Seidenberg misses Bruins-Jets game

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

Zdeno Chara – Dougie Hamilton

Andrew Ference – Adam McQuaid

Aaron Johnson – Johnny Boychuk

Tuukka Rask

Anton Khudobin

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

Mark Stuart – Ron Hainsey

Grant Clitsome – Paul Postma

Ondrej Pavelec

Al Montoya

Injured: Zach Bogosian, Antti Miettinen

Scratched: Zach Redmond, Anthony Peluso, James Wright