Blackhawks at Bruins preview

BLACKHAWKS (10-12-5) at BRUINS (20-3-5)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SNE, SNO, SNP, NESN, NBCSCH, NHL.TV

The Bruins, who have outscored opponents 31-12 during their winning streak, are 9-0-3 in their past 12 games. Boston is the only NHL team without a regulation home loss this season (12-0-4).
The Blackhawks will try to avoid losing their fourth straight game in regulation, which would be their longest losing streak of the season. They have been outscored 16-5 during their past three games.

Players to watch

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) in his past 16 games.
Bruins forward David Pastrnak has 12 points (nine goals, three assists) in his past nine games. He leads the League with 25 goals.

They said it

"They do a lot of things well. It's going to test us. We need to perform well. I think it comes down to, for us, our habits, especially on the road. You need to have a good base, stop and start, manage the puck, find a way to create zone time for yourself, stay out of the box."-- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton
"A lot of the same that we've seen in the past, a talented group up front, pretty deep. A lot of skill. On the back end, they move pretty well. … We'll see. It will be a tough test for us defensively. We always get excited about that. It will be fun. -- Bruins defenseman Torey Krug on the Blackhawks

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- Alex Nylander
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Zack Smith -- Kirby Dach -- Anton Wedin
Dominik Kubalik -- Ryan Carpenter -- David Kampf
Olli Maatta -- Connor Murphy
Calvin de Haan -- Brent Seabrook
Erik Gustafsson -- Slater Koekkoek
Robin Lehner
Corey Crawford
Scratched:None
Injured:Duncan Keith (groin), Drake Caggiula (concussion), Andrew Shaw (undisclosed)

Bruins projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand -- Charlie Coyle -- Danton Heinen
Anders Bjork -- Sean Kuraly -- Chris Wagner
Joakim Nordstrom -- Par Lindholm -- David Backes
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
John Moore -- Matt Grzelcyk
Tuukka Rask
Scratched:Steven Kampfer, Connor Clifton, Brett Ritchie
Injured: Patrice Bergeron (lower body), Karson Kuhlman (fractured tibia), Kevan Miller (knee), Zach Senyshyn (lower body)

Status report

The Blackhawks and Bruins each held an optional morning skate. … Strome returns after missing four games with a concussion. … Lehner returns after missing one game because of illness. .… Moore returns after missing Boston's first 28 games while recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. He replaces Clifton.

Stat pack

Gustafsson and de Haan each needs one point for 100 in his NHL career. Chara will tie Steve Yzerman for 20th on the NHL games played list (1,514). … Rask is 6-0-0 with a 1.82 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in his past six starts.