Bruins at Rangers

BRUINS (9-1-0) at RANGERS (6-3-2)

Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk
Taylor Hall -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak
Trent Frederic -- Charlie Coyle -- A.J. Greer
Nick Foligno -- Tomas Nosek -- Jakub Lauko
Connor Clifton -- Hampus Lindholm
Matt Grzelcyk -- Brandon Carlo
Mike Reilly -- Anton Stralman
Linus Ullmark
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched:Jakub Zboril
Injured:Jeremy Swayman (lower body), Derek Forbort (upper body), David Krejci (upper body), Craig Smith (upper body), Charlie McAvoy (shoulder)
Rangers projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Julien Gauthier
Sammy Blais -- Ryan Carpenter -- Ryan Reaves
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Zac Jones -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:Libor Hajek
Injured:Filip Chytil (upper body), Vitali Kravtsov (upper body)
Status report
Swayman, a goalie, and Forbort, a defenseman, returned to Boston for further evaluation after sustaining their injuries in the Bruins' 6-5 overtime win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. The Bruins are expected to have an official announcement on Forbort later Thursday. … Kinkaid was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis to replace Swayman and backup Ullmark. … Reilly will replace Forbort in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three straight games. … Forwards Krejci and Smith, are each day to day. Krejci will miss his third straight game and Smith his second. … Chytil, a center, will miss his sixth straight game. … Kravtsov, a forward, will miss his third in a row.