Devils at Bruins

DEVILS (12-16-4) at BRUINS (17-8-5)

Devils projected lineup
Janne Kuokkanen -- Travis Zajac -- Yegor Sharangovich
Jesper Bratt -- Jack Hughes -- Kyle Palmieri
Miles Wood -- Pavel Zacha -- Nicholas Merkley
Andreas Johnsson -- Michael McLeod -- Jesper Boqvist
Ty Smith -- Damon Severson
Dmitry Kulikov -- P.K. Subban
Ryan Murray -- Sami Vatanen
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched:Will Butcher, Aaron Dell, Nikita Gusev, Mikhail Maltsev
Injured:Nico Hischier (sinus fracture), Nathan Bastian (lower body)
Bruins projected lineup
Trent Frederic -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Anders Bjork -- Charlie Coyle -- Zach Senyshyn
Anton Blidh -- Jack Studnicka -- Karson Kuhlman
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Jeremy Lauzon -- Connor Clifton
Jakub Zboril-- Steven Kampfer
Jaroslav Halak
Dan Vladar
Scratched:Jack Ahcan, Jarred Tinordi, Greg McKegg, Chris Wagner
Injured:Tuukka Rask (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body), Brandon Carlo (upper body), Ondrej Kase (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol:Jake DeBrusk, Sean Kuraly, Brad Marchand
Status report
Merkley replaces Maltsev ... Kuhlman returns after missing one game with an upper-body injury. He and Blidh replace McKegg and Wagner. ... Halak starts the second half of the back to back after Vladar made 25 saves in a 3-2 win against the Sabres on Saturday. ... Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy did not rule out Marchand becoming available by game time.