The Boston Bruins look to erase a string of three consecutive losses and finish their first Western Conference road trip of the season strong, paying a Sunday night visit to Salt Lake City to clash with the Utah Mammoth.
Marco Sturm made the first major lineup shake-up of his young Bruins coaching tenure ahead of a 4-1 Saturday loss to the 5-0-1 Colorado Avalanche, opting to bring Johnny Beecher in for his season debut while Pavel Zacha joined Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak on the top line.
"Against a team like Colorado, we need the whole package. We spread it out a little bit more (on the lines)," Sturm said, noting Beecher's strong penalty-killing and faceoff ability.
Come Sunday, though, it could be back to the drawing board for Sturm.
Beecher rewarded his new coach with a first-