Projected Lineups for the Bruins vs Blue Jackets - 12/27/24 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Boston Bruins take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BRUINS (19-13-4) at BLUE JACKETS (14-15-6)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, NESN

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Justin Brazeau — Trent Frederic — Oliver Wahlstrom
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke

Nikita Zadorov — Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Oesterle — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke

Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Parker Wotherspoon, Marc McLaughlin

Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

Status report:

Pastrnak will play after leaving in the second period of a 4-1 win against the Washington Capitals on Monday with an upper-body injury.

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Blue Jackets projected lineup

Dmitri Voronkov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk — Adam Fantilli — Zach Aston-Reese
Kent Johnson — Cole Sillinger — Mathieu Olivier
Mikael Pyyhtia — Sean Kuraly

Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson
Jack Johnson

Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov

Scratched: Jordan Harris, Kevin Labanc

Injured: Yegor Chinakhov (upper body), Justin Danforth (lower body)

Status report

Merzlikins did not dress for a 5-4 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday with an undisclosed injury. … Severson returns after being a healthy scratch Monday. … The Blue Jackets will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the second straight game; Labanc, a forward, will be scratched and Jack Johnson goes in for Harris, a defenseman.