Fresh off the Bruins’ laboring offense souring again on Tuesday night against the Flyers, Jim Montgomery put his forward corps into a blender during Wednesday’s practice at Warrior Ice Arena.
As part of sweeping changes across all four forward lines, Montgomery splintered the pairing of Elias Lindholm and David Pastrnak, placing them on separate groupings within the top-six unit.
A checking line of Mark Kastelic, Johnny Beecher, and Cole Koepke — a trio that has surprisingly generated most of Boston’s scoring output this year at 5-on-5 play — was also fractured.
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Beecher skated on a reworked top line with Pavel Zacha and Pastrnak, while Kastelic flanked Lindholm on a grouping with Brad Marchand.