The Bruins will try to close out 2024 with a win in the nation’s capital.
Boston and Washington are set to meet for a matinee matchup Tuesday at Capital One Arena. The Eastern Conference foes had their first head-to-head meeting of the season last Monday when the B’s cruised to a 4-1 win at TD Garden.
The visitors’ lineup is expected to look a tad different than it did in Saturday night’s rout of the Blue Jackets. Fabian Lysell was sent back down to Providence after his NHL debut against Columbus, so John Beecher is poised to return to the lineup. Jeremy Swayman is projected to stay in the Black and Gold’s net two days after logging his third shutout of the season.
Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for the New Year’s Eve tilt, which will have complete coverage on NESN beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET.
BRUINS (20-14-4)
Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Cole Koepke — Trent Frederic — Justin Brazeau
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Marc McLaughlin
Nikita Zadorov — Charlie McAvoy
Parker Wotherspoon — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Jeremy Swayman
CAPITALS (24-10-2)
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane — Lars Eller — Jakub Vrana
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan Thompson
