BOSTON -- The injury bug has bitten the Boston Bruins for the first time in the shortened season.
Defenseman Dennis Seidenberg did not take part in the pregame skate and was not in the lineup for Monday afternoon's battle against the Winnipeg Jets at TD Garden. Seidenberg's injury was classified as lower body and his status is day-to-day.
Aaron Johnson will make his Bruins debut in Seidenberg's place. Here are the projected lineups:
BRUINS
Milan Lucic – David Krejci – Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – Tyler Seguin
Chris Bourque – Chris Kelly – Rich Peverley
Daniel Paille – Gregory Campbell – Shawn Thornton
Aaron Johnson – Johnny Boychuk
Injured: Dennis Seidenberg
Scratched: Lane MacDermid
JETS
Evander Kane – Olli Jokinen – Kyle Wellwood
Andrew Ladd – Bryan Little – Blake Wheeler
Chris Thorburn – Jim Slater – Mark Scheifele
Alexei Ponikarovsky – Alexander Burmistrov – Nik Antropov
Tobias Enstrom – Dustin Byfuglien
Injured: Zach Bogosian, Antti Miettinen
Scratched: Zach Redmond, Anthony Peluso, James Wright