Projected Lines, Defensive Pairings For Bruins-Devils Matchup

The Bruins will play their penultimate road game of the season Tuesday night when they visit the Devils.

After halting a losing streak at 10 games last Saturday, Boston returned to the loss column Sunday when it was on the wrong side of a 6-3 verdict in Buffalo. The Black and Gold will be hard-pressed to bounce back against a New Jersey club that has won three straight and still has yet to lock in its Stanley Cup playoff spot.

Joe Sacco is expected to utilize the exact same lineup as the one he used at KeyBank Center over the weekend, but one with exception. Jeremy Swayman will be back in net following his 39-save performance against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for Tuesday’s Bruins-Devils game, which will have full coverage on NESN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

BRUINS (31-38-9)
Morgan Geekie — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Pavel Zacha — Casey Mittelstadt — Fabian Lysell
Marat Khusnutdinov — Fraser Minten — Vinni Lettieri
Cole Koepke — John Beecher — Jakub Lauko

Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan — Parker Wotherspoon

Jeremy Swayman

DEVILS (41-29-7)
Stefan Noesen — Nico Hischier — Jesper Bratt
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Timo Meier
Ondrej Palat — Justin Dowling — Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter — Cody Glass — Daniel Sprong

Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin — Jonathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon – Seamus Casey

Jacob Markstrom