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Projected Lines, Defensive Pairings For Bruins-Sabres Matchup
The Bruins continue their playoff chase with a road matchup against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.
Boston is coming off a thrilling comeback win against the Colorado Avalanche at TD Garden on Saturday. The win marked the Black and Gold’s sixth in their last eight games.
The Bruins will get Cole Koepke back on the fourth line after the forward missed five games. Defenseman Brandon Carlo was ruled a game-time decision due to an illness. Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm wore regular practice jerseys Monday, but the blueliners didn’t travel to Buffalo. Oliver Wahlstrom won’t be an option due to an illness.
Puck drop for Bruins-Sabres at KeyBank Center is scheduled at 7 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage on NESN after an hour of pregame.
Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for Boston and Buffalo.
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BOSTON BRUINS (25-20-6)
Brad Marchand — Matthew Poitras — Charlie Coyle
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic — Elias Lindholm — Vinni Lettieri
Cole Koepke — John Beecher — Justin Brazeau
Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Parker Wotherspoon
Jeremy Swayman
BUFFALO SABRES (18-26-5)
JJ Peterka — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker — Dylan Cozens — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty
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Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Projected Lines, Defensive Pairings For Bruins-Sabres Matchup
With the Boston Bruins set to face off against the Buffalo Sabres in their next matchup, fans are eager to see how the team’s lines and defensive pairings will look on the ice. Here is a look at the projected lines and defensive pairings for the game:
Forwards:
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk – Charlie Coyle – Craig Smith
Nick Ritchie – Jack Studnicka – Ondrej Kase
Trent Frederic – Sean Kuraly – Chris Wagner
Defense:
Matt Grzelcyk – Charlie McAvoy
Jakub Zboril – Brandon Carlo
Urho Vaakanainen – Connor Clifton
Goalie:
Tuukka Rask
It will be interesting to see how these lines and pairings perform against the Sabres. Stay tuned for updates on any changes leading up to the game. Let’s go Bruins! #NHL #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres
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