The Bruins head back to TD Garden on Thursday to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Boston will seek its fourth win a row as the Black and Gold anticipate a good test in their next two games against top-caliber teams. Thursday also might serve as a potential postseason preview as the Stanley Cup Playoffs near.
Bruins coach Jim Montgomery told reporters before the game Jeremy Swayman will get the start, and David Krejci will miss another game due to a lower-body injury. The veteran center did not play in Sunday’s shootout win over the St. Louis Blues.
Taylor Hall has not been cleared to play but has been progressing well in practice, and while Oskar Steen was recalled from Providence on Thursday, he will be a healthy scratch, along with Jakub Zboril.
You can catch all the Bruins-Maple Leafs action on NESN beginning at 6 p.m.
Here are the projected lines and defense pairings for both teams:
BOSTON BRUINS (60-12-5)
Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — Jake DeBrusk
Tyler Bertuzzi — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic — Charlie Coyle — A.J. Greer
Jakub Lauko — Tomas Nosek — Garnet Hathaway
Dmitry Orlov — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton
Jeremy Swayman
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (46-21-10)
Michael Bunting — Auston Matthews — Calle Jarnkrok
William Nylander — John Tavares — Mitchell Marner
Alexander Kerfoot — Ryan O’Reilly — Noel Acciari
Zach Aston-Reese — David Kampf — Sam Lafferty
Morgan Rielly — Luke Schenn
Jake McCabe — TJ Brodie
Mark Giordano — Justin Holl
Ilya Samsonov
