Bruins Preview: Bruins @ Sharks; Line Changes; Ullmark

Here’s your Boston Hockey Now Bruins Game Day Preview:

Boston Bruins (2-0-0, 4 pts) @ San Jose Sharks (0-2-1, 1 pts)

TIME: 10:30 p.m. ET

TV: NESN, NBCSCA

Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

Betting Lines:

Money Line: Bruins (-278), Predators (+225)

Puck Line: Bruins -1.5 (-112), Predators +1.5 (-108)

Over/Under: 6

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Bost0n Bruins Notes

-The Boston Bruins are just two games into the season, but head coach Jim Montgomery is already mixing and matching the forward lines as they get set to kick off a four-game roadie against the Sharks in San Jose on Thursday night.

“It’s a small sample size, two games,” Jim Montgomery told reporters on Monday after he flip-flopped center Matthew Poitras and Charlie Coyle on the forward lines.

“We’re going on the road. That factors into it a little bit on why. But I haven’t seen a lot of offensive 5-on-5 generation. Again, small sample size. I just think — I trust my eye behind the bench, and then follow it up, and I see it on video, I just want to try something else to get a spark.”

-Linus Ullmark will make his second start of the season eight days after he made his first. Ullmark made 20 saves on 21 shots in a 3-1 season-opening win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 11

San Jose Sharks Notes

-The San Jose Sharks are off to a rough start at 0-2-1 and are allowing 42 shots per game.

– The Sharks are still missing captain Logan Couture who began the season on injured reserve with a lower-body injury.

-Goalie Kaapo Kahkenen will start his second game of the season. He allowed four goals on 32 shots in a season-opening 4-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct. 12.

Boston Bruins Lineup

Forwards

Jake DeBrusk-Pavel Zacha-David Pastrnak

Brad Marchand-Matt Poitras-Morgan Geekie

James van Riemsdyk-Charlie Coyle-Trent Frederic

Milan Lucic-John Beecher-Jakub Lauko

Extra: Patrick Brown, Danton Heinen

Defensemen

Matt Grzelcyk-Charlie McAvoy

Hampus Lindholm-Brandon Carlo

Derek Forbort-Kevin Shattenkirk

Extra: Ian Mitchell

Goalies

Linus Ullmark

Jeremy Swayman

San Jose Sharks Lineup

Forwards

Alexander Barabanov – Tomas Hertl – Anthony Duclair

Filip Zadina – Thomas Bordeleau – Kevin Labanc

Mike Hoffman – Luke Kunin – William Eklund

Givani Smith – Nico Sturm – Fabian Zetterlund

Defense

Mario Ferraro – Kyle Burroughs

Nikolai Knyzhov – Jan Rutta

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Matt Benning

Goalies

Kaapo Kahkonen

Mackenzie Blackwood

Officials

Referees: Steve Kozari, Chris Schlenker

Linesmen: James Tobias, Caleb Aperson