Berkshire Bank Hockey Night In New England: Projected Bruins-Red Wings Lines, Pairings

Boston is six points ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs with four games to go in the regular season, inching closer to locking up home-ice for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Boston lost 4-1 to the Florida Panthers on Saturday, its second loss in the past three games.

Playing the second leg of their final back-to-back of the season, Bruce Cassidy is expecting to shuffle his lines up a bit after Saturday’s loss.

David Pastrnak will move back up to the top line, flanking Patrice Bergeron opposite Brad Marchand.

The Bruins also will trot out their full stable of defensemen, with Kevan Miller joining the lineup after a 16-game absence. He will join Matt Grzelcyk on Boston’s third pairing. Brandon Carlo and Torey Krug will be the second pairing with Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy manning the top pair.

Jaroslav Halak will be between the pipes for Boston, while Detroit is expected to counter with Jimmy Howard.