Thursday, May 19, 2011

Bergeron to play in Tampa

According to Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe, we can expect Patrice Bergeron to make his series debut tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bruins rookie Tyler Seguin will remain in the Bruins line up after going (3g-3a-6pts) in two games. Expect Shawn Thornton to be the healthy scratch.

Projected Bruins lineup:

Forwards

Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Mark Recchi
Michael Ryder-Chris Kelly-Tyler Seguin
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Rich Peverley

Defense pairings

Zdeno Chara-Dennis Seidenberg
Andrew Ference-Johnny Boychuk
Tomas Kaberle-Adam McQuaid

Goalie

Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask

Healthy scratches: Shawn Thornton, Shane Hnidy

Projected Tampa Bay Lighning lineup:

Forwards

Ryan Malone-Steven Stamkos-Martin St. Louis
Simon Gagne-Vincent Lecavalier-Teddy Purcell
Sean Bergenheim-Dominic Moore-Steve Downie
Randy Jones-Nate Thompson-Adam Hall

Defense pairings

Eric Brewer-Mattias Ohlund
Victor Hedman-Brett Clark
Mike Lundin-Marc-Andre Bergeron

Goalie

Dwayne Roloson
Mike Smith