BOSTON — The Bruins will be without their No. 1 goaltender when they take on the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden on Saturday night.
Tuukka Rask is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury and won’t dress for this game. Veteran netminder Anton Khudobin will start for Boston, with Zane McIntyre — who was recalled from the American Hockey League’s Providence Bruins on an emergency basis Saturday — serving as the backup.
There aren’t any changes expected for the rest of the Bruins’ lineup.
The Canadiens made a few substantial changes to their roster over the offseason. They traded No. 1 defenseman P.K. Subban for former All-Star Shea Weber in a shocking trade. They also added Russian forward Alexander Radulov and former Chicago Blackhawks winger Andrew Shaw in separate deals.
It remains to be seen if these bold moves will pay off for the Canadiens, but the most impactful addition has been elite goaltender Carey Price, who missed most of last season with an injury.
Here are the projected lineups for both teams.
BOSTON BRUINS (3-1-0)
Brad Marchand–Patrice Bergeron–David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen–David Krejci–David Backes
Matt Beleskey–Riley Nash–Jimmy Hayes
Tim Schaller–Dominic Moore–Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara–Brandon Carlo
Joe Morrow–Torey Krug
John-Michael Liles–Colin Miller
Anton Khudobin
MONTREAL CANADIENS (3-0-1)
Max Pacioretty–Alex Galchenyuk–Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen–Tomas Plekanec–Alexander Radulov
Paul Byron–David Desharnais–Andrew Saw
Philip Danault–Torrey Mitchell–Brian Flynn
Nathan Beaulieu–Shea Weber
Andrei Markov–Jeff Petry
Alexei Emelin–Greg Pateryn
Carey Price
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