The Bruins have won three straight and are 4-0-3 in their past seven games. Bruins forward David Pastrnak scored his NHL-leading 29th goal and had an assist in a 3-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. He has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) during a seven-game point streak. The Devils are 4-2-1 in their past seven games following a seven-game winless streak (0-6-1).
Players to watch
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has seven points (six goals, one assist) during a four-game point streak. Devils forward Nikita Gusev has five points (two goals, three assists) during a three-game point streak and eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past six games.
They said it
"We're erring on the side of caution a little bit here (with defenseman Torey Krug). He's very close, but would the extra couple days help him? We have to discuss that internally." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on Krug, who will miss his third straight game with an upper-body injury "When you have four lines that can play the way we're playing, it certainly puts teams on their heels." -- Devils forward Miles Wood
The Bruins placed McAvoy on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 23 and recalled defenseman Lauzon from Providence of the American Hockey League on Monday. Krug practiced but won't play. Krejci and Clifton were each injured on Sunday and did not travel. ... Butcher practiced Monday and could return to the lineup after missing the past two games.
Stat pack
Marchand has one goal and six assists during a three-game point streak. Chara will pass Brendan Shanahan (1,524 games played) for 18th place on the NHL all-time list. ... Palmieri has five points (one goal, four assists) during a three-game point streak and eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past seven games. Vatanen has six assists during a four-game point streak. Severson will play his 400th NHL game.
