Bruins at Blues preview

BRUINS (36-17-8) at BLUES (32-23-5)
4 p.m. ET; NHLN, FS-MW, NESN, NHL.TV

The streak is Boston's longest since winning 12 in a row March 2-22, 2014.
Boston, which is four points ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs for second place in the Atlantic Division, has points in 12 straight games (9-0-3).
Forward Charlie Coyle will make his debut after he was traded to the Bruins by the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday for forward Ryan Donato and a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
The Blues had their team-record 11-game winning streak end in a 5-2 loss at the Dallas Stars on Thursday.
St. Louis, which is four points ahead of the Stars for third place in the Central Division, has won five in a row at home and is 17-5-1 since Jan. 3.

Players to watch

Bruins forward Brad Marchand has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) the past nine games, and 24 points (eight goals, 16 assists) the past 16 games.
Blues forward Jaden Schwartz has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past seven games and needs one point for 300 in the NHL.

They said it

"It's been really good to get to know everyone a little bit and start to create some chemistry while we can here with a quick turnaround playing tomorrow." -- Bruins forward Charlie Coyle after his first practice
"The streak's over. We have to prepare for the next one. It's going to be a tough one against Boston." -- Blues forward Ryan O'Reilly

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Danton Heinen
Karson Kuhlman -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Joakim Nordstrom -- Charlie Coyle -- David Backes
Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari -- Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:John Moore, Steven Kampfer, Peter Cehlarik
Injured:David Pastrnak (thumb)

Blues projected lineup

Jaden Schwartz -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Robert Thomas -- Tyler Bozak -- Alexander Steen
Zach Sanford -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Pat Maroon
Mackenzie MacEachern -- Ivan Barbashev -- Robby Fabbri
Joel Edmundson -- Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester -- Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched:Chris Butler, Sammy Blais
Injured:Brayden Schenn (upper body), Carl Gunnarsson (upper body), David Perron (upper body)

Status report

Cehlarik was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Thursday after missing two games with a lower-body injury; he will be a game time decision and will replace Nordstrom if he plays. ... With back-to-back games Saturday and Sunday (at the Minnesota Wild), Allen is expected to get one of the starts. ... The Blues had a day off Friday and it's unclear if Schenn will be available.

Stat pack

Rask is 12-0-2 with a 2.14 goals-against average, .927 save percentage and two shutouts the past 15 games. ... Krejci has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in a five-game point streak. ... DeBrusk has a five-game goal streak and 10 points during in the run. ... Tarasenko has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) the past 14 games and points in 13 of 14. ... O'Reilly has goals in three straight games, and 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) the past 17 games.