Bruins Practice Report: David Krejci Will Travel With B’s On Road Trip

BOSTON — David Krejci participated in his fourth consecutive practice Monday at TD Garden and will accompany the Boston Bruins on their three-game road trip that begins Tuesday against the Nashville Predators.

Bruins head coach Claude Julien said he “hopes” Krejci will play at some point on the road trip but couldn’t give a definitive answer.

Krejci was part of a four-man line with wingers Milan Lucic, Craig Cunningham and center Chris Kelly during drills Monday. It appears that if Krejci doesn’t play Tuesday night, Cunningham will make his third consecutive appearance.

Krejci has missed the last 10 games and 19 of 30 games overall with an undisclosed injury.

Joe Morrow, who was a scratch in each of the last two games, practiced with the first power-play unit. He was on one point and Torey Krug was on the other. Seth Griffith, Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara were up front on that unit. Patrice Bergeron, Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson were up front on the second power-play unit, with Reilly Smith and Dougie Hamilton at the points.

Boston’s power play has scored just once in its last 21 opportunities dating back to a 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Nov. 13.

Here are the lines, pairings and goaltenders from practice:

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Matt Fraser-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson
Milan Lucic-David Krejci/Chris Kelly-Craig Cunningham
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Seth Griffith

Zdeno Chara-Dougie Hamilton
Joe Morrow-Dennis Seidenberg
Torey Krug-Kevan Miller
Matt Bartkowski-Zach Trotman

Tuukka Rask, Niklas Svedberg

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