Projected Lines, Defensive Pairings For Bruins-Sabres Matchup

The Bruins continue their playoff chase with a road matchup against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.

Boston is coming off a thrilling comeback win against the Colorado Avalanche at TD Garden on Saturday. The win marked the Black and Gold’s sixth in their last eight games.

The Bruins will get Cole Koepke back on the fourth line after the forward missed five games. Defenseman Brandon Carlo was ruled a game-time decision due to an illness. Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm wore regular practice jerseys Monday, but the blueliners didn’t travel to Buffalo. Oliver Wahlstrom won’t be an option due to an illness.

Puck drop for Bruins-Sabres at KeyBank Center is scheduled at 7 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage on NESN after an hour of pregame.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for Boston and Buffalo.

BOSTON BRUINS (25-20-6)
Brad Marchand — Matthew Poitras — Charlie Coyle
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic — Elias Lindholm — Vinni Lettieri
Cole Koepke — John Beecher — Justin Brazeau

Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke
Michael Callahan — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Parker Wotherspoon

Jeremy Swayman

BUFFALO SABRES (18-26-5)
JJ Peterka — Jiri Kulich — Tage Thompson
Jason Zucker — Dylan Cozens — Alex Tuch
Zach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty

Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram
Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen