Bruins at Avalanche

BRUINS (20-3-1) at AVALANCHE (13-9-1)

Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
Nick Foligno -- Tomas Nosek -- Craig Smith
Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched:A.J. Greer, Jakub Zboril
Injured:None
Avalanche projected lineup
Mikko Rantanen -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Newhook -- Andrew Cogliano -- Charles Hudon
Jean-Luc Foudy
--
Ben Meyers
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Martin Kaut
Sampo Ranta
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Callahan Burke
-- Dryden Hunt
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard --
Andreas Englund
Jacob MacDonald
-- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched:None
Injured:Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (hip), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle), Bowen Byram (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body), Evan Rodrigues (lower body), Nathan MacKinnon (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body)
Status report
Boston held an optional morning skate. ... Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said Smith will return to the lineup for the first time since Nov. 25 and Greer, a forward, will be a healthy scratch. ... Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said MacKinnon, a forward, and Mason, a defenseman, will each miss about a month. ... Nichushkin, a forward, skated but will not play. ... Burke was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will make his NHL debut.