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

The Bruins are red-hot and look to continue that trend Wednesday night.

Boston is in Chicago to take on the Blackhawks at United Center in hopes of extending its win streak to five games. The B’s are coming off  4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, while Chicago has lost two of its last three.

The lineups look the same for Boston, save for Jaroslav Halak in net after Tuukka Rask stopped all 25 shots a day prior. He will oppose Robin Lehner.

Here are the projected lines and defense pairings for both teams:

BOSTON BRUINS (31-10-12)
Brad Marchand–Patrice Bergeron–David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk–David Krejci–Karson Kuhlman
Sean Kuraly–Charlie Coyle–Anders Bjork
Anton Blidh–Par Lindholm–Chris Wagner

Zdeno Chara–Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug–Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk–Jeremy Lauzon

Jaroslav Halak

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (25-21-7)
Dominik Kubalik–Jonathan Toews–Patrick Kane
Alex Debrincat–Kirby Dach–Dylan Strome
Brandon Saad–David Kampf–Drake Caggiula
Alex Nylander–Ryan Carpenter–Zack Smith

Duncan Keith–Adam Boqvist
Erik Gustafsson–Connor Murphy
Olli Maatta–Slater Koekkoek

Robin Lehner