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

The Bruins suffered their first regulation loss of the season Saturday, and they’ll look to rebound Monday before returning home to Boston.

The Detroit Red Wings overcame a 3-2 deficit to beat Boston at Little Caesars Arena. The Bruins remain without half of their top defensemen with Matt Grzelcyk on long-term injured reserve and Derek Forbot day-to-day. Charlie McAvoy, meanwhile, will serve the third game of his four-game suspension Monday. Boston will continue to rely on the high-level play of Brandon Carlo and call-ups like Mason Lohrei.

Head coach Jim Montgomery confirmed to reporters Saturday and before Monday’s game that Jeremy Swayman will get the nod between the pipes.

The Stars also will head into Monday’s matchup shorthanded. Forward Matt Duchene suffered an upper-body injury Saturday and Radek Faksa missed Dallas’ previous three contests with an upper-body injury. The Stars are expected to run with 11 forwards and seven defensemen against the Bruins.

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Puck drop at American Airlines Center is scheduled at 8 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage on NESN starting with pregame at 7 p.m.

Here are the projected lineups and defensive pairings for the Bruins and Stars.

BOSTON BRUINS (9-1-1)
James van Riemsdyk — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Jake DeBrusk
Morgan Geekie — Matthew Poitras — Trent Frederic
John Beecher — Patrick Brown — Oskar Steen

Hampus Lindholm — Kevin Shattenkirk
Mason Lohrei — Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon — Ian Mitchell

Jeremy Swayman

DALLAS STARS (7-2-1)
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Mason Marchment — Sam Steel — Tyler Seguin
Ty Dellandrea — Craig Smith

Ryan Suter — Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley — Nils Lundkvist
Esa Lindell — Jani Hakanpaa

Joel Hanley