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

The Bruins will look to get back to their winning ways in a matchup with the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday.

It’s been a rough trip to the West Coast for Boston so far, as its seen Matthew Poitras, Brandon Carlo and Linus Ullmark all go down with injuries during the first two games of the trip. If you’re wondering how things could get worse, look no further than the fact the Bruins lost both of those games, as well.

Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery announced each of those players are “day-to-day” with their injuries and would continue travelling with the B’s. Brandon Carlo was placed on injured reserve shortly after Montgomery spoke.

In hopes of returning to the win column, Boston will do some shuffling of the lineup. Parker Wotherspoon will remain on defense, while Jesper Boqvist moves up to pivot David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha. Jakub Lauko will slot in with James van Riemsdyk and Johnny Beecher on the fourth line.

Jeremy Swayman will return to net, with Brandon Bussi getting the call to back him up.

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The Bruins and Golden Knights are scheduled to drop the puck at 10 p.m. ET on NESN, following an hour of pregame coverage. We’ve got the projected lines and defensive pairings for both sides right here.

BOSTON BRUINS (24-8-8)
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha — Jesper Boqvist — David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen — Morgan Geekie — Trent Frederic
James van Riemsdyk — Johnny Beecher — Jakub Lauko

Matt Grzelcyk — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Mason Lohrei
Parker Wotherspoon — Kevin Shattenkirk

Jeremy Swayman

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (23-13-5)
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev — Chandler Stephenson — Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar
Tobias Bjornfot — Nicolas Roy — Grigori Denisenko

Alec Martinez — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Lukas Cormier
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud

Jiri Patera