Bruins Confirmed Lineup For Saturday Night Showdown Against Wild

The Boston Bruins (13-5-1) host the Minnesota Wild (14-3-4) inside TD Garden on Saturday night for a game between two of the best teams in the NHL to start this season.

The Bruins come off a self-declared unacceptable loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday, a game where Montreal chased Jeremy Swayman midway through the second and led 5-0 before it finished at 5-2.

The loss saw Boston drop from first to third in the Atlantic Division with the season rapidly approaching the end of its first quarter.

The Bruins are safely in a playoff spot as it stands, but could tumble outside the Atlantic Division's top three with another loss, couple with an Ottawa Senators win.

The Bruins are only making one lineup change, with Mason Lohrei falling out after a rough game Thursday.

Connor Clifton checks back into the lineup for his first game since before Halloween, on October 29 against the St. Louis Blues.

Swayman gets the start as he looks for a bounce back.

Confirmed Bruins Lineup:

Forwards:

JJ Peterka - Pavel Zacha - David Pastrnak

Mikey Eyssimont - Fraser Minten - Morgan Geekie

Casey Mittelstadt - Elias Lindholm - Marat Khusnutdinov

Tanner Jeannot - Matthew Poitras - Mark Kastelic

Defense:

Hampus Lindholm - Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov - Will Borgen

Frederic Brunet - Mason Lohrei

Starting Goalie:

Jeremy Swayman