Coyotes at Bruins preview

COYOTES (7-18-5) at BRUINS (12-9-4)
7 p.m. ET ; NESN , FS-A , NHL.TV

Boston has won six of its past eight games but is coming off a 5-3 loss at the Nashville Predators on Monday.
The Coyotes, who will play the second of four straight road games, are 5-3-2 in their past 10 games, including a 3-2 overtime loss at the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.

Players to watch

Coyotes center Derek Stepan has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games, and one goal in each of his past two. He's tied with defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson for second on the Coyotes with 18 points (five goals, 13 assists).
Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has two goals and two assists during a three-game point streak. He leads all NHL players in average 5-on-5 ice time (20:43).

They said it

"We haven't had that this year, so it's kind of nice to have that. I thought we had a couple really good practices. We had to work on some detail stuff in our game. And you need reps, these young guys need reps, and we accomplished that." -- Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet on his team having three days off between games
"Just bring my energy, my speed and do anything I can to help the team win. It's going to be fun to get back in the mix. I'm just looking forward to it and just want to help the team in any way I can." -- Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk, who will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury

Coyotes projected lineup

Clayton Keller -- Derek Stepan -- Tobias Rieder
Max Domi -- Christian Dvorak -- Christian Fischer
Brendan Perlini -- Dylan Strome -- Anthony Duclair
Jordan Martinook -- Brad Richardson -- Zac Rinaldo
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Kyle Capobianco -- Luke Schenn
Scott Wedgewood
Antti Raanta
Scratched:Nick Cousins, Kevin Connauton
Injured:Antti Raanta (upper body), Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Anders Bjork
Danton Heinen -- Riley Nash -- David Backes
Tim Schaller -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Frank Vatrano, Matt Beleskey, Paul Postma
Injured:Adam McQuaid (broken fibula), Peter Cehlarik (lower body), Ryan Spooner (lower body)

Status report

Wedgewood is expected to make his seventh straight start. Capobianco will make his NHL debut. ... DeBrusk replaces Spooner, who sat out practice Wednesday.

Stat pack

The Coyotes' last win in Boston was 2-1 on March 5, 2009. ... Pastrnak has seven points (four goals, three assists) during a six-game point streak.