Matt Grzelcyk had already been dropped for Saturday’s game, so Connor Clifton will be back on the second pair with Brandon Carlo.
As for the Capitals, they will receive some important reinforcements, since Alex Ovechkin has been activated from the COVID-19 list. Dmitry Orlov too, but it doesn’t look like he is ready to return to the roster yet.
Tuukka Rask will be on the net for the Bruins, with Vitek Vanecek probably going to Washington.
Here are the lineups designed for Saturday’s Bruins-Capitals game on NESN.
BRUINS BOSTON (5-1-1)
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie – David Krejci – Karson Kuhlman
Trent Frederic – Charlie Coyle – Craig Smith
Anders Bjork – Sean Kuraly – Chris Wagner
Jeremy Lauzon – Charlie McAvoy
Connor Clifton – Brandon Carlo
Jakub Zboril – Matt Grzelcyk
Tuukka Rask
WASHINGTON CAPITALS (5-0-3)
Jakub Vrana – Nicklas Backstrom – Tom Wilson
Alex Ovechkin – TJ Oshie – Richard Panik
Carl Hagelin – Nic Dowd – Garnet Hathaway
Conor Sheary – Michael Sgarbossa – Daniel Sprong
Zdeno Chara – John Carlson
Brendan Dillon – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Jonas Siegenthaler – Nick Jensen
Vitek Vanecek
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