The Bruins look to close out their road trip on a high note when they try to keep the wins coming Saturday night against the Maple Leafs.
This is Boston and Toronto’s first meeting this season and both are having opposite seasons. The Bruins have won seven straight and are 10-1-0 through their first 11 games. The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, are 5-4-2 heading into Saturday’s contest and have lost three of their last four games.
The Bruins do have a reinforcement coming back with David Krejci set to return after missing the last three games after getting high-sticked in Boston’s win over the Detroit Red Wings on Oct. 27. Jakub Lauko will be the healthy scratch, while Craig Smith still remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Linus Ullmark will get the start between the pipes for the Bruins as he looks to remain undefeated. He’ll oppose Ilya Samsonov.
Puck drop from Scotiabank Arena is set for 7 p.m. ET. You can catch all the action on NESN beginning at 6 p.m. with “Bruins Breakaway LIVE.”
Here are the projected lines and defense pairings for both teams:
BOSTON BRUINS (10-1-0)
Brad Marchand–Patrice Bergeron–Jake DeBrusk
Taylor Hall–David Krejci–David Pastrnak
Pavel Zacha-Charlie Coyle–Trent Frederic
Nick Foligno–Tomas Nosek–A.J. Greer
Hampus Lindholm–Connor Clifton
Matt Grzelcyk–Brandon Carlo
Mike Reilly–Anton Stralman
Linus Ullmark
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (5-4-2)
Michael Bunting–Auston Matthews–Mitchell Marner
Alexander Kerfoot–John Tavares–William Nylander
Calle Jarnkrok–Pierre Engvall–Wayne Simmonds
Zach Aston-Reese–David Kampf–Denis Malgin
Morgan Rielly–Timothy Liljegren
TJ Brodie–Justin Holl
Mark Giordano–Rasmus Sandin
Ilya Samsonov
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