NASHVILLE – Jim Montgomery is looking for a spark up front.
As such, Boston’s bench boss made some changes to his forward lines ahead of Tuesday night’s road trip finale against the Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
Boston’s top line featured Elias Lindholm in the middle of Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak, Max Jones and Trent Frederic flanking Charlie Coyle, and Matt Poitras centering Pavel Zacha and Morgan Geekie.
“Trying to generate some chemistry. It’s been inconsistent our first six games so we’re just looking at different ways to support certain players, get other players on their toes and you’re just hopefully these line combinations will create some more offense and more success for us,” Montgomery said following Tuesday’s morning skate.
Montgomery was pleased with the effort and pace during the pregame workout and is hoping that will translate into game action as the Black & Gold close out a three-game, eight-day road trip.
“I want to see us pressuring pucks more,” said Montgomery. “When we’re at our best, we’re causing turnovers in all three zones. Last game, we did that in the D-zone, but we didn’t do that in the other two zones, so we need to be skating and ready to work a little more.”