Bruins-Canadiens Projected Lines, Pairings As Boston Tries To Stop Skid

The Boston Bruins will try to right the ship when they take the ice against the Montreal Canadiens at Centre Bell on Thursday night.

The Black and Gold have suffered nine consecutive losses.

Bruins interim head coach Joe Sacco is keeping the same lineup while swapping forwards Cole Koepke and Marat Khusnutdinov to the second and third line, respectively. Jeremy Swayman will be in net after stopping 28 of 32 shots in Boston’s loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Fabian Lysell, a healthy scratch against the Capitals, will also draw back into the lineup for Jeffrey Viel.

Puck drop from Centre Bell is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and you can watch it live on NESN after an hour of pregame coverage.

Check out the lines for both teams here:

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BRUINS (30-36-9)

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David PastrnakCole Koepke — Elias Lindholm — Fabian LysellMarat Khusnutdinov — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri

Jakub Lauko — Johnny Beecher — Patrick Brown

Nikita Zadorov — Henri JokiharjuParker Wotherspoon — Andrew Peeke

Mason Lohrei — Ian Mitchell

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Jeremy Swayman

CANADIENS (35-30-9)Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj SlafkovskyEmil Heineman — Alex Newhook — Patrik LaineJosh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

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Mike Matheson — Alexandre CarrierKaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson

Jayden Struble — David Savard

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Featured image via Natalie Reid/Imagn Images

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