Bruins at Blues projected lineups

BRUINS (9-3-1) at BLUES (5-6-1)

8 p.m. ET; BN+, STLNHL, NESN

Bruins projected lineup

JJ Peterka -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak

Marat Khusnutdinov -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie

Casey Mittelstadt -- Elias Lindholm -- James Hagens

Tanner Jeannot -- Matthew Poitras -- Mark Kastelic

Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov -- Will Borgen

Mason Lohrei -- Connor Clifton

Jeremy Swayman

Michael DiPietro

Scratched: Jonathan Aspirot, Sean Kuraly, Frederic Brunet 

Injured: None

Blues projected lineup

Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Pavel Buchnevich -- Mason McTavish -- Jonatan Berggren

Dylan Holloway -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Connor McMichael

Alexey Toropchenko -- Pius Suter -- Aleksanteri Kaskimaki

Philip Broberg -- Brandon Carlo

Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko

Justin Barron -- Adam Jiricek

Joel Hofer

Jordan Binnington 

Scratched: Otto Stenberg, Quinton Burns

Injured: Tyler Tucker (knee), Logan Mailloux (hand), Dillon Dube (neck), Ross Johnston (lower body)

Status report

Clifton will play for the first time since Oct. 10 after being a healthy scratch the past seven games and replace Brunet, a defenseman. … The Blues will switch up their top three lines after being shut out in back-to-back games. … Johnston, a forward, continues to practice but will miss his sixth straight game. ... Mailloux has been skating for several days but the defenseman has not yet been cleared to make his season debut.