The Bruins have completed their third day of on-ice sessions at TD Garden. The most significant wrinkle took place in the second session during power-play drills.

Zdeno Chara, usually a staple at the point in one-up situations, was stationed in front of the net. Torey Krug and David Krejci manned the blue line. Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla were the other forwards down low.

“We’re tinkering with that,” Claude Julien said. “We’re going to have a look at that. We have some guys that we feel can shoot the puck from the back-end. Z is probably one of our best guys at screening with his big body. We’ve known that for a long time. It was probably what we feel like we didn’t have for the back-end. It’s something we’re experimenting with.”


Chara was on the ice for the tying goal in Game 7 against Toronto as the net-front presence during six-on-five play. There are no goalies who can peer over Chara. There are few defensemen strong enough to remove Chara from in front of the net.

Krug, Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, Dougie Hamilton, Johnny Boychuk, and Dennis Seidenberg are among the point options.

* Matt Bartkowski was active throughout the session. Bartkowski leveled Craig Cunningham when he stepped up to support the puck. Bartkowski was strong and quick today.

* Former Dallas teammates Reilly Smith and Mark Fraser are battling each other for a third-line spot. Julien describes Fraser as a high-end offensive player. Julien said Smith is a grittier forward.

* The Bruins will practice on Sunday at the Garden starting at 10 a.m. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Today’s Group A lineup:

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Loui Eriksson

Jordan Caron-Chris Kelly-Reilly Smith

Justin Florek-Alexander Khokhlachev-Jared Knight

Matt Lindblad-Carter Camper-Seth Griffith

Jack Downing-Scott Campbell-Bobby Robins

Dennis Seidenberg-Dougie Hamilton

David Warsofsky-Johnny Boychuk

Joe Morrow-Chris Casto

Mike Moore-Steven Spinell

Tuukka Rask

Niklas Svedberg

Group B lineup:

Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Jarome Iginla

Matt Fraser-Carl Soderberg-Craig Cunningham

Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton

Anthony Camara-Ryan Spooner-Nick Johnson

Rob Flick-Alex Fallstrom-Tyler Randell


Zdeno Chara-Zach Trotman

Torey Krug-Adam McQuaid

Matt Bartkowski-Kevan Miller

Tommy Cross-Ben Youds

Chad Johnson

Adam Morrison

Malcolm Subban