Bruins Practice Report: David Krejci Skates Before Session; Lines Unchanged

WILMINGTON, Mass. — Boston Bruins center David Krejci, who’s nearly three weeks into his recovery from a partially torn MCL in his left knee, skated and took shots with strength and conditioning coach John Whitesides before Wednesday’s practice at Ristuccia Arena.

Bruins coach Claude Julien said it was Krejci’s second day skating since he suffered the knee injury Feb. 20. Krejci is eligible to come off long-term injured reserve next Tuesday.

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The Bruins are preparing for Thursday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at TD Garden. The Lightning have won four consecutive games, most recently beating the Atlantic Division-leading Canadiens 1-0 on Tuesday night at Bell Centre, and are only one point behind Montreal in the standings.

Here are the lines, pairings and goaltenders from Wednesday’s Bruins practice. There were no changes to the lines from Boston’s 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Milan Lucic-Ryan Spooner-David Pastrnak
Chris Kelly-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Max Talbot-Brian Ferlin

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

Tuukka Rask, Niklas Svedberg