FINAL: Bruins 2, Coyotes 1 - McAvoy gives B's lead back as they grind one out

The Bruins will be back in game action on Friday with a road matchup against the Coyotes. Puck drop is set for 9:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Friday’s game.

WHO: Bruins (24-13-3) vs. Coyotes (10-27-4)
WHEN: 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Gila River Arena
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 -- Oskar Steen
Anton Blidh -- Tomas Nosek-- Curtis Lazar

Urho Vaakanainen - Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort -- Connor Clifton

Tuukka Rask
Linus Ullmark

Scratched: Steven Fogarty, Jesper Froden, Tyler Lewington  

Injured: Nick Foligno (upper body), Trent Frederic (upper body), Matt Grzelcyk (upper body)

ARIZONA

Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse -- Johan Larsson -- Phil Kessel
Andrew Ladd -- Riley Nash -- Christian Fischer
Antoine Roussel -- Ryan Dzingel -- Loui Eriksson

Kyle Capobianco -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Janis Moser -- Anton Stralman
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin

Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka

Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Alex Galchenyuk
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Carter Hutton (lower body), Barrett Hayton (hand)
COVID-19 protocol: Dysin Mayo

PREGAME NOTES

After a crushing overtime loss to the Avalanche on Wednesday night, the Bruins will look to right the ship against one of the NHL’s cellar-dwellers in the Coyotes. 

The Bruins have won 16 straight games against the ‘Yotes — with their last loss to Arizona coming all the way back on Oct. 9, 2010, a “home” game that was actually held in Prague. 

Linus Ullmark will get the start in net for Boston. Matt Grzelcyk is a game-time decision. 

The ‘Yotes, who actually opened their return from the holiday break with a 4-3-2 start — closed out their recent road trip with three straight losses. 

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