Bruins won't have McAvoy, Lindholm for Game 5 vs. Hurricanes

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said his team will again be without defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm for Tuesday night's Game 5 of its first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes.

McAvoy was a late scratch for Sunday's Game 4 win because of COVID-19 protocols. Lindholm hasn't played since being leveled on a jarring shoulder-to-chest hit from Carolina's Andrei Svechnikov in the Game 2 loss. Cassidy said Lindholm didn't travel to North Carolina for Game 5.

McAvoy and Lindholm worked together as Boston's top defensive pairing in Game 1 before Cassidy juggled the lineup for Game 2, moving Matt Grzelcyk up to play alongside McAvoy and putting Lindholm alongside Brandon Carlo.

Both teams are unbeaten on home ice in a series tied at 2-2.

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