Bruins Vs. Panthers Game 4: Projected Lines, Defensive Pairings
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The Bruins and the Panthers will meet at TD Garden on Sunday night for Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series.
Boston will be without one of its most important players when it tries to even up the best-of-seven set. Brad Marchand will not play due to an upper-body injury sustained from a Sam Bennett hit Friday night. Jim Montgomery did not get into specifics about Marchand’s injury Sunday morning and labeled the captain as “day to day.”
The most likely option to replace Marchand is the return of Danton Heinen. Heinen hasn’t played since Game 5 in Round 1, but Montgomery confirmed the veteran forward was available for Sunday night’s contest. However, the Bruins head coach didn’t rule out playing with 11 forwards and seven defensemen in Game 4.
Montgomery also didn’t reveal his goaltender for Boston’s all-important tilt, but The Boston Globe’s Kevin Paul Dupont “speculated” Jeremay Swayman will stay in net for the Black and Gold.
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Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for Bruins-Panthers Game 4:
BRUINS (1-2)Jake DeBrusk — Morgan Geekie — David PastrnakDanton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Trent FredericJames van Riemsdyk — Pavel Zacha — Justin BrazeauJakub Lauko — John Beecher — Pat Maroon
Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoyHampus Lindholm — Brandon CarloDerek Forbort — Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
PANTHERS (2-1)Vladimir Tarasenko — Aleksander Barkov — Sam ReinhartCarter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew TkachukEetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Evan RodriguesSteven Lorentz — Kevin Stenlund — Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling — Aaron EkbladNiko Mikkola — Brandon MontourOliver Ekman-Larsson — Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
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