The Florida Panthers will host the Boston Bruins at Amerant Bank Arena tonight in Game 1 of their second round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, taken from NHL.com staff writers, independent contacts, and others.
Sources: NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers and others.
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Eastern Conference Second Round, Game 1
8pm ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS, CBC
The Bruins propose a plan
Pavel Zacha – Morgan Geekie – David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand – Charlie Coyle – Jake DeBrusk
James van Riemsdyk – Trent Frederic – Justin Brazeau
John Beecher – Patrick Brown – Pat Maroon
Mason Lohrei – Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm – Brandon Carlo
Parker Wotherspoon – Kevin Shattenkirk
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Jesper Boqvist, Derek Forbort, Matt Grzelcyk, Jakub Lauko, Michael DiPietro
Injured: Andrew Peeke (upper body), Danton Heinen (undisclosed)
Status Report
- Carlo missed the Bruins’ morning skate around the time of his son’s birth, but coach Jim Montgomery said he is “highly optimistic” that Carlo will be in time to play. If he doesn’t, it looks like Forbort will take his place.
- It appears that Brown, who was called up from Providence of the American Hockey League on Sunday, will replace Boqvist as the fourth-line center.
- Heinen, a center, and Peeke, a defenseman, skated again Monday; Montgomery said they are “getting close” but will continue with Game 1.
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The proposed Panthers
Carter Verhaeghe – Aleksander Barkov – Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Sam Reinhart
Vladimir Tarasenko – Kevin Stenlund – Evan Rodrigues
Nick Cousins - Steven Lorentz – Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola – Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Tobias Bjornfot, Uvis Balinskis, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich, Spencer Knight, Rasmus Asplund, Mike Benning, Magnus Hellberg, Matt Kiersted, Will Lockwood, Mackie Samoskevich, Justin Sourdif
Injured: Sam Bennett (upper body)
Status report
- Florida coach Paul Maurice pulled Bennett, center, for Game 1; day to day with an apparent hand injury in Game 2 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
- Lomberg, a pitcher, has been out since Game 1 of the first round because of an illness. He has practiced since Game 4 but will not play on Monday.
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