Bruins lineup tonight: Boston's projected lineup for game against Toronto Maple Leafs | Oct 26, 2024

The Boston Bruins will look to snap a three-game losing streak in their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The Bruins have struggled to find consistency since the return of Jeremy Swayman.

In the opening week of the season, the Bruins posted a 2-1 record; however, since then, the team has gone just 1-4, dropping to seventh place in the Atlantic Division.

Heading into Saturday's game, the team only has one player on the injury report, defenseman Alec Regula, who is on the injured reserve list after undergoing offseason knee surgery. It is expected that he will probably make his return in the minors; however, so far nothing has been finalized yet.

With that in mind, the Bruins lineup for Saturday's game is expected to be as follows:

Forwards:

1. LW Brad Marchand - C Elias Lindholm - RW David Pastrnak
2. LW Morgan Geekie - C Pavel Zacha - RW Matthew Poitras
3. LW Cole Koepke - C Charlie Coyle - RW Trent Frederic
4. LW John Beecher - C Mark Kastelic - RW Justin Brazeau

Defensive Pairings:

1. Hampus Lindholm - Charlie McAvoy
2. Nikita Zadorov - Brandon Carlo
3. Parker Wotherspoon - Andrew Peeke

Goalies:

• Jeremy Swayman
• Joonas Korpisalo

Powerplay

1. Pavel Zacha, Elias Lindholm, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy
2. Justin Brazeau, Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie, Hampus Lindholm

Penalty Kill

1. Charlie Coyle, John Beecher, Hampus Lindholm, Brandon Carlo
2. Elias Lindholm, Pavel Zacha, Nikita Zadorov, Charlie McAvoy

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Brad Marchand defends Bruins coach Jim Montgomery following a heated exchange last week

Late in the third period of last weekend's clash against the Utah Hockey Club, with the Bruins up 1-0, a costly turnover from Marchand led to a goal for Utah. In response, coach Jim Montgomery was captured on camera calling out Brad Marchand.

While Marchand appeared unfazed by the situation, fans were quick to call Montgomery out. When asked about the situation during a locker room scrum on Thursday morning by the media members, Marchand responded:

“People are very sensitive these days. And it’s unfortunate how coaches are scrutinized over things like that. There’s a lack of accountability nowadays because people can’t handle the heat. You make a mistake like that, you deserve to hear about it."

"I’m glad that he said something about it. If he didn’t, we would have much bigger issues. The fact that that’s something that we’re talking about is disappointing, but that’s the way things are today.”

He also went on to say that he thinks it's unfortunate that coaches are so heavily scrutinized now, and because of that, there's a general lack of accountability nowadays.