Stars at Bruins preview

STARS (24-17-3) at BRUINS (24-10-7)
1 p.m. ET; NESN, FS-SW, SN, NHL.TV

The Bruins, who are 9-0-3 in their past 12 games after defeating the Montreal Canadiens, 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, haven't lost in regulation since a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Dec. 14. It's the Bruins' longest point streak since they went 15-0-1 in March 2014. Boston has one regulation loss in its past 16 games (12-1-3).
The Stars begin a four-game road trip looking for their third win in four games following a 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Dallas is 6-3-0 in its past nine.

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Players to watch

Stars defenseman John Klingberg has a six-point point streak with nine points (two goals, seven assists) in that span.
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has nine points (six goals, three assists) during a five-game point streak.

They said it

"I don't really care road or home right now. I don't think it's relevant to the players. Look, this is one of the best teams in the League right now we're playing, so our game is going to have to be at the top of the heap to be competitive. So I want to see what our competitive level against a really, really good hockey club looks like." -- Stars coach Ken Hitchcock
"I think you learn about your team along the way. You have each other's back. Most of the time teams have these good runs, people are picking each other up, very rarely it's one guy that's carried the team for stretches of three or four weeks. Usually it's a team effort. You learn that guys are tight-knit."-- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Alexander Radulov
Antoine Roussel -- Radek Faksa -- Tyler Pitlick
Mattias Janmark -- Martin Hanzal -- Devin Shore
Remi Elie -- Jason Spezza -- Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Dan Hamhuis -- Greg Pateryn
Stephen Johns --
Julius Honka
Kari Lehtonen
Ben Bishop
Scratched:Dillon Heatherington, Gemel Smith
Injured: Marc Methot (knee)

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
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk
-- Kevan Miller
Anton Khudobin
Tuukka Rask
Scratched:Frank Vatrano, Paul Postma
Injured:Adam McQuaid (broken fibula)

Status report

With Lehtonen starting, Bishop will start at the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. ... Khudobin, who is 2-0-1 in his past three starts, will play for the first time in three games.

Stat pack

Radulov has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past three games. ... Marchand has nine points (three goals, six assists) during a four-game point streak. The Bruins have outscored their opponents 25-11 in their past five games.