The Boston Bruins look to remain hot and win their fourth straight game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night at PNC Arena.
Boston is coming off a 5-2 shellacking of the Nashville Predators on Saturday, while Carolina has lost three of its last four and is hoping to halt a two-game losing streak.
Tuukka Rask will be between the pipes for the B’s after Jaroslav Halak manned the net the previous three games, winning each contest. Rask will look to have a bounce-back start after giving up three goals in Boston’s loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Dec. 16.
The Hurricanes will be sporting their Hartford Whalers jersey’s for the contest. It’s the first of two games the team will wear them.
Here are the projected lines and defense pairings for Sunday’s Bruins-Hurricanes game:
BOSTON BRUINS (20-12-4)
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — Danton Heinen
Joakim Nordstrom — David Krejci — David Pastrnak
Ryan Donato — Colby Cave — David Backes
Chris Wagner — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk — Charlie McAvoy
John Moore — Steven Kampfer
Tuukka Rask
CAROLINA HURRICANES (14-15-5)
Jordan Martinook — Sebastian Aho — Teuvo Teravainen
Micheal Ferland — Jordan Staal — Brock McGinn
Andrei Svechnikov — Lucas Wallmark — Justin Williams
Warren Foegele — Clark Bishop — Phil Di Giuseppe
Jaccob Slavin — Brett Pesce
Calvin De Haan — Justin Faulk
Trevor Van Riemsdyk — Dougie Hamilton
Peter Mrazek
