Avalanche at Bruins preview

AVALANCHE (1-1-0) at BRUINS (1-0-0)
1 p.m. ET; SN1, NESN, ALT, NHL.TV

The Bruins are looking to start the season 2-0-0 for the first time since 2013-14 after they defeated the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Thursday.
The Avalanche are completing a season-opening three-game road trip before they play their home opener against the Bruins at Pepsi Center on Wednesday. The Avalanche are unbeaten in their past 11 visits to Boston (10-0-0, one tie). The Bruins' last home win against Colorado was March 30, 1998 (4-1).

Players to watch

Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie will look to keep up his hot start. He has two points (one goal, one assist) in two games and is second on Colorado in ice time per game (24:34).
Bruins rookie Jake DeBrusk is trying to prove he can be a top-six forward in the NHL. He scored a goal and had an assist in his NHL debut on Thursday.

They said it

"I think it's gone well. It would've been nice to get the win [Saturday] in New Jersey but we have a lot of work to do still. We've been turning the puck over a little bit too much and we watched video today. It's still early in the season, there's lots of room to improve. But I'm just trying to get adjusted to the pace of the game and get acclimated to everything. It's a big step up from college and I felt better on the ice yesterday in New Jersey that I did in New York." -- Colorado rookie forward Alexander Kerfoot on his first two NHL games
"It's frustrating any time, it doesn't matter if it's the beginning or whenever it is during the year. You never want to miss games and it's definitely tough to watch. I'd rather be on the ice. I'm more nervous watching it than actually playing." -- Bergeron on his injury

Avalanche projected lineup

Sven Andrighetto -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Nail Yakupov -- Matt Duchene -- Alexander Kerfoot
Gabriel Landeskog -- J.T. Compher -- Colin Wilson
Carl Soderberg -- Tyson Jost -- Blake Comeau
Patrik Nemeth -- Tyson Barrie
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Johnson
Chris Bigras -- Anton Lindholm
Semyon Varlamov
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Mark Barberio, Matt Nieto, Andrej Mironov
Injured:Sergei Boikov (shoulder), A.J. Greer (concussion)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Ryan Spooner -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Anders Bjork
Sean Kuraly -- Riley Nash -- Tim Schaller
Matt Beleskey -- Austin Czarnik -- Frank Vatrano
Zdeno Chara -- Brandon Carlo
Kevan Miller -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Adam McQuaid
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Paul Postma
Injured:Patrice Bergeron (lower body), Noel Acciari (finger), David Backes (diverticulitis)
Status report
Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Bergeron is considered day to day and will travel with the team for a three-game road trip that starts at the Avalanche on Wednesday. The Bruins placed Acciari and Backes on injured reserve and sent defenseman Matt Grzelcyk to Providence on Monday.
Stat pack
The Avalanche are 1-for-11 on the power play and 5-for-9 on the penalty kill through two games.