Berkshire Bank Faceoff: Projected Lines, Pairings For Bruins-Islanders

The Boston Bruins will look to salvage the finale of their three-game road trip Sunday as they visit the New York Islanders.

Boston lost competitive games to the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens to begin the trip, with the latter coming after the Bruins allowed a power-play goal with 1:08 to play.

The Islanders also have been slumping of late, losing four of their last five games and failing to score more than two goals in any of them. They also dropped their first meeting of the season with the Bruins, falling 5-3 on home ice back on Oct. 23.

UPDATE (4:45 p.m. ET): The Bruins will shake up their lines for the late-afternoon matchup, with Brad Marchand dropping down to the third and Matt Beleskey bumping up to the first.

Here are Sunday’s projected lines and pairings:

BOSTON BRUINS (6-6-1)
Matt Beleskey — Patrice Bergeron — Brett Connolly
Frank Vatrano — David Krejci — Loui Eriksson
Brad Marchand — Ryan Spooner — Jimmy Hayes
Zac Rinaldo — Joonas Kemppainen — Max Talbot

Zdeno Chara — Colin Miller
Torey Krug — Adam McQuaid
Kevan Miller — Zach Trotman

Tuukka Rask

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (7-4-3)
Nikolay Kulemin — John Tavares — Kyle Okposo
Anders Lee — Frans Nielsen — Steve Bernier
Brock Nelson — Mikhail Grabovski — Taylor Beck
Matt Martin — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

Nick Leddy — Johnny Boychuk
Calvin de Haan — Travis Hamonic
Brian Strait — Marek Zidlicky

Jaroslav Halak

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