Lines, roster updates and starting goaltenders for Bruins-Islanders game
The Bruins face the Islanders in a Saturday matinee showdown at the Garden.
The Boston Bruins (40-19-5) take on the New York Islanders (28-25-9) for the final time this season.
The Bruins lost the last game between both squads by a 4-1 score back in February. The B's also lost their previous encounter with the Isles in December, that time by a 3-1 score.
With a win today, Boston would push its latest win streak to four games.
Between the pipes, Boston will turn to goaltender Linus Ullmark (19-9-2) for today's matchup, with Jeremy Swayman set to take on the Leafs Tuesday night. The Islanders will start Semyon Varlamov (6-12-2) in net today.
With no last-minute roster changes expected, the Bruins lines should look like this :
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – Jake Debrusk
Taylor Hall – Erik Haula – David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic – Charlie Coyle – Craig Smith
Nick Foligno – Tomas Nosek – Curtis Lazar
Hampus Lindholm – Charlie McAvoy
Matthew Grzelcyk – Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort – Connor Clifton
Taylor Hall – Erik Haula – David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic – Charlie Coyle – Craig Smith
Nick Foligno – Tomas Nosek – Curtis Lazar
Hampus Lindholm – Charlie McAvoy
Matthew Grzelcyk – Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort – Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman
Jeremy Swayman
Team captain Patrice Bergeron is back in the lineup after sitting out the past four games, just in time to face former Bruins captain Zdeno Chara.
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