SADLY: Auston Matthews and one other important player will not play for the Leafs in Game 6, and Danton Heinen is out for the Bruins.

Jim Montgomery is largely going back to the Bruins’ lineup that won Games 3 and 4 against the Maple Leafs in Toronto, but an injury will take one middle-six forward out of the equation for Game 6 on Thursday night.

Montgomery ruled out Danton Heinen, listing the forward as “day to day” moving forward. The writing has been on the wall for the past week that Heinen has been hampered by an injury, as the 28-year-old forward has taken a few maintenance days during this first-round series against Toronto.

Heinen only has one assist in this series, but it was the primary helper on Brad Marchand’s game-winning tally in Game 3.

Beyond Heinen’s injury, the Bruins are rolling with a similar grouping as the one that put Toronto on the brink of elimination, with Johnny Beecher back on the fourth line and Kevin Shattenkirk replacing Matt Grzelcyk on the blue line.

Here is Boston’s projected lineup, based on Thursday’s morning skate:

Brad Marchand – Charlie Coyle – Morgan Geekie
Jake DeBrusk – Pavel Zacha – David Pastrnak
James van Riemsdyk – Trent Frederic – Justin Brazeau
Johnny Beecher – Jesper Boqvist – Pat Maroon

Mason Lohrei – Charlie McAvoy
Brandon Carlo – Hampus Lindholm
Parker Wotherspoon – Kevin Shattenkirk

Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark

Brandon Carlo dodged a bullet with the injury bug, as he took a puck up high in the closing minutes of the third period of Game 5. However, the veteran defenseman will be cleared for Thursday night without any restrictions.

Montgomery did not tip his hand as to which goalie will get the nod in net on Thursday night, but Linus Ullmark was on the ice late with other expected scratches like Grzelcyk, Jakub Lauko and others — signaling that Jeremy Swayman will make his fourth straight start in this series.

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