BOSTON — The Boston Bruins won’t have David Krejci for Saturday afternoon’s game against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden.
The first-line center skated Saturday morning, but Bruins head coach Claude Julien said he’s not yet ready to play. Krejci has missed 10 straight games and the B’s are 8-9-1 without him.
Julien also said there will be no changes on the blue line. Boston has eight defensemen currently on the NHL roster. Matt Bartkowski and Joe Morrow were scratched Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Senators will start Robin Lehner in net, per new head coach Dave Cameron. Lehner is 5-4-1 with a 2.86 goals against average and a .914 save percentage. Veteran defenseman Chris Phillips won’t play, which is a bit of a surprise. Top-six winger Clark MacArthur will play.
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Ottawa has struggled this season with losses in six of their last seven games. The Senators rank 20th in goals scored per game and 18th in goals against average.
Here are the projected lines for both teams:
BOSTON BRUINS (15-13-1, 6th in Atlantic)
Milan Lucic-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Matt Fraser-Chris Kelly-Seth Griffith
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Craig Cunningham
Zdeno Chara-Dougie Hamilton
Dennis Seidenberg-Torey Krug
Kevan Miller-Zach Trotman
Tuukka Rask
OTTAWA SENATORS (11-12-5, 7th in Atlantic)
Clarke MacArthur-Kyle Turris-Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman-Mika Zibanejad-Bobby Ryan
David Legwand-Zack Smith-Colin Greening
Erik Condra-Curtis Lazar-Alex Chiasson
Mark Borowiecki-Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen-Cody Ceci
Patrick Wiercioch-Eric Gryba
Robin Lehner
