With the rest of the lineup becoming deeper as injured players return to the lineup, Boston Bruins coach Jim Montgomery is starting to rely on his three best forwards to drive the Bruins top line together.

BRIGHTON, Mass. – For the first time in a while, the Boston Bruins are nearly back to full-strength.

Linus Ullmark (lower body), Matt Poitras (upper body), Brandon Carlo (upper body) and Derek Forbort (lower body) were all full participants in Bruins practice on Wednesday. Trent Frederic left practice early, but just as a precaution.

As such, it’s possible all but Forbort will be back in the fold on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche, giving coach Jim Montgomery more options for the lineup than he’s had since the beginning of the season.

“It’s kind of vague, but it’s the steps they take,” Montgomery said on Wednesday. “It’s not like they have a good practice today, like we gotta see how they feel tomorrow.”

The Bruins will have six games over the next 10 days, so there’s bound to be plenty of movement in and out of the lineup towards the bottom, but it seems like the current top line could be in place for the foreseeable future.

Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak have spent plenty of time on opposite wings both this season and in the past, and Charlie Coyle has centered lines with Marchand a lot this season, but the combination of all three – arguably Boston’s best three forwards this season – has spent a total of just 37:27 together at 5-on-5 this season.

The trio played 9:46 together at 5-on-5 in Boston’s 3-0 win against the New Jersey Devils on Monday, getting outshot 8-5 but contributing a goal and out-chancing the opposition 10-6, according to Natural Stat Trick.

Pastrnak said the chemistry Coyle has developed with Marchand makes it easier for him to jump in with the two of them on a line, but he knows it isn’t a finished product.

“We communicate and we still have much to improve, but the last couple games it was good,” Pastrnak said on Monday. “He’s [an] unbelievable player. He [has] great skills. He stepped up in a big role and he’s been a big part of our team.”

Montgomery said he likes what he’s seen with Coyle in the middle of the two star wingers. He believes Coyle’s growing trust in his own offensive game – shooting more in situations where previously he might have passed – is key to his success between Marchand and Pastrnak.

“Charlie’s in a real good place right now in the middle of the season,” Montgomery said on Wednesday. “He’s a real confident player in what he is and who he is and how he gets there, and it doesn’t matter who’s with him. He just keeps playing the same way.”

After scoring 16 goals in 82 games each of the past two seasons, Coyle is at 15 through 43 games. He’s on pace to smash his career high of 21, which came in 2015-16 with the Minnesota Wild. In that season, he was moving around the lineup, and he said he faced constant uncertainty about his spot on the depth chart. Now, he has a consistent role and has made the most of it with the team needing a productive replacement for Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci down the middle.

“I’m just trying to play the right way, honestly,” Coyle said after Monday’s win against New Jersey. “I’m not worried about my goal total and I want to contribute more, yeah of course I do. But I want to be playing the right way and do that.”