The Bruins will try to halt their losing streak Monday when they host the Sabres.

Boston will be looking to bounce back after consecutive poor efforts in which it allowed six goals to both the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Such an output is unlikely to come from a Buffalo side that entered Monday with the fourth-fewest points in the entire NHL.

The St. Patrick’s Day showdown will mark the third meeting between the division foes, who currently occupy the last two spots in the Atlantic. The rivals have split the season series, but Buffalo came out on top in the most recent collision Jan. 28.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for Monday’s Sabres-Bruins game:

BRUINS (30-30-8)Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak Cole Koepke — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — Jakub Lauko

John Beecher — Patrick Brown — MarkKastelic

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Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke

Parker Wotherspoon — Ian Mitchell

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SABRES (26-33-6)Jordan Greenway — Tage Thompson — Alex TuchZach Benson — Ryan McLeod — Jason ZuckerBrett Murray — Peyton Krebs — Jack Quinn

Beck Malenstyn — Tyson Kozak — Sam Lafferty

Mattias Samuelsson — Rasmus DahlinBowen Byram — Jacob Bryson

Owen Power — Connor Clifton

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