Bruins Lineup For Massive Game Against Blue Jackets; Lohrei OUT

The Boston Bruins look to maintain the nice instances rolling as they tackle the Columbus Blue Jackets inside Nationwide Arena on Sunday night.

The Bruins shall be making one change following yesterday’s decisive 6-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

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Defenseman Mason Lohrei is not going to play resulting from an upper-body harm, per Mark Schieg.

“It’s been going on for a while,” Bruins’ Head Coach Marco Sturm said. “It just got worse. That’s why he’s out.”

Sturm additionally introduced that Jeremy Swayman will begin once more tonight after final night time’s win, making this the third profession back-to-back double for Swayman.

“First of all, he’s been outstanding,” Sturm said. “I think he’s one of the best goalies in the league right now. He had three days of rest. He played unbelievable last night and it’s another big one tonight. We feel really good and confident he can bring us another two points.”

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This is a sport with huge implications for the playoff race.

With a win, Moneypuck.com strikes the Bruins’ odds to make the playoffs to 91.8%. A regulation loss strikes again right down to 74%.

Tonight has all of the makings of a win-and-virtually in. It’d create a six-point buffer for the ultimate wild card place, making it practically unmountable with the tiebreakers Boston holds.

Bruins Expected Lines:

Forwards:

Marat Khusnutdinov – Fraser Minten – David Pastrnak

Casey Mittelstadt – Pavel Zacha – Viktor Arvidsson

Lukas Reichel – Elias Lindholm – Morgan Geekie

Tanner Jeannot – Sean Kuraly – Mark Kastelic

Defense & Starting Goalie:

Jonathan Aspirot – Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm – Henri Jokiharju

Nikita Zadorov – Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman