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

The Bruins look to end the Panthers' undefeated season

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Oct 30, 2021

The Boston Bruins look to get back on track and end their two-game losing streak when they welcome the undefeated Florida Panthers to TD Garden on Saturday.

Boston is coming off an ugly loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, while Florida just can't seem to stop winning and moved to 8-0-0 on Friday with a victory against the Detroit Red Wings.

The Bruins and Panthers met earlier in the week with the latter coming away with a 4-1 win.

As for the lines, Craig Smith will make his return to the lineup after dealing with a "nagging injury."

Linus Ullmark will get the start for the B's, opposite of Boston College product Spencer Knight. Ullmark stopped 23 of 26 shots Wednesday against the Panthers.

NESN will air the game in full, with pregame coverage starting at 6 p.m. ET. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. If you're on the go, you can stream the game on Watch NESN Live.

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

BOSTON BRUINS (3-3-0)
Brad Marchand--Patrice Bergeron--David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall--Charlie Coyle--Craig Smith
Jake DeBrusk--Erik Haula--Curtis Lazar
Trent Frederic--Tomas Nosek--Karson Kuhlman

Derek Forbort--Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk--Brandon Carlo
Mike Reilly--Connor Clifton

Linus Ullmark

FLORIDA PANTHERS (8-0-0)
Carter Verhaeghe--Aleksander Barkov--Anthony Duclair
Jonathan Huberdeau--Sam Bennett--Owen Tippett
Mason Marchment--Eetu Luostarinen--Sam Reinhart
Frank Vatrano--Joe Thornton--Patric Hornqvist

MacKenzie Weegar--Aaron Ekblad
Gustav Forsling--Radko Gudas
Markus Nutivaara--Brandon Montour

Spencer Knight

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