The Bruins bounced again after a tough season-opening loss, they usually’ll tackle the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday for his or her first matinee matchup of the season.
Boston received an exhilarating 6-4 matchup in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens at TD Backyard on Thursday. The end result won’t have been perfect, however the matchup did mark Jeremy Swyman’s first begin since signing his contract extension because the Black and Gold obtained contributions from their offseason signings.
Saturday may mark the return of Matthew Poitras, who missed the ultimate week of preseason and the primary two video games of the season as a consequence of an damage.
“He’s very shut, he’s progressing the correct approach. I’m gonna say he’s a risk [Saturday]. We’ve simply acquired to see how he responds later at this time,” Jim Montgomery informed reporters Friday, per Eric Russo of BostonBruins.com
Poitras returned to observe Thursday, and he expressed pleasure to get again on the ice and get his sophomore season on observe. The Bruins waived defenseman Ian Mitchell with the aim of project to Windfall, in order that hints at an activation for Poitras the place he’ll slot into the third line with Trent Frederic and Justin Brazeau. Riley Tufte would be the odd man out within the ahead group.
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Mason Lohrei additionally is anticipated to return to the lineup after he was a wholesome scratch Thursday. Montgomery famous he needed everybody to play no less than as soon as to begin the season to get acclimated to regular-season motion. Lohrei will substitute Parker Wotherspoon and is anticipated to pair with Andrew Peeke.
Puck drop from TD Backyard is scheduled at 1 p.m. ET, and you’ll catch full protection on NESN after an hour of pregame. Additionally, keep tuned after postgame protection for a brand new episode of “A Century of Boston Bruins Hockey: Characters.”
Listed below are the projected strains and defensive pairings for either side.
BOSTON BRUINS (1-1-0)
Pavel Zacha — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Morgan Geekie
Trent Frederic — Matthew Poitras — Justin Brazeau
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke
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Nikita Zadorov — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
LOS ANGELES KINGS (1-0-0)
Alex Laferriere — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Warren Foegele
Tanner Jeannot — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Andre Lee — Alex Turcotte — Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Vladislav Gavrikov — Kyle Burroughs
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