Tonight the Boston Bruins host the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden. With both Patrice Bergeron (Injury) and Brad Marchand (Suspension) unavailable the Bruins have been forced to shuffle their lineup as the 1st place Hurricanes come to town.
Boston Bruins (26-15-3) - 4th in the Atlantic
Taylor Hall–Erik Haula–David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk–Charlie Coyle–Craig Smith
Trent Frederic–Jack Studnicka–Nick Foligno
Anton Blidh–Tomas Nosek–Curtis Lazar
Matt Grzelcyk–Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly–Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort–Connor Clifton
Expected Starter
Linus Ullmark
The Hurricanes are coming off a tough loss the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night and are likely to be hungry when puck drops Thursday night.
Carolina Hurricanes (31-10-3) - 1st in the Metropolitan
Andrei Svechnikov–Sebastian Aho–Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook–Vincent Trocheck–Seth Jarvis
Nino Niederreiter–Jordan Staal–Jesper Fast
Steven Lorentz–Derek Stepan–Josh Leivo
Jaccob Slavin–Tony DeAngelo
Brady Skjei–Brett Pesce
Brendan Smith–Ethan Bear
Expected Starter
Frederik Andersen
