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BOSTON -- Just two NHL teams will be suiting up on Black Friday this year, and they'll be doing so at TD Garden.

The Bruins, winners of four straight, host a New York Rangers team that owns the Eastern Conference's second-best record but is coming off a humbling 5-1 loss Wednesday to the conference-leading Montreal Canadiens.

That loss featured the worst performance of the season by Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who allowed five goals on just 24 Canadiens shots. Regardless, Lundqvist enters Friday's matinee as the league leader in goals against average and save percentage, and he's expected to start opposite Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

New York's roster features a number of players with Boston ties, including Kevin Hayes, the younger brother of Bruins winger Jimmy Hayes. The post-Thanksgiving matchup will the first of the season between the Hayes brothers -- both Dorchester natives and Boston College products -- and their first-ever regular-season meeting at TD Garden.

Here are Friday's projected lines and pairings:

BOSTON BRUINS (12-8-1)
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jimmy Hayes
Matt Beleksey -- David Krejci -- Loui Eriksson
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Spooner -- Brett Connolly
Zac Rinaldo -- Joonas Kemppainen -- Landon Ferraro

Zdeno Chara -- Zach Trotman
Dennis Seidenberg -- Colin Miller
Torey Krug -- Adam McQuaid

Tuukka Rask

NEW YORK RANGERS (16-4-2)
Rick Nash -- Derick Brassard -- Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider -- Derek Stepan -- Kevin Hayes
J.T. Miller -- Oscar Lindberg -- Jesper Fast
Dominic Moore -- Jarret Stoll-- Emerson Etem

Ryan McDonagh -- Dan Girardi
Marc Staal -- Dylan McIlrath
Keith Yandle -- Kevin Klein

Henrik Lundqvist

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