Final: Bruins 4, Devils 3 — B's enter holiday break with another win

The Bruins will continue the 2022-23 season on Friday with a matchup against the Devils in Newark. Follow along for updates from Friday’s game.

WHO: Bruins (26-4-2) vs. Devils (22-9-2)
WHEN: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Prudential Center
TV:  NESN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

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PROJECTED LINEUPS

BOSTON

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
Nick Foligno -- Tomas Nosek -- Craig Smith

Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus LIndholm -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton

Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Jakub Zboril, A.J. Greer

NEW JERSEY

Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Fabian Zetterlund
Erik Haula -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Dawson Mercer
Yegor Sharangovich -- Jesper Boqvist -- Alexander Holtz

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Brendan Smith -- Damon Severson
Nikita Okhotiuk -- Kevin Bahl

Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Andreas Johnsson
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip), Ondrej Palat (lower body), Nathan Bastian (shoulder), John Marino (upper body), Ryan Graves (lower body)

PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins did not hold a morning skate on Friday, so no lineup changes will be announced until shortly ahead of puck drop. Jim Montgomery did note on Thursday that Linus Ullmark will get the start in net against New Jersey, while he was hoping to get both A.J. Greer and Jakub Zboril in the lineup. 

The upstart Devils have been one of the top teams in the league for most of the season, but have fallen into a rut as of late — with a victory over the Panthers on Wednesday snapping what was a six-game losing streak. 

New Jersey will be short-handed on the blue line against the Bruins. Defenseman John Marino sustained an upper-body injury during the second period of the Devils' 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday and sat out the final period that night. He didn't dress for the Wednesday win against Florida.  Devils defenseman Ryan Graves was injured when he fell awkwardly into the boards early in the first period of the Wednesday game. 

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