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

The Boston Bruins look to get back on track Saturday night against a tough Tampa Bay Lightning team.

Boston is coming off a 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild in a game that featured a little bit of everything, while Tampa Bay has won two straight, including a 7-2 shellacking of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Charlie McAvoy, who missed Thursday’s game with a lower-body injury, is a game-time decision. Head coach Bruce Cassidy said the defenseman still isn’t 100%, but went through practice Saturday morning. The forward lines remain the same from Thursday.

Linus Ullmark will get the start between the pipes for Boston, opposite Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Be sure to watch Bruins-Devils on NESN. Pregame coverage will begin at 6 p.m. ET. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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

BOSTON BRUINS (17-11-2)
Brad Marchand–Patrice Bergeron–Craig Smith
Taylor Hall–Erik Haula–David Pastrnak
Nick Foligno–Charlie Coyle–Oskar Steen
Anton Blidh–Trent Frederic–Curtis Lazar

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

Linus Ullmark

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (23-8-5)
Ondrej Palat–Brayden Point–Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn –Anthony Cirelli –Steven Stamkos
Pat Maroon–Pierre-Edouard Bellemare–Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk–Mathieu Joseph–Taylor Raddysh

Victor Hedman–Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh–Erik Cernak
Cal Foote– Mikhail Sergachev

Andrei Vasilevskiy

These projected lines and defensive pairings are presented by Berkshire Bank, the official bank of NESN’s Boston Bruins coverage.