Bruins Vs. Wild: Projected Lines, D-Pairings For Matinee Matchup

The Boston Bruins will try to sweep a weekend back-to-back Sunday when they visit the Minnesota Wild.

The B’s halted their losing streak at five Saturday, but the visitors weren’t all smiles after their 3-2 win in Pittsburgh. Boston played the majority of the contest without Brad Marchand, who was on the wrong end of a scary hit along the boards less than six minutes into the contest at PPG Paints Arena.

Thus, the Bruins captain is not expected to suit up for the matinee matchup with the Wild, who the Black and Gold beat 3-0 at TD Garden on Feb. 4. Justin Brazeau, who didn’t play Saturday, could draw back into the lineup if Marchand cannot play.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for the Bruins-Wild tilt, which will have full coverage on NESN beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.

BRUINS (28-25-8)
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Jeffrey Viel — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Cole Koepke — Matthew Poitras — Justin Brazeau
Georgii Merkulov — John Beecher — Mark Kastelic

Nikita Zadorov – Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Jordan Oesterle — Parker Wotherspoon

Jeremy Swayman

WILD (34-22-4)
Marcus Johansson — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy — Frederick Gaudreau — Gustav Nyquist
Marcus Foligno — Devin Shore — Vinnie Hinostroza
Jakub Lauko — Brendan Gaunce — Yakov Trenin

Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
David Jiricek — Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm – Jon Merrill

Filip Gustavsson