Bruins at Avalanche

BRUINS (24-13-2) at AVALANCHE (29-8-3)

Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Craig Smith
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle --
Oskar Steen
Anton Blidh -- Tomas Nosek -- Curtis Lazar
Urho Vaakanainen
-- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
Tuukka Rask
Scratched: Steven Fogarty , Jesper Froden , Tyler Lewington](https://www.nhl.com/player/tyler-lewington-8477343)
Injured: Nick Foligno (upper body), Trent Frederic (upper body), Matt Grzelcyk (upper body), John Moore (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Logan O'Connor -- Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher
Tyson Jost -- Mikhail Maltsev -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Bowen Byram
Injured: Darren Helm (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Stefan Matteau (lower body), Ryan Murray (upper body)
Status report
Foligno is not on the road trip after the forwad was injured during a 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday. ... Grzelcyk skated Wednesday but the defenseman will miss his second straight game. He could be available at the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. ... Murray took part in the Avalanche's optional morning skate Wednesday wearing a non-contact jersey, but the defenseman will miss his seventh straight game.