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Projected Lines, Defensive Pairings For Bruins’ Matchup With Lightning

Boston has won three straight The Bruins look to extend their undefeated streak to four when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in matinee hockey on Monday at TD Garden. Boston is off to a hot start after having a 33-39-10 record overall while going 11-11-4 against opponents from the Atlantic Division last season.  Head…

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Boston has won three straight

The Bruins look to extend their undefeated streak to four when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning in matinee hockey on Monday at TD Garden.

Boston is off to a hot start after having a 33-39-10 record overall while going 11-11-4 against opponents from the Atlantic Division last season. 

Head coach Marco Sturm told reporters after practice on Sunday that he was unsure if Jeremy Swayman or Joonas Korpisalo would get the start in net.

Swayman is 2-0-0 with a .966 save percentage, with 56 saves in his two starts this season, and has only allowed one goal in each of those contests. Korpisalo posted a .875 save percentage in his overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks. He turned aside 21 shots and has a 2.90 goals-against average in his lone start.

The Lightning are searching for their first win of the 2025-26 season. They are coming off a 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils and dropped a 5-4 decision to the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 9.

Andrei Vasilevskiy has started both games for Tampa Bay, posting a .855 save percentage and a 4.76 goals-against average. He has allowed nine goals and made 53 saves.

Puck drop is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on NESN and 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for each club:

BOSTON BRUINS (3-0-0)
Morgan Geekie — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Pavel Zacha — Casey Mittelstadt — Viktor Arvidsson
Tanner Jeannot — Fraser Minten — Michael Eyssimont
Marat Khusnutdinov — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic

Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Harris — Andrew Peeke
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (0-2-0)
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Gage Goncalves
Conor Geekie — Yanni Gourde — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Pontus Holmberg — Jack Finley — Mitchell Chaffee

Victor Hedman — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
J. J. Moser — Max Crozier

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

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