Bruins-Rangers Projected Lines, Pairings: Fourth Line Shuffled

The Bruins will play the second leg of a three-game trip on Thursday when they take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Oliver Wahlstrom will sub back in.

“(Wahlstrom will play with the) second unit on the power play,” Bruins interim head coach Joe Sacco said, per team-provided transcript. “Marc McLaughlin will come out. Wahly will come in on that (fourth) line. I’ve said before, it’s probably not an ideal spot for him, but it’s a chance for him to get back in the lineup and that’s the most important thing… he’s a shooter, he can add some offense to that line, too, we’re hoping — and then on the power play, too, with the second group.”

Sacco said he was “leaning toward” starting Jeremy Swayman in goal.

Boston and New York will drop the puck at 7 p.m. ET, following an hour of pregame coverage on NESN.

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

BOSTON BRUINS (20-15-4)
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Cole Koepke — Trent Frederic — Justin Brazeau
Johnny Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Oliver Wahlstrom

Nikita Zadorov –- Charlie McAvoy
Parker Wotherspoon –- Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

NEW YORK RANGERS (16-19-1)
Artemi Panarin — Vincent Trocheck — Alexis Lafrenière
Chris Kreider — Mika Zibanejad — Reilly Smith
Will Cuylle — Filip Chytil — Brett Berard
Adam Edstrom — Sam Carrick — Jimmy Vesey

Ryan Lindgren — Adam Fox
K’Andre Miller — Will Borgen
Urho Vaakanainen — Braden Schneider

Jonathan Quick