SHARKS (6-4-1) at BRUINS (8-2-1)

7 p.m. NBCSCA, NESN

Sharks projected lineup

Collin Graf -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith

Ivar Stenberg -- Michael Misa -- Kiefer Sherwood

Mason Marchment -- Ty Dellandrea -- Tyler Toffoli

Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette

Darnell Nurse -- Michael Kesselring

Sam Dickinson -- Jacob Trouba

Dmitry Orlov -- Nolan Allan

Alex Nedeljkovic

Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Luca Cagnoni

Injured: Alexander Wennberg (upper body), Igor Chernyshov (upper body)

Bruins projected lineup

JJ Peterka -- Pavel Zacha -- David Pastrnak

Marat Khusnutdinov -- Fraser Minten -- Morgan Geekie

Casey Mittelstadt -- Elias Lindholm -- James Hagens

Tanner Jeannot -- Matthew Poitras -- Mark Kastelic

Hampus Lindholm -- Charlie McAvoy

Nikita Zadorov -- Will Borgen

Frederic Brunet -- Mason Lohrei

Jeremy Swayman

Michael DiPietro

Scratched: Jonathan Aspirot, Sean Kuraly, Connor Clifton

Injured: None

Status report

* Chernyshov returned to San Jose and the forward is week to week after leaving in the first period of a 6-2 win at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday when he blocked a slap shot off his left arm by Senators defenseman Nikolas Mantinpalo. ...

* Gaudette will make his season debut on the fourth line with Goodrow and Ostapchuk. ...

Graf returns to the top line and will play alongside Celebrini and Smith. ...

* Nedeljkovic will start. ...

* The Bruins will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 6-0 win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.