Berkshire Bank Faceoff: Projected Lines, Pairings For Bruins-Senators

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have taken points from five of their last seven games and will aim to end a homestand with a win Saturday afternoon against the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden.

Boston is 1-0-1 against Ottawa this season. The Senators won the most recent matchup 3-2 in a shootout on Dec. 13 at TD Garden. Robin Lehner started in net for Ottawa in both games, and it will be Craig Anderson’s turn Saturday. He’s 9-9-5 with a .927 save percentage and a 2.41 goals against average this season.

The Bruins are expected to use the same lineup as they did in Wednesday night’s 4-3 shootout loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Adam McQuaid practiced Friday and is close to returning, but the B’s have not yet made an official announcement on his status for Saturday. McQuaid hasn’t played since Nov. 18 against the St. Louis Blues. He broke his thumb in that game and was expected to miss six to eight weeks.

Here are the projected lineups for both teams:

BOSTON BRUINS (19-15-4, sixth in Atlantic)
Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Seth Griffith
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Chris Kelly-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Craig Cunningham

Zdeno Chara-Dougie Hamilton
Adam McQuaid/Matt Bartkowski-Dennis Seidenberg
Torey Krug-Kevan Miller

Tuukka Rask

OTTAWA SENATORS (15-14-7, seventh in Atlantic)
Clarke MacArthur-Kyle Turris-Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman-Mika Zibanejad-Bobby Ryan
Colin Greening-David Legwand-Erik Condra
Milan Michalek-Jean-Gabriel Pagau-Alex Chiasson

Chris Phillips-Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen-Cody Ceci
Patrick Wiercioch-Eric Gryba

Craig Anderson

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