Projected Lines! Islanders vs. Bruins - 3/12/16

Yesterday the Bruins took the ice at Ristuccia in Wilmington and had some notable differences. Patrice Bergeron was given the day off, later confirmed as a "maintenance" day" by Claude Julien, and Tyler Randell skated in his place. Otherwise, the forward grouping remained the same. Meanwhile on D, four pairings rolled out, remaining largely the same from last game against Carolina.

Zach Trotman skated alongside Kevan Miller, who is currently a game-time decision for today's game against New York. Miller has been battling a shoulder injury for the last week, and may get some extra rest before the team travels out to the West Coast. Chris Kelly once again skated, but has no timeline for a return. Tuukka Rask is expected to start in net.

LW	C	RW
Brad Marchand	Patrice Bergeron	Lee Stempniak
Loui Eriksson	David Krejci	David Pastrnak
Matt Beleskey	Ryan Spooner	Jimmy Hayes
Landon Ferraro	Noel Acciari	Brett Connolly

Defensive Pairings
Zdeno Chara	John-Michael Liles
Joe Morrow	Dennis Seidenberg
Torey Krug	Adam McQuaid

Goalies
Tuukka Rask

The new-look New York Islanders will be playing their 2nd game without Jaroslav Halak, with back-up Thomas Greiss slated to get the start in net. But aside from Greiss and the recently-acquired Shane Price, the Islanders are pretty close to what they threw at the Bruins back in October.

The main differences come on Defense. Injuries to Calvin de Haan and Marek Zidlicky have forced the Isles to skate Ryan Pulock and Brian Strait on their 3rd pairing. The Bruins will try to exploit the shaky bottom pairing, since having Leddy, Boychuk, Hamonic and Hickey on the ice gives them a strong Top 4.

LW	C	RW
Josh Bailey	John Tavares	Kyle Okposo
Nikolay Kulemin	Frans Nielsen	Ryan Strome
Shane Prince	Brock Nelson	Anders Lee
Matt Martin	Casey Cizikas	Cal Clutterbuck

Defensive Pairings
Nick Leddy	Johnny Boychuk
Travis Hamonic	Thomas Hickey
Brian Strait	Ryan Pulock

Goalies
Thomas Greiss