Bruins at Senators

BRUINS (26-16-3) at SENATORS (16-23-4)

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
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Jack Ahcan -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Mike Reilly
Injured: Patrice Bergeron (upper body), John Moore (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (upper body)
Suspended: Brad Marchand
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Adam Gaudette
Alex Formenton -- Nick Paul -- Connor Brown
Chris Tierney --
Mark Kastelic
-- Tyler Ennis
Zach Sanford -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nikita Zaitsev
Nick Holden -- Artem Zub
Erik Brannstrom -- Josh Brown
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Victor Mete, Clark Bishop
Injured: Drake Batherson (ankle), Scott Sabourin (hand), Colin White (shoulder), Josh Norris (shoulder)
Status report
Grzelcyk practiced Friday after he left in the second period of a 6-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday with an upper-body injury; Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy did not confirm if Grzelcyk will play Saturday. … Ahcan was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Boston reassigned Tyler Lewington, a defenseman, to Providence. … Bergeron, a center, will miss his second straight game because of a laceration to the back of his head. ... Ottawa reassigned forward Parker Kelly to Belleville of the AHL on Friday.