RED WINGS (28-15-4) at BRUINS (25-19-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, TNT, NESN
Red Wings projected lineup
Emmitt Finnie — Dylan Larkin — Marco Kasper
Alex DeBrincat — Andrew Copp — Patrick Kane
James van Riemsdyk — J.T. Compher — Lucas Raymond
John Leonard — Michael Rasmussen — Mason Appleton
Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson — Jacob Bernard-Docker
Cam Talbot
John Gibson
Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom
Injured: None
Bruins projected lineup
Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt — Pavel Zacha — Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Steeves — Fraser Minten — Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic
Jonathan Aspirot — Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Jeffrey Viel, Michael Eyssimont, Vladislav Kolyachonok
Injured: Hampus Lindholm (undisclosed), Jordan Harris (ankle)
Status report
Talbot could start after Gibson made 31 saves in a 4-3 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. … Geekie will return after leaving in the first period of a 10-2 win against the New York Rangers on Saturday and missing a 1-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday to be with his wife for the birth of the couple’s second child. … Hampus Lindholm has been skating on his own and could participate in practice at some point this week, Bruins coach Marco Sturm said; the defenseman will miss his fiftrh straight game. … Harris, who has not played since Oct. 21, participated in Boston’s morning skate, but the defenseman is not yet ready to return to the lineup.
