The Boston Bruins are taking over the Florida Panthers at Amerant Financial institution Enviornment to start their respective 2024-25 seasons. Listed below are the projected/anticipated lineups, sourced from NHL.com employees writers, impartial correspondents, and others.
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Bruins projected lineup
Pavel Zacha — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Morgan Geekie
Max Jones — Trent Frederic — Justin Brazeau
Johnny Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke
Hampus Lindholm — Charlie McAvoy
Mason Lohrei — Brandon Carlo
Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke
Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman
Scratched: Riley Tufte, Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: Matthew Poitras (higher physique), Ian Mitchell (undisclosed), Alec Regula (knee)
Standing report:
- Bruins coach Jim Montgomery wouldn’t disclose a beginning goalie, however Korpisalo was the primary off with Swayman staying on the ice with the scratched and injured gamers; Swayman missed all of coaching camp earlier than signing an eight-year contract Sunday.
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Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Evan Rodrigues — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Mackie Samoskevich
Jonah Gadjovich — Jesper Boqvist — A.J. Greer
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis — Adam Boqvist
Sergei Bobrovsky
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Nate Schmidt, MacKenzie Entwistle
Injured: Tomas Nosek (higher physique), Justin Sourdif (higher physique)
Standing report
- Nosek has been out since being injured through the second shift of the Panthers’ preseason opener, an 8-7 loss on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sept. 25; basic supervisor Invoice Zito mentioned the middle was “week to week, however it received’t be subsequent week.”
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