Bruins at Red Wings preview

BRUINS (14-9-4) at RED WINGS (11-13-6)
8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NHL.TV

Goaltender Tuukka Rask will attempt to win his fifth straight start for the Bruins, 8-2-0 in their past 10 games. Rask has allowed five goals in his past five games (four starts), with one shutout.
The Red Wings will try to avoid their third straight loss and 10th defeat in 11 games; they are 1-5-4 in their past 10 games.

Players to watch

Bruins forward Brad Marchand has eight points (five goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak since returning from an undisclosed injury. Marchand has 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) in 19 games this season.
Red Wings center Henrik Zetterberg ended a career-worst 22-game streak without a goal when he scored in the first period of a 2-1 overtime loss against the Florida Panthers on Monday.

They said it

"Detroit's been better lately than their record would indicate, and they have a lot of speed. We have got to stay focused and keep the puck so that we are attacking them instead of letting them attack us." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy
"We've done some good things in our last couple games, and we know we have to keep playing our style of hockey, but we can't make the [Stanley Cup] playoffs if we don't start getting two points in a lot more games." -- Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha

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 -- Paul Postma
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: Matt Beleskey, Kevan Miller, Frank Vatrano
Injured: Adam McQuaid (broken fibula), Peter Cehlarik (lower body), Ryan Spooner (lower body)

Red Wings projected lineup

Anthony Mantha -- Dylan Larkin -- Tomas Tatar
Justin Abdelkader -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Gustav Nyquist
Luke Glendening -- Frans Nielsen -- Darren Helm
Martin Frk -- Andreas Athanasiou
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Luke Witkowski
Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Xavier Ouellet, David Booth
Injured:None

Status report

Khudobin is scheduled to start against the Washington Capitals on Thursday. … Miller will miss the game after the birth of his child. He is expected to return Thursday. … The Red Wings sent forward Tyler Bertuzzi to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. Detroit could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

Stat pack

Pastrnak has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in an eight-game point streak. … Mantha has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past 11 games after having 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his previous eight. … Abdelkader has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past eight games after having seven points (two goals, five assists) in his previous four.