Berkshire Bank Faceoff: Projected Lines, Pairings For Bruins-Red Wings

BOSTON — The Bruins will have a few players in different roles when they play the Detroit Red Wings at TD Garden on Monday night.

Injuries to Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic (both undisclosed) could result in Bruins head coach Claude Julien mixing up three of his four forward lines. The Chris Kelly-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson trio remained intact during the Monday’s morning skate. However, the top two lines and the fourth line should look different when the puck drops.

Matt Fraser was claimed off of waivers by the Edmonton Oilers, which forced the Bruins to recall winger Matt Lindblad from Providence on an emergency basis. He is expected to play alongside Craig Cunningham and Seth Griffith on the fourth line.

Normal fourth-line forwards Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell and Jordan Caron likely will be the third line. Brad Marchand and Reilly Smith should start alongside veteran center David Krejci on the top line. Krejci hasn’t played more than 15 even-strength minutes with either winger this season.

Tuukka Rask was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, which usually indicates he will start. The reigning Vezina Trophy winner replaced backup Niklas Svedberg in Saturday’s 6-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Rask’s last start was a 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Dec. 23, during which he made 22 saves on 25 shots.

Here are the projected lineups for both teams:

BOSTON BRUINS (18-15-3, sixth in Atlantic)

Brad Marchand-David Krejci-Reilly Smith
Chris Kelly-Carl Söderberg-Loui Eriksson
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Jordan Caron
Matt Lindblad-Craig Cunningham-Seth Griffith

Zdeno Chara-Dougie Hamilton
Matt Bartkowski-Dennis Seidenberg
Torey Krug-Kevan Miller

Tuukka Rask

DETROIT RED WINGS (19-8-9, second in Atlantic)

Henrik Zetterberg-Pavel Datsyuk-Justin Abdelkader
Tomas Tatar-Riley Sheahan-Tomas Jurco
Johan Franzen-Darren Helm-Gustav Nyquist
Drew Miller-Luke Glendening-Stephen Weiss

Jonathan Ericsson-Niklas Kronwall
Kyle Quincey-Danny DeKeyser
Brendan Smith-Brian Lashoff

Jimmy Howard

Thumbnail photo via Michael Dwyer/Associated Press