Bruins-Blackhawks Projected Lines, Pairings: Old Friends Become Foes

The Bruins are hitting the road for another quick trip on Wednesday, as they’ll match up with the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center.

Boston will see a few familiar faces during the matchup.

Chicago is expected to serve a heavy dose of former friends, with Taylor Hall, Tyler Bertuzzi, Ryan Donato, Nick Foligno, Pat Maroon and Craig Smith all playing against their former club. Boston, on the other hand, isn’t expected to make any changes to their skating corps.

Jeremy Swayman will return to the net, however, making his third start in the last four games.

Boston and Chicago are set to drop the puck at 7:30 p.m. ET, with the game being broadcast exclusively on TNT.

We have the projected lines and defensive pairings for both sides:

BOSTON BRUINS (13-11-3)
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Justin Brazeau
Trent Frederic — Charlie Coyle — Mark Kastelic
Cole Koepke — John Beecher — Marc McLaughlin

Jordan Oesterle — Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (8-15-2)
Taylor Hall — Connor Bedard — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato — Philipp Kurashev — Teuvo Teravainen
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Nick Foligno
Pat Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan — Alec Martinez
Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie

Petr Mrazek