WILMINGTON -- It's tough to tell whether Claude Julien will stick with the revamped lines that sparked enough offense to deliver the B's a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Canadiens Wednesday, as the team did not hold a full practice Thursday. By the sounds of things, however, it would appear that Julien may be more inclined to stick with how the B's looked entering the game. 

After two scoreless periods Wednesday, Julien switched right wings Nathan Horton and Tyler Seguin. Horton jumped down to Patrice Bergeron's line with Gregory Campbell, while Seguin skated with David Krejci and Milan Lucic. The switch yielded a pair of goals from the Krejci line in its first two shifts, while Horton, whose game-tying goal against the Hurricanes last Monday was assisted by Campbell, saw a scoring opportunity in his first shift. 

The move worked for a period and finally got Seguin his first real goal of the season, but the thinking here is that it would be pretty rash to break up the Lucic-Krejci-Horton trio, which Julien admitted has been the team's best line. 

“Last night, it's not that they were bad, it's just that it wasn’t generating much and neither was the other line, so we made that kind of a switch,” Julien said of Krejci’s line. “It's something that I have to think about for sure. Do I try a little longer or do I go back to our regular lines? If the same thing happens, at least I know I can switch again.”

Then there's the potential defensive risk the B's would take by taking Seguin off Bergeron's line. The trio of Lucic, Krejci and Seguin skated together for a few games last season after Horton went down with a concussion. While they were able to score quite a bit, they allowed more goals than they put in. Julien downplayed that a bit Thursday when asked, acknowledging that all three players are better defensively right now than they were a year ago. 

"I don't think Looch, first of all, was as good as he is this year last year. Neither was David, and that line wasn't the same once Horts went down," Julien said. "You've got a young Tyler Seguin who's scoring goals, but we like the fact that we play a good two-way game. We weren't necessarily getting that out of that line all the time. 

"Yesterday was just a reaction thing on my part. I was trying to create more offensive scoring chances. I think both guys -- even though Tyler scored on his first shift, Nathan had a great chance on his first shift with the other line. It was just a bit of a spark. Sometimes that's what you need, and it's nice to know that you can move some guys around and there's still some good things happening out there."

Despite the fact that Seguin, one of the most gifted goal-scorers in the league, received the two most comical Selke votes in the history of the Selke last season (when told about it this summer, he himself laughed and said, “Can you tell Claude that?”), the 21-year-old is still working to become a better two-way player. He’s definitely made strides from where he was even a season ago, and though he’ll never be a Patrice Bergeron, he feels that his two-way play has improved enough to make a potential Lucic-Krejci-Seguin line different than the one that was prone to allow goals last year. 

“I definitely think I’ve improved my two-way game,” Seguin said. “Obviously, playing with a guy like Bergy teaches me so much. Whether that puts me with [Krejci’s] line or I stay on Bergy’s line, I’m not thinking about it too much.”

Lucic and Horton have made no secret of how much they enjoy playing with one another. Their similar styles as skilled power forwards seem to keep them motivated, but having Seguin on the opposite wing obviously makes the Krejci line faster. 

"Regardless of if it's Nathan or Tyler, they're both really, really good hockey players," Lucic. "For myself, I feel fortunate that I get an opportunity to play with either one of them. Obviously with us having depth in our lineup, we have the flexibility to move guys up and down and try different combinations." 

A lot of it also depends on the health of Brad Marchand. Usually the left wing on the second line, Marchand has missed Wednesday's game with what appears to be a shoulder injury. Campbell played very well in his place against the Canadiens, but figures to return to the fourth line when Marchand, who did not skate Thursday, returns. 

Julien, who is known for being rather patient when it comes to shaking up or not shaking up his lines, admitted Thursday that he will be quicker to make adjustments in the shortened season with games meaning more. Though such adjustments worked Wednesday, the B's and Julien would be smart to follow the if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it line of thinking.