Projected Lines: Lightning at Bruins

Boston Bruins

Forwards

Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk - Charlie Coyle - Brett Ritchie

Danton Heinen - Par Lindholm - Karson Kuhlman

Joakim Nordstrom - Sean Kuraly - Chris Wagner

With Krejci out, Coyle slides up and Lindholm slots into that third line, though Kuhlman stays on the third line after that “demotion” on Monday.

Defense

Zdeno Chara - Charlie McAvoy

Torey Krug - Brandon Carlo

Matt Grzelcyk - Connor Clifton

Don’t enjoy saying it, but Clifton is still just kinda lucky that Kevan Miller and John Moore are injured and that Bruce is willing to keep him in the lineup while he can for reps/experience. Not that either Moore or Miller would be playing better necessarily, but they will be back in the lineup as soon as either of them is ready. Cassidy has been liberal with his minutes in October, and I don’t see that continuing. He’s exciting, but a bit too erratic - hopefully the reps in the NHL help him to settle down a little. (Just not TOO much, because Cliffy Hockey should still be a thing.)

Goalies

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

Steven Stamkos - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov

Ondrej Palat - Tyler Johnson - Yanni Gourde

Alex Killorn -Anthony Cirelli - Mathieu Joseph

Patrick Maroon - Carter Verhaeghe - Luke Witkowski

Defense

Victor Hedman - Erik Cernak

Ryan McDonagh - Kevin Shattenkirk

Braydon Coburn - Mikhail Sergachev

Goalies

Andrej Vasilevskiy

Curtis McElhinney