After two days of practice and adjusting to life wearing a taped-up pinky finger, Torey Krug may be ready to return to the lineup.

BOSTON — After two days of practice and adjusting to life wearing a taped-up pinky finger, Torey Krug may be ready to return to the lineup.

The defenseman practiced Sunday morning at TD Garden and pushed himself a little more than he had Friday, his first practice since breaking his left pinky finger Oct. 28. Coach Claude Julien said a decision on Krug's status will be made Monday before the Bruins face the Devils.

“I've been shooting a lot better,” Krug said. “I don't know, I've got to ask Tuukka [Rask] if I can shoot a little bit harder than I have been. It's getting better every day. You get more comfortable taking slap shots and everything. That's just how it goes. So it's feeling better.”

Krug had 30 stitches put into the finger, which had the tip hanging off after he was slashed by the Wild's Zach Parise. It's the first major injury Krug has had as a professional.

Krug admitted there will be some pain tolerance he'll have to endure when he returns.

“It's never going to feel perfect — well, eventually, but not right now,” he said. “Then obviously it's just getting comfortable with the glove and making sure I can do everything without thinking about it. That's kind of where I'm at.”

The Bruins have missed Krug's puck-moving ability. They're 4-0-0 without him, but have struggled to get the puck out of their own zone in the last week-plus, which has stagnated their offense. Krug's vision and ability to push the pace will be greatly appreciated.

Krug has two goals and four assists in 11 games and is averaging 20:28 of ice time per game. Three of this six points have come on the power play.

On Monday morning, Krug will meet with the trainers to discuss his status. He could make his return Monday night after nearly being sidelined for nearly two weeks.

“It definitely could be [realistic to return Monday],” Krug said. “We've got to talk about it, make sure it's something I feel comfortable with, coaches feel comfortable. It's going to be a group decision.”

- David Krejci did not practice Sunday. He also missed practice Friday and hasn't skated since Thursday's win over the Oilers.

Krejci is considered day to day and is dealing with the pain of a lower-body injury that's been affecting him for over a month.

It's unclear if Krejci, who has missed two of the last three games, will play Monday against the Devils. If not, Chris Kelly will move up to center Milan Lucic and Seth Griffith, and Simon Gagne will re-enter the lineup.

- If Krug can't play, Matt Bartkowski would likely have to slot back into the lineup. David Warsofsky is out indefinitely with an undisclosed ailment.

Numerous mistakes and wobbly confidence pushed Bartkowski out of the lineup two weeks ago. He's been a healthy scratch the past four games.

Bartkowski is a minus-4 in five games played this season and has been on the ice for six goals against.

“We just know he's good enough when he's on top of his game to be a good player for us,” Julien said. “He dug himself a hole and now he's got to dig himself out of it. It starts in practice.”

Bartkowski was banished to the press box nearly two weeks ago after repeated sloppy play in his own end. Bartkowski’s mistakes had added up, and Julien saw a player who had lost his confidence and become itchy with the puck.

Since then, all Bartkowski has done is practice, ride the bike and worn a suit as his teammates have gone undefeated. Can he have regained his confidence in that span?

“Well it's two ways to look at it,” Julien said. “You can go there and mope and not make yourself better, or you can do what Matt Fraser did — watch and learn and then when you get your chance, take advantage of it. It doesn't matter. A player should always want to play. He should be anxious to get the call and when he's called upon he should be ready to go.

“You only get so many chances, right? If you keep failing, you keep going back in the press box. These guys are professionals. They're paid to do this job and they've got to do it the professional way.”

- With Warsofsky unavailable, Zach Trotman got power-play time in practice. Trotman played the left point on the first unit opposite Krug.

Trotman has a hard shot and played the power play in Providence in previous seasons.

“Trotman's a guy that's always gotten his shot through in the past,” Julien said. “He's been a good shooter. Warsofsky was another one that was pretty decent there on the power play.”

The unit features Griffith by the left circle as a right-hand shooter. That makes two rookies on one power play. That unit hasn't scored a power-play goal since Brad Marchand on Oct. 21, before injuries forced personnel changes.

“They're young, so you've got to take some of the inexperience into consideration when you put them out there and understand it may not be as good as if it was a bunch of veterans,” Julien said. “They're still good enough to be out there.”

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