Bruins-Islanders Projected Lines, Pairings: Trent Frederic Hits Shelf

The Bruins will return to the ice on Thursday, looking to stop a four-game skid against the New York Islanders at TD Garden.

Boston will be without another key contributor, though.

Trent Frederic will be out of the lineup after suffering a lower-body injury. Frederic reportedly was seen walking through the locker room with a walking boot on his right leg. Bruins interim head coach Joe Sacco called it a week-to-week injury.

“It’s an opportunity for another player to step in, like on the back end,” Sacco said. “It gives a guy like Riley Tufte an opportunity to get some more minutes, be used more in an offensive situation, playing with Matt (Poitras) and we’ll see how he responds.”

Boston and New York are set to drop the puck at 7 p.m. ET, following an hour of pregame coverage on NESN.

We have the projected lines and defensive pairings for both sides:

BOSTON BRUINS (27-24-8)
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Riley Tufte — Matthew Poitras — Justin Brazeau
Cole Koepke — John Beecher — Mark Kastelic

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

Jeremy Swayman

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (25-25-7)
Anders Lee — Bo Horvat — Anthony Duclair
Simon Holmstrom — Brock Nelson — Kyle Palmieri
Casey Cizikas — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Maxim Tsyplakov
Hudson Fasching — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Alexander Romanov — Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech — Noah Dobson
Adam Boqvist — Ryan Pulock

Ilya Sorokin