Preview: Devils at Bruins

DEVILS (1-1-1) at BRUINS (2-1-0)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG+, NHL.TV

Devils team scope

The New Jersey Devils plan to go with the same lineup they used to defeat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Tuesday. "We felt it was pretty good top to bottom," coach John Hynes told NorthJersey.com after the morning skate at TD Garden on Thursday. Although the Devils earned their first win Tuesday, Hynes had to stop practice Wednesday because he was displeased with his team's performance. Hynes said the Devils finished practice well and they hope that carries over to the game against the Bruins. "We were just talking about coming ready to work every day no matter what the result was yesterday," center Adam Henrique said Wednesday. "We have to be able to carry that out day in and day out without them having to say it. Big teams have success without being told. That's an area of focus for us as players."

Bruins team scope

Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron will return to the lineup after missing the first three games of the season with a lower-body injury. Bergeron was injured in practice Oct. 12. "He's one of the best players in the League, and he's obviously going to help our team a lot and give us a lot of depth, so it's good to have him back for tonight," forward Brad Marchand said after the morning skate at Warrior Ice Arena on Thursday. Forward David Backes, who signed with the Bruins as a free agent on July 1 after 10 seasons with the St. Louis Blues, will make his regular-season home debut. "We're playing for keeps now," Backes said. "We're done with the preseason stuff. We got a little taste of the regular season on our road trip, we were able to come out 2-1 and now we're excited to get some home cooking and get in front of our fans." With Bergeron back, Backes will shift from centering Bergeron's line to playing wing next to center David Krejci.

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Travis Zajac -- PA Parenteau
Michael Cammalleri -- Adam Henrique -- Kyle Palmieri
Beau Bennett -- Pavel Zacha -- Devante Smith-Pelly
Reid Boucher -- Vernon Fiddler -- Jacob Josefson
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
John Moore -- Ben Lovejoy
Yohann Auvitu -- Kyle Quincey
Cory Schneider
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched:Steven Santini, Blake Speers, Miles Wood
Injured:Sergey Kalinin (injured)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- David Krejci -- David Backes
Matt Beleskey -- Riley Nash -- Jimmy Hayes
Tim Schaller -- Dominic Moore -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Brandon Carlo
Joe Morrow -- Torey Krug
John-Michael Liles -- Colin Miller
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Ryan Spooner, Rob O'Gara
Injured:Adam McQuaid (upper body), Kevan Miller (hand)

Status report

Kalinin traveled with the Devils to Boston but remained on injured reserve. ... The Bruins sent center Austin Czarnik to Providence of the American Hockey League on Thursday. The rookie had no points in two games this season. ... Morrow will make his season debut after he was a healthy scratch for the first three games.

Who's hot

Hall scored both goals for the Devils in their 2-1 win against Anaheim on Tuesday. ... Pastrnak has four goals and six points in the Bruins' first three games; Marchand has two goals and seven points in that span.