BRUINS (2-2-0) at AVALANCHE (0-3-0)

9:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS

Bruins projected lineup

Pavel Zacha — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak

Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Trent Frederic

Riley Tufte — Matthew Poitras — Max Jones

John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke

Nikita Zadorov — Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo

Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke

Joonas Korpisalo

Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Morgan Geekie, Justin Brazeau, Parker Wotherspoon

Injured: None

Avalanche projected lineup

Ross Colton — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen

Miles Wood — Casey Mittelstadt — Calum Ritchie

Nikolai Kovalenko — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor

Ivan Ivan — Matt Stienburg — Joel Kiviranta

Oliver Kylington — Cale Makar

Samuel Girard — Josh Manson

Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Alexandar Georgiev

Justus Annunen

Scratched: John Ludvig, Kaapo Kahkonen

Injured: Devon Toews (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Status report

The Bruins held an optional morning skate Wednesday. … Boston coach Jim Montgomery said Tufte and Jones would enter the lineup for forwards Geekie and Brazeau. … He wouldn’t name a starting goalie. … Toews, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game.