It’s the first meeting of the 2014-15 campaign between these Atlantic Division foes.
Bruins center David Krejci missed Friday’s practice and will not play against the Senators. Krejci leads the Bruins with nine points (three goals, six assists) in nine games. Matt Fraser will be inserted into the lineup in his place, skating on the third line.
B’s head coach Claude Julien mixed up his bottom three lines to start Thursday’s overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres, but a few of those lines were restored to normal toward the end of that game. Boston’s second line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and Reilly Smith started apart versus Buffalo, but it was reunited in overtime and played a key role in the winning goal scored by Marchand.
One Senators player for Bruins fans to keep a close eye on is superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson. He’s one of the league’s most exciting blueliners and is tied for the team lead in scoring with eight points (three goals, five assists). Karlsson led all defensemen in scoring last season with 74 points.
Here are the expected lineups for both teams:
BOSTON BRUINS (6-6-0, 5th in Atlantic)
Milan Lucic-Chris Kelly-Seth Griffith
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Loui Eriksson-Carl Soderberg-Matt Fraser
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Simon Gagne
Dougie Hamilton-Dennis Seidenberg
Adam McQuaid-David Warsofsky
Zach Trotman-Joe Morrow
Tuukka Rask or Niklas Svedberg
OTTAWA SENATORS (5-2-2, 4th in Atlantic)
Clarke MacArthur-Kyle Turris-Bobby Ryan
Milan Michalek-Mika Zibanejad-Alex Chiasson
Zack Smith-David Legwand-Chris Neil
Mike Hoffman-Curtis Lazar-Mark Stone
Chris Phillips-Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen-Cody Ceci
Patrick Wiercioch-Eric Gryba
Craig Anderson or Robin Lehner
