BOSTON — Tyler Seguin will be in the press box at least one more game.
Bruins coach Claude Julien confirmed after the morning skate that he won't make any lineup changes after Wednesday's win over Montreal. Seguin was a healthy scratch for just the second time this season in that game, and the rookie center will be out again when the Bruins host Detroit in another Original Six clash on Friday.
Julien said that Seguin is handling the situation "fine."
"He's very understanding and we also understand that he wants to play," added Julien. "He's a player that has a ton of talent. Maybe he hasn't had the benefit of other players such as [Taylor] Hall in Edmonton for example, to play for Memorial Cup teams and so on and so forth. We all know his skill set is high and his potential is also very high. He's developed with us. I think he's made some great strides. His game might have slipped a bit lately. He doesn't have the privilege of playing on a rebuilding team where you keep throwing guys like that out. He's on a team that aspires to bigger and better things and probably a team that has more experience. So he at times has to be patient with that."
Mark Stuart will also be a healthy scratch for the eighth straight game, while Daniel Paille will serve the third game of his four-game suspension.
The Bruins will dress the same 20 players as Wednesday, but there will likely be a change in goal. Tuukka Rask did not participate in the optional morning skate, while Tim Thomas got in some extra work. That would indicate that Rask is likely to get the nod in this one, which would also put Michigan native Thomas in line to start in his home state on Sunday when the Bruins complete the home-and-home series in Detroit.
The Red Wings are expected to start Jimmy Howard, even though he was pulled in favor of former Bruin Joey MacDonald after giving up four goals on 16 shots in 29:48 in a 4-1 loss to Nashville on Wednesday.
The Red Wings got forward Tomas Holmstrom back on Wednesday after missing nine games with a broken hand, but are still without Mike Modano (wrist surgery), Brad Stuart (broken jaw), Chris Osgood (hernia), Jan Mursak (bruised toe) and Valtteri Filppula (sprained knee).
Projected Bruins lines
Forwards
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Mark Recchi
Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
Blake Wheeler-Zach Hamill-Michael Ryder
Jordan Caron-Greg Campbell-Shawn Thornton
Defense
Zdeno Chara-Steven Kampfer
Dennis Seidenberg-Adam McQuaid
Andrew Ference-Johnny Boychuk
Goalies
Tuukka Rask
Tim Thomas
Scratches: Daniel Paille (suspension), Tyler Seguin, Mark Stuart
Projected Red Wings lines
Forwards
Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Todd Bertuzzi
Jiri Hudler-Pavel Datsyuk-Dan Cleary
Tomas Holmstrom-Justin Abdelkader-Patrick Eaves
Kris Draper-Darren Helm-Drew Miller
Defense
Nicklas Lidstrom-Niklas Kronwall
Jonathan Ericsson-Brian Rafalski
Jakub Kindl-Ruslan Salei
Goalies
Jimmy Howard
Joey MacDonald
Scratches: Jan Mursak (toe), Valtteri Filppula (knee)
