Live Coverage: Bruins 3, Sabres 3 (OT) - Hall ties it up

The Bruins will be back in game action for the first time since Dec. 16 — with a finally healthy B’s roster set to host the Sabres for a Saturday matinee. Puck drop is set for 1:00 p.m. Following along for updates from Saturday’s game.

WHO: Bruins (14-10-2) vs. Sabres (10-17-5)
WHEN: 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
TV:  NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com

PROJECTED LINEUP

BOSTON

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Craig Smith
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle -- Nick Foligno
Trent Frederic -- Tomas Nosek -- Curtis Lazar

Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton

Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Karson Kuhlman, Anton Blidh, John Moore

Injured: Jakub Zboril (torn ACL)

BUFFALO

JJ Peterka -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Brett Murray -- Peyton Krebs -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Asplund -- Arttu Ruotsalainen -- Victor Olofsson
Anders Bjork -- Cody Eakin -- John Hayden

Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mark Pysyk -- Casey Fitzgerald
Will Butcher -- Ethan Prow

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Malcolm Subban

Scratched: Vinnie Hinostroza, Jeff Skinner

Injured: Colin Miller (undisclosed), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body), Robert Hagg (lower body), Craig Anderson (upper body)

COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Tokarski, Dylan Cozens, Zemgus Girgensons, Mark Jankowski, Jacob Bryson

PREGAME NOTES

After placing 11 players in COVID protocol over a two-week stretch in December, the Bruins are back to full health and are expected to roll out a full lineup on Saturday — with Charlie Coyle standing as the final player to test out of protocols on Friday.

The Bruins will roll out their most overhauled forward lineup yet — with Craig Smith and David Pastrnak swapping spots at right wing, Erik Haula centering the second line and Charlie Coyle bumped down to 3C between Nick Foligno and Jake DeBrusk.  

Linus Ullmark will get the start in net for Boston.