Berkshire Bank Faceoff: Projected Lines, Pairings For Bruins-Red Wings

The Boston Bruins will look to improve to 6-3-0 against Atlantic Division opponents and enter Thanksgiving on a high note Wednesday as they visit the Detroit Red Wings.

Boston has won each of its last three games and already has knocked off Detroit once this season, winning 3-1 at TD Garden two weekends ago.

The Bruins did not hold a morning skate Wednesday, but the team’s expected lineup includes two former Wings: goalie Jonas Gustavsson and forward Landon Ferraro, the latter of whom made his B’s debut Monday in Toronto. Ferraro tallied one assist as the Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs 4-3 in a shootout.

UPDATE (7:30 p.m. ET): Frank Vatrano will return to the lineup for Boston after missing two games with an upper body injury. He’ll skate at left wing on the third line, bumping Ryan Spooner back to center and Joonas Kemppainen down to the fourth unit.

Here are Wednesday’s projected lines and pairings, as reported by the teams:

BOSTON BRUINS (11-8-1)
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — Jimmy Hayes
Matt Beleksey — David Krejci — Loui Eriksson
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Spooner — Brett Connolly
Zac Rinaldo — Joonas Kemppainen — Landon Ferraro

Zdeno Chara — Zach Trotman
Dennis Seidenberg — Colin Miller
Torey Krug — Adam McQuaid

Jonas Gustavsson

DETROIT RED WINGS (11-8-2)
Justin Abdelkader — Henrik Zetterberg — Dylan Larkin
Brad Richards — Pavel Datsyuk — Teemu Pulkkinen
Tomas Tatar — Riley Sheahan — Gustav Nyquist
Drew Miller — Luke Glendening– Darren Helm

Niklas Kronwall — Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser — Jonathan Ericsson
Brendan Smith — Alexey Marchenko

Petr Mrazek

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