Shesterkin will start Friday's game in Boston, Vince Z. Mercogliano of USA Today Sports reports.

Shesterkin will get the nod for a rare Friday matinee coming out of the league's day off for Thanksgiving. He's in the early Vezina Trophy conversation with a 10-3-2 record, 2.24 GAA and .932 save percentage, and the 25-year-old Russian will look to bolster his claim with a strong showing against a hot Bruins team that comes in having won four of its last five games.