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The Match-Up

The Bruins, at 14-6-2, take on the struggling Carolina Hurricanes, who sit at 8-10-4, in matinee Hockey! The Bruins are coming off taking one point against the Blues in one of the best Hockey games of the year, and the injury-hobbled 'Canes are looking to regain their footing after a 4-3 loss to Detroit. It seems like Cam Ward has the nod in net, no word yet if Boston counters with Johnson or Rask.

The Hurricanes have struggled with injuries this season after being a decent possession team last year. With Semin out with a concussion, their 5v5 play and their place in the standings have waned. Ward has also missed significant time, as the Bruins defeated him in his first game back.

Bruins Projected Lines:

Forwards

Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Loui Eriksson

Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Jarome Iginla

Carl Söderberg - Chris Kelly - Reilly Smith

Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton

Defensemen

Zdeno Chara - Dougie Hamilton

Johnny Boychuk - Torey Krug

Matt Bartkowski - Kevan Miller

Goalies

Tuukka Rask

Chad Johnson

Injured: Dennis Seidenberg,  Adam McQuaid

Projected Scratches: Jordan Caron

'Canes Projected Lines:

Forwards

Tuomo Ruutu - Eric Staal - Jiri Tlusty

Nathan Gerbe - Jordan Staal - Patrick Dwyer

Jeff Skinner - Elias Lindholm - Radek Dvorak

Drayson Bowman - Manny Malhotra - Riley Nash

Defensemen

Andrej Sekera - Justin Faulk

Ron Hainsey - Brett Bellemore

Tim Gleason - Ryan Murphy

Goaltenders

Cam Ward

Justin Peters

Injured: Anton Khudobin, Alex Semin

Projected Scratches: Jay Harrison, Mike Komisarek, Kevin Westgarth

Go go Black and Gold!