The Boston Bruins’ busy week resumes Thursday night.
The B’s will play their third game in four days when they welcome the Colorado Avalanche to TD Garden for a 7 p.m. ET clash. And if this game’s anything like the Bruins’ first two matchups this week, fans will be in for quite the show.
Boston started its week with a thrilling 4-3 home overtime win over the Florida Panthers on Monday, and it overcame a three-goal deficit to force overtime before eventually falling 4-3 to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. But the Avalanche have struggled mightily so far this season, and one of their 14 losses came in a 2-0 home defeat against the Bruins on Nov. 13.
Here are the projected lineups for both teams.
BOSTON BRUINS (15-10-2)
Brad Marchand–Patrice Bergeron–David Pastrnak
Tim Schaller–David Krejci–David Backes
Ryan Spooner–Riley Nash–Austin Czarnik
Anton Blidh–Dominic Moore–Jimmy Hayes
Zdeno Chara–Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug–Adam McQuaid
Kevan Miller–Colin Miller
Anton Khudobin
COLORADO AVALANCHE (9-14-1)
Rene Bourque–Nathan Mackinnon–Blake Comeau
Mikhail Grigorenko–Carl Soderberg–Jarome Iginla
Matt Duchene–John Mitchell–Mikko Rantanen
Cody McLeod–Joe Colborne–Andreas Martinsen
Nikita Zadorov–Tyson Barrie
Francois Beauchemin–Cody Goloubef
Fedor Tyutin– Patrick Wiercioch
Calvin Pickard
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