Bruins at Rangers

BRUINS (8-1-2) at RANGERS (4-5-2)

Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Brett Ritchie -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle -- Anders Bjork
Trent Frederic -- Sean Kuraly -- Chris Wagner
Jeremy Lauzon -- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Jakub Zboril -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:Connor Clifton, Anton Blidh
Injured: Ondrej Kase (upper body)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Pavel Buchnevich
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Kaapo Kakko
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Brett Howden -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Brendan Lemieux -- Kevin Rooney -- Julien Gauthier
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Libor Hajek -- Anthony Bitetto
Alexandar Georgiev
Igor Shesterkin
Scratched: None
Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Jack Johnson (lower body), Colin Blackwell (upper body), Brendan Smith (upper body)
Status report
DeBrusk and Grzelcyk each will return after being out with a lower-body injury; DeBrusk missed five games and Grzelcyk four. ... DeBrusk will replace Blidh and Grzelcyk will go in for Clifton. … The Bruins sent forward Jack Studnicka to Providence of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Georgiev will make his first start since allowing five goals on 38 shots in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan. 30.