Bruins-Stars Projected Lines, Pairings: Boston Tries To Snap Skid

The Boston Bruins will try to bounce back on home ice as they host the Dallas Stars at TD Garden on Thursday night.

Boston is coming consecutive road losses, including a 4-0 defeat against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Dallas is coming off a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery is expected to make some tweaks to the forward lines after the shutout. Pavel Zacha will pivot the second line with Morgan Geekie and Matt Poitras while Charlie Coyle will shift down to the third line in the middle of Trent Frederic and Cole Koepke.

Goaltender Jeremy Swayman, fourth-line forward Justin Brazeau, and third-pairing defenseman Parker Wotherspoon all will be re-inserted into the lineup against the Stars.

Puck drop from TD Garden is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. You can watch it live on NESN after an hour of pregame coverage.

Here are the projected lines and pairings for both teams.

BOSTON BRUINS (3-3-1)
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — Matt Poitras
Trent Frederic –Charlie Coyle — Cole Koepke
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Justin Brazeau

Hampus Lindholm — Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov — Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon — Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

DALLAS STARS (x)
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen — Mathew Dumba
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist

Casey DeSmith