Lightning at Bruins

LIGHTNING (13-7-1) at BRUINS (18-3-0)

Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Nick Paul -- Alex Killorn
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Ross Colton -- Corey Perry
Cole Koepke -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Patrick Maroon
Victor Hedman -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Ian Cole -- Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched:Haydn Fleury, Philippe Myers, Cal Foote
Injured:Rudolfs Balcers (upper body), Anthony Cirelli (shoulder)
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
Nick Foligno -- Tomas Nosek -- A.J. Greer
Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched:Craig Smith, Jakub Zboril
Injured:None
Status report
Bellemarre is expected to return after missing two games for personal reasons. ... Ullmark will dress after exiting a 3-2 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Nov. 25 in the third period with an upper-body injury, but Bruins coach Jim Montgomery did not announce a starter. ... Forbort (hand) and Frederic (shoulder) each return to the lineup. Forbort has been out since Nov. 1 and was activated from injured reserve. Defenseman Anton Stralman was placed on waivers Monday in the corresponding move. ... Frederic will play for the first time since Nov. 21, after he exited a 5-3 win against the Lightning.