STARS (5-2-0) at BRUINS (3-3-1)

7 p.m. ET; Victory+, NESN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS

Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Logan Stankoven

Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov

Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin

Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen — Mathew Dumba

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin

Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist

Casey DeSmith

Jake Oettinger

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Brendan Smith

Injured: None

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — Matthew Poitras

Trent Frederic — Charlie Coyle — Cole Koepke

John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Justin Brazeau

Hampus Lindholm — Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov — Brandon Carlo

Parker Wotherspoon — Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Mason Lohrei, Riley Tufte, Max Jones

Injured: None

Status report

Bourque, a forward, will not play; Back is expected to take his place on the fourth line. Brazeau worked on the fourth line during the Bruins morning skate Thursday; he is expected to replace Jones, a forward, with Koepke moving up to the third line. … Wotherspoon is expected to replace Lohrei on the third defense pair after taking his spot alongside Peeke during the morning skate.