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

The Bruins look to go into their winter break on a high note when they travel to New Jersey to take on the Devils on Friday night.

Boston is coming off a 3-2 comeback win against the Winnipeg Jets to stretch its TD Garden point streak to 20 games. The Devils, meanwhile, have lost five of their last six.

Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery on Thursday confirmed Linus Ullmark would start against New Jersey after Jeremy Swayman was between the pipes for the win over Winnipeg. He also mentioned wanting to get A.J. Greer and Jakub Zboril back in the lineup, but was noncommital on the matter.

The Devils will pose a tough task for the Bruins. Despite its recent skid, New Jersey sits in second place in the Metropolitan Division, just two points behind the first-place Carolina Hurricanes.

Puck drop from Prudential Center is set for 7 p.m. ET. You can catch all the action beginning at 6 p.m. on NESN.

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

BOSTON BRUINS (26-4-2)
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha — David Krejci — David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall — Charlie Coyle — Trent Frederic
Nick Foligno — Tomas Nosek — Craig Smith

Matt Grzelcyk — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort — Connor Clifton

Linus Ullmark

NEW JERSEY DEVILS (22-9-2)
Tomas Tatar — Nico Hischier — Fabian Zetterlund
Erik Haula — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Miles Wood — Michael McLeod — Dawson Mercer
Yegor Sharangovich — Jesper Boqvist — Alexander Holtz

Jonas Siegenthaler — Dougie Hamilton
Brendan Smith — Damon Severson
Nikkita Okhotiuk — Kevin Bahl

Mackenzie Blackwood