Blue Jackets at Bruins preview

BLUE JACKETS (20-12-1) at BRUINS (15-10-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, NESN, FS-O, NHL.TV

Pastrnak, who has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) during the streak, had an assist in a 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday to tie Tampa Bay Lightning forwards Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos for the longest point streak in the League this season.
The Bruins, who are 9-3-1 in their past 13 games, hope to bounce back after losing their past two (0-1-1).
The Blue Jackets aim for a split of their two-game road trip after losing 2-1 at the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Columbus is 4-4-0 in December.

Players to watch

Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin has 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in his past eight games. He leads Columbus with 28 points (seven goals, 21 assists).
Bruins forward Brad Marchand is on an NHL career-best eight-game point streak (five goals, seven assists). He's second on Boston with 27 points (13 goals, 14 assists), three behind Pastrnak.

They said it

"You try to find your spots, and I think that's been an issue before that I couldn't really find how to get involved. The last couple games, we changed a couple things and I had a different mindset." -- Blue Jackets forward Alex Wennberg, who has three points (goal, two assists) in his past two games
"Pucks are finding him, he's contributing. I like what David brings, he's dynamic, he's going to do good things every night. He's going to have some turnovers that you're going to want him to make better decisions. That's part of the growth process. I think with [Patrice Bergeron's] line he's doing the job defensively, so I like his game." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on David Pastrnak

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Josh Anderson
Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Alexander Wennberg -- Cam Atkinson
Sonny Milano -- Boone Jenner -- Nick Foligno
Matt Calvert -- Lukas Sedlak -- Tyler Motte
Zach Werenski -- Seth Jones
Jack Johnson -- Markus Nutivaara
Scott Harrington -- David Savard
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Markus Hannikainen
Injured:Ryan Murray (upper body), Brandon Dubinsky (fractured orbital bone)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Ryan Spooner
Danton Heinen -- Riley Nash -- David Backes
Tim Schaller -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Brandon Carlo -- Torey Krug
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Paul Postma, Frank Vatrano
Injured: Peter Cehlarik (lower body), Adam McQuaid (fractured fibula)

Status report

The Blue Jackets did not hold a morning skate. ... McQuaid has been upgraded to day to day but will miss his 24th straight game.

Stat pack

The Blue Jackets are 4-for-54 (7.4 percent) on the power play in their past 20 games and last in the League (9.7 percent). ... Rask has earned the Bruins a point in each of his past six starts (5-0-1).