The Boston Bruins will look to start their winning streak and extend it to seven games on Saturday against the Washington Capitals at TD Garden. Boston currently faces scheduling challenges that require 12 of its 14 games to be at home, with the games coming against multiple Stanley Cup contenders.
Anthony Richard will make his franchise debut this week after Boston rookie Matthew Poitras was called up following season-ending shoulder surgery, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery announced.
He replaced Oscar Steen on the fourth line, marking the only change since the Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.Jeremy Swaeman returned to the cage and pinned Linus Ullmark.
The Bruins and Capitals are scheduled to drop the puck at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. We’ve got the projected lines and defensive pairings for both sides right here.
BOSTON BRUINS (32-10-9)
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Jake DeBrusk
James van Riemsdyk — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen — Morgan Geekie — Trent Frederic
Anthony Richard — Jesper Boqvist — Jakub Lauko
Matt Grzelcyk — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort — Parker Wotherspoon
Jeremy Swayman
WASHINGTON CAPITALS (22-20-7)
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — T.J. Oshie
Aliaksei Protas — Connor McMichael — Anthony Mantha
Max Pacioretty — Michael Sgarbossa — Tom Wilson
Beck Malenstyn — Nic Dowd — Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Martin Fehervary — John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin — Nick Jensen
Joel Edmundson — Ethan Bear
Charlie Lindgren
