Bruins-Panthers Lines, Pairings: Casey Mittelstadt Back As Brad Marchand Returns

The Boston Bruins are shuffling some things around in the lineup for the second game in a row.

Casey Mittelstadt will be back in the lineup, this time as a winger, for Tuesday’s Atlantic Division matchup with the Florida Panthers. He was scratched for Sunday’s loss to the Utah Mammoth for Marat Khusnutdinov.

Mittelstadt had been centering the second line, but he’s expected to be on the left wing opposite Viktor Arvidsson with Pavel Zacha between them against the Panthers.

Khusnutdinov will come back out of the lineup, as will Johnny Beecher. Jeffrey Viel returns to the left side of the fourth unit, where he, Sean Kuraly and Mark Kastelic will be tasked with pestering a notoriously pesky Panthers team.

Hampus Lindholm didn’t play against Utah since it was the second leg of a back-to-back, but he’s expected back against Florida, with his return bumping out Jordan Harris.

Tuesday’s game marks Brad Marchand’s first time back at TD Garden as a visitor. He’ll be on the second line right wing for Florida.

Jeremy Swayman will be in net for the Bruins. Sergei Bobrovsky will start for Florida.

Here are the expected lines for Bruins-Panthers, with puck drop set for 7:30 p.m. ET at TD Garden.

Boston Bruins (3-4-0)
Morgan Geekie–Elias Lindholm–David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt–Pavel Zacha–Viktor Arvidsson
Tanner Jeannot–Fraser Minten–Michael Eyssimont
Jeffrey Viel–Sean Kuraly–Mark Kastelic

Mason Lohrei–Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm–Andrew Peeke
Nikita Zadorov–Henri Jokiharju

Jeremy Swayman

Florida Panthers (3-4-0)
Carter Verhaeghe–Sam Bennett–Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen–Anton Lundell–Brad Marchand
Mackie Samoskevich–Evan Rodrigues–Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer–Luke Kunin–Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling–Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola–Seth Jones
Uvis Balinskis–Jeff Petry

Sergei Bobrovsky