The Ottawa Senators host the Boston Bruins at the Canadian Tire Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BRUINS (30-28-8) at SENATORS (34-25-5)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN5, NESN
Bruins Projected Lineup
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Cole Koepke — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri
Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — Jakub Lauko
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Patrick Brown
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon — Ian Mitchell
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: None
Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee)
Status Report:
The Bruins, who held an optional morning skate, will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 win against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
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Senators Projected Lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert, Travis Hamonic
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee)
Status report:
Jensen missed the Senators morning skate but will dress, coach Travis Green said. … Hamonic, a defenseman, took reps during the morning skate as a placeholder and Gilbert, also a defenseman, practiced as an extra; each is expected to be a healthy scratch.
