Ullmark Back at Practice, Forbort Closing in on Return

BOSTON - The Bruins could be close to full strength on Tuesday night when they welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to TD Garden for their second of four consecutive home games.
Linus Ullmark, who left Friday's matinee victory over the Hurricanes with an upper-body injury, was back at practice on Monday morning at Warrior Ice Arena and, per coach Jim Montgomery, is "good to play" or "for back-up duty" against the Lightning.

Trent Frederic, meanwhile, was also back at practice after missing the last two games with an upper-body injury. According to Montgomery, the forward seems to "for sure be an option to play" on Tuesday night.
Elsewhere on the injury front, Derek Forbort appears to be closing in on a return after missing the last 11 games with a broken finger suffered on Nov. 1 in Pittsburgh. The blue liner was, once again, a full participant in practice on Monday and, like Frederic, will be re-evaluated on Tuesday morning.
Craig Smith was the lone player not to participate in Monday's skate and remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury he suffered on Friday afternoon. The winger will not play against the Lightning.
"It's day-to-day [the medical staff is] saying right now," said Montgomery. "I know that he feels a lot better today than he did two days ago. Two days ago, we weren't sure how long it was going to be. We don't expect to put him on [long-term injured reserve] anyways."

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Monday's Practice Lineup

FORWARDS
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha - David Krejci - David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall - Charlie Coyle - Trent Frederic
Nick Foligno - Tomas Nosek - A.J. Greer
DEFENSEMEN
Hampus Lindholm - Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk - Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort - Connor Clifton
GOALIES
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman