The Blue Jackets will be without coach John Tortorella, who did not make the trip to Boston because he suffered two broken ribs in a collision in practice on Friday. Associate coach Craig Hartsburg will fill in for Tortorella.
"It sounds about right for this year, doesn't it?" Foligno said after the morning skate. "You know what I think? It's just another piece of adversity. It's another thing that we're going through. I think it almost maybe lightens up the room a little bit. It's awful what happened yesterday and it's said to hear [Tortorella] is dealing with a pretty significant injury. But maybe it allows us to focus on what we need to do tonight and understand that we still get to play this game, we're lucky to play it and just go out there and have fun."
Foligno had one goal and five assists in four games before he went out of the lineup for six games with an upper-body injury. He has six goals and 19 assists in 39 games and Calvert, who missed nine games with a knee injury, has six goals and one assist in 39 games. Both will be welcome additions for the Blue Jackets, who are last in the Eastern Conference with 38 points.
"It's two established NHL players that will bring some leadership to the group," Hartsburg said. "It's a big help to our team to get those two guys back tonight."
The Bruins had their three-game winning streak ended Thursday by the Vancouver Canucks. Boston has lost five of its past seven home games and is 10-12-2 this season on friendly ice.
"For the most part, we've had good starts to our games," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "So I think the biggest issue in our home record has been the inability to sustain that game plan and that start. We seem to drift away at times and kind of stop doing the things that we're doing well. ... We just have to make sure that we have a little bit of the same mentality that we've had on the road."
Here are the projected lineups:
BLUE JACKETS
Scott Hartnell - Alex Wennberg - Brandon Saad
Boone Jenner - Brandon Dubinsky - Cam Atkinson
Kerby Rychel - William Karlsson - Nick Foligno
Matt Calvert - Gregory Campbell - Rene Bourque
Ryan Murray - Seth Jones
Jack Johnson - Justin Falk
Fedor Tyutin - Dalton Prout
Joonas Korpisalo
Anton Forsberg
Injured: Sergei Bobrovsky (groin), Curtis McElhinney (ankle), David Clarkson (upper body), David Savard (oblique)
Scratched: Jared Boll, Josh Anderson
BRUINS
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Landon Ferraro
Matt Beleskey - David Krejci - Loui Eriksson
Brett Connolly - Ryan Spooner - David Pastrnak
Zac Rinaldo - Max Talbot - Jimmy Hayes
Zdeno Chara - Zach Trotman
Joe Morrow - Dennis Seidenberg
Torey Krug - Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Jonas Gustavsson
Injured: Adam McQuaid (upper body), Chris Kelly (broken femur)
Scratched: Tyler Randell, Colin Miller, Joonas Kemppainen
Status report: Beleskey was ill and missed practice Friday, but skated Saturday. Julien said a decision would be made later in the day on the forward's status.
Who's hot: Jones has a four-game point streak with five assists in that span for Columbus. ... Marchand has three goals and one assist during a four-game point streak for Boston.
