David Pastrnak day-to-day with injury as Bruins lineup takes another hit

"I gave them the day off yesterday," Sturm said of his banged-up roster."

"[Pastrnak and Zacha's injuries] came up today, and so we have to wait till tomorrow [for more updates]."

"It's very easy, because we've done it before," Sturm said. "I just told the group, I'm not worried at all, because I've done it. We've done it as a group before with a lot o"

Casey Mittelstadt returns to the Boston lineup after missing nine games with a lower-body injury and without practicing. David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha will not play and are listed day-to-day with injuries. Georgii Merkulov was promoted from Providence and Riley Tufte also drew into the lineup. Matej Blumel was placed on long-term injured reserve after suffering a lower-body injury during the road win over the Islanders. Charlie McAvoy and Viktor Arvidsson remain on injured reserve, leaving Boston without several top scorers. Pastrnak leads the team with 11 goals and 29 points in 25 games. The team remains optimistic about competing despite the absences.

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