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

The Bruins will close out their extended road trip Tuesday night, meeting the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center.

Boston has been on a roll to start the season, beginning its centennial campaign with a win over the Blackhawks on opening night. It rallied off four more since then, most recently defeating the Anaheim Ducks to round out a three-game tour of California.

The Bruins have tinkered with their lines throughout the early portion of the season, whether it be on purpose or in response to off-ice influences. The line won't look too different Tuesday, but Matthew Poitra's unit will bump down a spot in the rotation. Patrick Brown will skate for Milan Lucic, who took a slapshot off the foot last week.

Jeremy Swayman will start between the pipes, with Boston continuing their one-for-one rotation between him and Linus Ullmark.

Boston and Chicago will drop the puck from United Center at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game's coverage can be found on ESPN.

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Here are the projected lines and pairings for the Bruins and Blackhawks.

BOSTON BRUINS (5-0-0)
Brad Marchand -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
James van Riemsdyk -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
Jake DeBrusk -- Matthew Poitras -- Morgan Geekie
Jakub Lauko -- Johnny Beecher -- Patrick Brown

Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Kevin Shattenkirk

Jeremy Swayman

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (2-4-0)
Nick Foligno -- Connor Bedard -- Tyler Johnson
Andreas Athanasiou -- Lukas Reichel -- Taylor Raddysh
Phillip Kurashev -- Jason Dickinson -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Ryan Donato -- Reese Johnson

Kevin Korchinski -- Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic -- Connor Murphy
Jarred Tinordi -- Wyatt Kaiser

Petr Mrazek