BOSTON — Saturday night will tell us how much wind the Boston Bruins took out of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ proverbial sails Thursday.
In Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs second-round series, the Bruins earned an impressive overtime comeback win to secure the series opener. Now, they’ll look to take a two-game lead Saturday night in Game 2 at TD Garden.
The Bruins suffered a bit of a scare with David Krejci, who left Game 1 after taking a big hit from ex-Bruin Riley Nash. Krejci is considered a game-time decision Saturday. Provided Krejci is in and the Bruins roll with the lineup they used in morning skate, David Pastrnak will return to the first line right wing, while Danton Heinen will occupy the second-line wing.
Connor Clifton is expected to remain in the lineup, skating on the right side of the third defensive pairing. John Moore, who skated with Matt Grzelcyk in the first round, missed Game 1 against Columbus with an upper-body injury.
As for the Blue Jackets, changes could be coming in the form of Ryan Dzingel getting scratched.
Dzingel, who was acquired from the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline, has not been in great form. Alexander Wennberg, who likely would take Dzingel’s place, was scratched every game during the Blue Jackets’ first-round win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tuukka Rask will start in net for Boston and will be opposed by Sergei Bobrovsky.
Here are the projected Game 2 lineups for both teams.
BOSTON BRUINS (1-0)
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Danton Heinen
Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Chris Wagner
Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk–Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (0-1)
Artemi Panarin–Pierre-Luc Dubois-–Oliver Bjorkstrand
Alexander Wennberg–Matt Duchene–Cam Atkinson
Alexandre Texier–Nick Foligno–Josh Anderson
Brandon Dubinsky–Boone Jenner–Riley Nash
Zach Werenski –- Seth Jones
Dean Kukan –- David Savard
Scott Harrington -– Adam Clendening
Sergei Bobrovsky
