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

The Boston Bruins look to continue their hot start to the season Tuesday night when they welcome Jim Montgomery’s former Dallas Stars team to town.

The Bruins are fresh off an exciting 2-1 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild over the weekend, while the Stars have lost two of their last three, including a 4-2 loss at the hands of the Ottawa Senators.

Linus Ullmark will start between the pipes for Boston after a 24-save performance Saturday against the Wild. Ullmark has emerged as the Bruins’ No. 1 goalie of late and Montgomery is sticking with the hot netminder against a tough Stars team. He’ll oppose former Boston University Terrier Jake Oettinger.

As for the lines. A.J. Greer will slot back into the lineup on the fourth line after not playing Saturday. Jakub Lauko will be a healthy scratch for the Bruins. Brandon Carlo also will make his return after missing the B’s last four games with a concussion he sustained Oct. 15. He’ll be on the third defense pairing with Mike Reilly, meaning Jakub Zboril will sit.

Puck drop from TD Garden is set for 7 p.m. ET. You can catch all the action on NESN beginning at 6 p.m. with “Bruins Pregame Hub.”

Here are the projected lines and defense pairings for Bruins-Stars:

BOSTON BRUINS (5-1-0)
Pavel Zacha–Patrice Bergeron–Jake DeBrusk
Taylor Hall–David Krejci–David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic–Charlie Coyle–Craig Smith
Nick Foligno–Tomas Nosek–A.J. Greer

Hampus Lindholm–Matt Grzelcyk
Derek Forbort–Connor Clifton
Mike Reilly–Brandon Carlo

Linus Ullmark

DALLAS STARS (4-1-1)
Jason Robertson–Roope Hintz–Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment–Tyler Seguin–Jacob Peterson
Jamie Benn–Wyatt Johnston–Ty Dellandrea
Radek Faksa–Luke Glendening–Joel Kiviranta

Miro Heiskanen–Colin Miller
Ryan Suter–Jani Hakanppa
Esa Lindell–Nils Lundkvist

Jake Oettinger

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