The Bruins look to stay undefeated as they host an Atlantic Division rival in the fourth game of the season.
Boston enters Monday afternoon’s matchup at TD Garden against the Tampa Bay Lightning with a trio of wins in tow to begin the season.
The latest victory, Saturday’s win over the Sabres, saw Haverhill, Mass., native Jordan Harris draw into the lineup after Hampus Lindholm was injured in Thursday’s home opener. Though Lindholm could return soon, Monday looks unlikely.
That means Harris is set to skate on the second pairing with Andrew Peeke once more.
The Bruins had not decided on a goalie as of Sunday, head coach Marco Sturm said. Jeremy Swayman has played in two games — the opener and the win over Buffalo — while Joonas Korpisalo played in Thursday’s win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Lightning have used Andrei Vasilevskiy through the first two games. But he’s given up nine goals against on 62 shots across those two games, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they give Jonas Johansson a turn through.
Here are the expected lines for Monday’s Bruins-Lightning game. Puck drop is set for 1 p.m. ET on NESN.
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 Castelic
Mason Lohrei–Charlie McAvoy
Jordan Harris–Andrew Peeke
Nikita Zadorov–Henri Jokiharju
Jeremy Swayman
Tampa Bay Lightning (0-2-0)
Brandon Hagel–Brayden Point–Nikita Kucherov
Jake Gu*’-entzel–Anthony Cirelli–Yanni ,Gourde
Gage Goncalves–Conor Geekie–Oliver Bjorkstrand
Pontus Holmberg–Jack Finley–Mitchell Chaffee
Victor Hedman–Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh–Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg–Maxwell Crozier
Jonas Johansson.
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