The Bruins announced their initial opening night roster on Monday afternoon. It includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen and two goalies.
Curtis Lazar, one of the 14 forwards, will start the season on injured reserve due to an upper-body injury that has him listed as "week-to-week," which gets the Bruins down to the 23-man maximum.
The most notable takeaway is that Jack Studnicka is not on the roster and will start the season in Providence. That is not surprising, but Studnicka's impressive training camp and preseason certainly put him in the discussion to make the team out of the gate.
Karson Kuhlman is expected to start the season as the fourth-line right wing with Lazar out. Interestingly, Anton Blidh made the team as the extra forward for now, while Chris Wagner did not after clearing waivers over the weekend. Wagner will be heading to Providence.
John Moore, who also cleared waivers over the weekend, is on the initial roster, as the Bruins have chosen to stick with eight defensemen to start.
Here is the full roster:
Forwards: Patrice Bergeron, Anton Blidh, Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk, Nick Foligno, Trent Frederic, Taylor Hall, Erik Haula, Karson Kuhlman, Curtis Lazar*, Brad Marchand, Tomas Nosek, David Pastrnak and Craig Smith
Defenseman: Brandon Carlo, Connor Clifton, Derek Forbort, Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy, John Moore, Mike Reilly and Jakub Zboril
Goaltenders: Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman
*Injured Reserve
And here is how we would expect the opening night lineup to look:
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall - Charlie Coyle - Craig Smith
Jake DeBrusk - Erik Haula - Nick Foligno
Trent Frederic - Tomas Nosek - Karson Kuhlman
Derek Forbort - Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly - Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk - Connor Clifton
Bruce Cassidy has not yet announced which goalie will start opening night, which is this Saturday at TD Garden against the Stars.