The New Jersey Devils take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
DEVILS (41-32-7) at BRUINS (33-39-9)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, NESN
Devils projected lineup
Stefan Noesen — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat — Cody Glass — Tomas Tatar
Nolan Foote — Marc McLaughlin — Nathan Bastian
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Curtis Lazar, Seamus Casey, Daniel Sprong, Justin Dowling
Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Jonas Siegenthaler (lower body), Jack Hughes (upper body)
Suspended: Paul Cotter
Status report:
Cotter, a forward, was suspended for the Devils’ final two regular-season games for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech during a 1-0 loss on Sunday. … McLaughlin was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Noesen, a healthy scratch Sunday, will return. … Allen is expected to start.
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Bruins projected lineup
Morgan Geekie — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Jakub Lauko — Pavel Zacha — Fabian Lysell
Cole Koepke — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri
Marat Khusnutdinov — Fraser Minten — John Farinacci
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Frederic Brunet — Parker Wotherspoon
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: John Beecher, Ian Mitchell
Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee), Mark Kastelic (upper body)
Status Report:
Farinacci and Brunet each is expected to make his NHL debut after being recalled on an emergency basis from Providence of the AHL on Monday; in a corresponding move, forward Riley Duran and defenseman Michael Callahan each was reassigned to Providence on Monday.
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