the Florida Panthers’ Trade for Brad Marchand
- Grading the Maple Leafs’ Trade for Brandon Carlo
Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nick Paul
Gage Goncalves — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Cam Atkinson, Nick Perbix
Injured: None
Status report:
Hedman is questionable after leaving in the first period of a 6-5 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday with an undisclosed injury; he did not practice Friday and Lightning assistant coach Jeff Blashill said his availability for Saturday was still being determined.
Latest for THW:
- Lightning Options If Victor Hedman’s Injury is Lengthy
- How Oliver Bjorkstrand Impacts the Lightning Forward Core
- Jake Guentzel’s Hat Trick Leads Lightning to a 6-5 Win Over the Sabres
