McQuaid was excused from Monday's game against Carolina for a personal reason.
Bruins (4-0-1) vs. New Jersey Devils (3-0-1)
Puck drop: 7 p.m.
TV: NESN
Radio stream: 98.5 The Sports Hub
This is the first of three meetings between the teams. Boston won't see New Jersey again until April for its final two meetings; home (April 4) and away (April 10).
Last season the Bruins won all four games against the Devils.
Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid participated in off-ice workouts Tuesday morning and will return to the lineup. He was excused from Monday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes because of the loss of his grandmother.
Thoughts to Adam McQuaid & his family on his grandmother's passing (why he missed Monday). Hockey's important, but family comes first...^CS
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) January 29, 2013
Netminder Tuukka Rask should be back between the pipes after having Monday night off.
Anton Khudobin made his season debut and finished with 29 saves in Boston's 5-3 win over the Hurricanes.
Rask is 3-0-1 with a 1.96 goals-against average and .925 save percentage.
The Devils are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday and also haven't dropped a game in regulation.
According to the Devils Twitter feed, Johan Hedberg is expected to make his first start.
Hedberg went 17-7 with a 2.23 GAA and .918 save percentage in 27 games last season for New Jersey.
Probable Bruins lineup
Forwards
Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Tyler Seguin
Chris Bourque-Chris Kelly-Rich Peverley
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton
Defensemen
Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg-Dougie Hamilton
Andrew Ference-Adam McQuaid
Goalies
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khubodin
Healthy scratches: Aaron Johnson, Lane MacDermid
OTHER NOTES: The Bruins are 23 for 23 in penalty-kills this season. They scored two power-play goals against the Hurricanes and one short-handed...Boston has earned points in five straight games for the first time since 1991...The Bruins are 3-0-1 in games they've gotten in at least one fight...Boston moved down to third in NHL.com's latest power rankings released Monday...Hurricanes center Jeff Skinner slew-footed Patrice Bergeron during the closing seconds of Monday's game. Brad Marchand said Skinner does it "all of the time"...Devils forward Adam Henrique is still out of the lineup due to left thumb surgery.
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