The Boston Bruins will be making some lineup changes on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Boston is set to host the Vancouver Canucks at 7 p.m. ET, and Alex Steeves will be a scratch, while \u200bJeffrey Viel will return to the lineup. Following morning skate on Saturday, Bruins head coach Marco Sturm explained the decision to change the forward lines, which included Marat Khusnutdinov being on the top line.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, Steeves is out of the lineup, so we had to make a little bit of an adjustment,\u201d Sturm said<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n \u201cWe just went back with Kuzy on the first line just to give them a little bit more jump. Make those other lines more even.\u201d<\/p>\n Viel will also draw back in the lineup. It\u2019s his first game since Nov. 29, and Sturm knows it\u2019s been a difficult stretch for him not being in the lineup.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cI know it\u2019s a hard job, it\u2019s not easy,\u201d Sturm added. \u201cOne of the reasons why he\u2019s still around is because of that. He\u2019s a very good professional. He\u2019s been there before. Does he like it? No. But he\u2019s trying to stay ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n