Bruins-Senators Projected Lines, Pairings: Boston Prepares To Face Linus Ullmark

The Bruins bounced back Thursday night, and they prepare for what could be a memorable matchup.

Boston squeaked by with an overtime win over the Calgary Flames. It plays the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, meaning the B’s will face Linus Ullmark for the first time since last offseason’s trade.

Jeremy Swayman will start opposite his former teammate, and Jim Montgomery will roll out a similar lineup from the win over the Flames. That means Morgan Geekie will be a healthy scratch for the third game in a row.

The Senators could get David Perron and Shane Pinto back into the lineup after they practiced heading into Saturday’s matchup at TD Garden.

Puck drop for Bruins-Senators is scheduled at 7 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage on NESN starting at 6 p.m.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for both sides.

BOSTON BRUINS (7-7-1)
Tyler Johnson — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Justin Brazeau
Cole Koepke — Charlie Coyle — Matthew Poitras
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Trent Frederic

Nikita Zadorov — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Parker Wotherspoon

Jeremy Swayman

OTTAWA SENATORS (6-7-0)
Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Ridly Greig
Claude Giroux — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Noah Gregor — Zack Ostapchuk — Michael Amadio
Nick Cousins — Adam Gaudette — Zack MacEwen

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Travis Hamonic

Linus Ullmark