The Bruins look to make it 10 straight wins when they welcome the Rangers to TD Garden on Saturday for a matinee showdown.
Boston and New York were two of the biggest winners at this year's NHL trade deadline, with both teams bolstering their lineups in hopes of a lengthy Stanley Cup playoff run.
Patrick Kane and Vladimir Tarasenko highlight the Rangers' acquisitions, while Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway already have made an immediate impact with the Bruins. Tyler Bertuzzi, who the B's acquired Thursday in light of injuries to Nick Foligno and Taylor Hall, will make his debut with his new team Saturday.
The Rangers have won two of their last three but are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Ottawa Senators while the Bruins made NHL history Thursday night in a 7-1 mollywhopping of the Buffalo Sabres.
Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery revealed to reporters Friday that Bertuzzi will play on a line with Charlie Coyle and Trent Frederic. Brad Marchand, who exited Thursday's win early, will return to the first line. He revealed Friday the early exit was for precautionary reasons after banging his knee.
Montgomery confirmed Linus Ullmark will be in net, and Matt Grzelcyk will sit out Saturday's matchup at TD Garden.
Puck drop for Rangers-Bruins is set for 1 p.m. ET. The game will air on ABC.
For now, here are the projected lines and defense pairings for both teams:
BOSTON BRUINS (48-8-5)
Brad Marchand--Patrice Bergeron--Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha--David Krejci--David Pastrnak
Tyler Bertuzzi--Charlie Coyle--Trent Frederic
A.J. Greer--Tomas Nosek--Garnet Hathaway
Hampus Lindholm--Charlie McAvoy
Dmitry Orlov--Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort--Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
NEW YORK RANGERS (35-18-9)
Chris Kreider--Mika Zibanejad--Vladimir Tarasenko
Artemi Panarin--Vincent Trocheck--Patrick Kane
Alexis Lafrenière--Filip Chytil--Kaapo Kakko
Jimmy Vesey--Barclay Goodrow
Niko Mikkola--Adam Fox
Ben Harpur--Jacob Trouba
Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
