BOSTON -– The Bruins will look to bounce back from their worst defeat of the season as they return to action against Nashville at the Garden Saturday afternoon.
With Nathan Horton remaining sidelined with a concussion and the defense healthy, the Bruins aren't expected to make any lineup changes from Wednesday's 6-0 loss in Buffalo. Despite making some late adjustments to try to spark something against the Sabres, Boston coach Claude Julien is also expected to start with the same line combinations in this one.
That would leave David Krejci down with Benoit Pouliot and Jordan Caron, while Chris Kelly remains between Milan Lucic and Rich Peverley.
For Nashville, tough guy Brian McGrattan, who made Boston's roster out of camp last year but never dressed for a regular-season game as a Bruin, remains out with an upper-body injury.
Gord Dwyer and Kevin Pollack will be the referees, with Shane Heyer and Brian Murphy working the lines.
Projected Bruins lines
Forwards
Milan Lucic-Chris Kelly-Rich Peverley
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Tyler Seguin
Benoit Pouliot-David Krejci-Jordan Caron
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton
Defense
Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg-Joe Corvo
Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid
Goalies
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
Scratches: Nathan Horton (concussion), Steven Kampfer
Projected Predators lines
Forwards
Sergei Kostitsyn-Mike Fisher-Martin Erat
Colin Wilson-David Legwand-Patric Hornqvist
Gabriel Bourque-Nick Spaling-Jordin Tootoo
Jerred Smithson-Craig Smith-Matt Halischuk
Defense
Ryan Suter-Shea Weber
Roman Josi-Kevin Klein
Francis Bouillon-Ryan Ellis
Goalies
Pekka Rinne
Anders Lindback
Scratches: Brandon Yip, Brian McGrattan (upper body), Jack Hillen
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