Boston hopes to break the skid

The Bruins enter Saturday with a three-game losing streak and hope to break it in an Original Six matchup.

Head coach Jim Montgomery and captain Brad Marchand understand the issues that plagued Boston early in the season. The main focus will be on staying outside the penalty area to maintain consistency.

Montgomery will try to find that while looking for the best combination off the fourth line. Matthew Poitras joins the Charlie Coyle line with Brad Marchand after his heads-up play in the loss to the Dallas Stars. Pavel Zacha moves back to the Elias Lindholm line and the Bruins have reshuffled their defensive pairings for Saturday. Jeremy Swayman will get the starting shot again.

Puck drop for Saturday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET, and you can catch full coverage an hour before the game on NESN.

Here are the planned lineups and defensive pairings for the Bruins-Maple Leafs duel.

BOSTON BRUINS (3-4-1)
Pavel Zacha – Elias Lindholm – David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand – Charlie Coyle – Matthew Poitras
Trent Frederic – Morgan Geekie – Justin Brazeau
John Beecher – Mark Kastelic – Cole Koepke

Mason Lohrei – Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm – Brandon Carlo
Nikita Zadorov – Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (4-4-0)
Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann – Max Domi – William Nylander
Steven Lorentz – John Tavares – Nicholas Robertson
Max Pacioretty – David Kampf – Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly – Oliver Ekman Larsson
Jake McCabe – Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit – Philippe Myers

Anthony Stolarz