Bruins at Rangers

BRUINS (27-16-3) at RANGERS (30-13-4)

Bruins projected lineup
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic -- Charlie Coyle -- Craig Smith
Jake DeBrusk -- Jack Studnicka -- Nick Foligno
Anton Blidh -- Tomas Nosek -- Curtis Lazar
Mike Reilly -- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Jack Ahcan, Urho Vaakanainen
Injured: Patrice Bergeron (upper body), John Moore (upper body)
Suspended: Brad Marchand
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad --
Alexis Lafreniere
Artemi Panarin -- Ryan Strome -- Barclay Goodrow
Dryden Hunt -- Filip Chytil -- Julien Gauthier
Greg McKegg -- Kevin Rooney -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Patrik Nemeth -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Morgan Barron, Libor Hajek, Zac Jones
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (upper body)
Status report
Bergeron, a center, will miss his third straight game. … Grzelcyk will return after missing a 2-0 win at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday with an upper-body injury; he will replace Ahcan, a defenseman, in the lineup. … Marchand, a forward, will serve the third of his six-game suspension for roughing and high-sticking Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry on Feb. 8. ... Fox will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Nemeth will play after missing five games with an undisclosed injury. … Chytil is expected to return after missing five games with a lower-body injury. … Kakko will miss his sixth straight game and the forward likely will be out until mid-March.