Bruins at Stars preview

BRUINS (10-6-2) at STARS (9-7-2)
8 p.m. ET; SNE, SNW, SNP, TVAS, FS-SW, NESN, NHL.TV

Rask, who missed three games, last played on Nov. 8 when he allowed three goals on 14 shots in relief of Jaroslav Halak in an 8-5 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Rask is 4-4-0 this season with a 3.05 goals-against average and .901 save percentage.
Defensemen Jakub Zboril and Connor Clifton each will make his NHL debut for Boston, which will play without Zdeno Chara (leg) and John Moore (lower body). Chara was sent home to Boston for further evaluation; Moore is day to day. The Bruins are 4-4-0 in their past eight games after beginning the season 6-2-2.
Defenseman
Gavin Bayreuther
will make his NHL debut for the Stars, who are 1-2-2 in their past five games after going 5-1-0 in their previous six games.

Players to watch

Bruins forward David Pastrnak, who leads the NHL with 17 goals, has eight points (five goals, three assists) in a three-game goal and multipoint streak.
Stars center Tyler Seguin has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games.

They said it

"The forward group is healthy. They're going to have to make sure their coverage is rock solid. … There was a conversation on that. I don't usually go down that road, but this is a special circumstance." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy
"I think the most special part about it is the people that kind of showed me love last night were telling me that for once they're not going to be Bruins fans." -- Stars defenseman Gavin Bayreuther, from Canaan, New Hampshire, on playing his first NHL game on Friday

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Joakim Nordstrom -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Danton Heinen -- Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson -- Anders Bjork
Noel Acciari -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Torey Krug -- Connor Clifton
Matt Grzelcyk -- Jeremy Lauzon
Jakub Zboril -- Steven Kampfer
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Chris Wagner
Injured:Zdeno Chara (lower body), John Moore (lower body), Brandon Carlo (upper body), Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Kevan Miller (hand), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion)

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Mattias Janmark -- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Blake Comeau -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Gemel Smith -- Jason Dickinson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Esa Lindell -- Julius Honka
Miro Heiskanen -- Roman Polak
Joel Hanley -- Gavin Bayreuther
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: None
Injured:Devin Shore (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Connor Carrick (foot), Stephen Johns (upper body), Martin Hanzal (back)

Status report

Klingberg, injured Nov. 8, is expected to miss a total of five weeks, Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. Dallas initially said Klingberg would miss at least four weeks. … Miller and Carlo each could return Wednesday, when the Bruins visit the Detroit Red Wings.

Stat pack

Boston has the second-best power play in the NHL at 31.7 percent (20-for-63) and the 30th-ranked road penalty kill at 65.6 percent (11-for-32). … Spezza is one point from 900 in his NHL career.