Stars at Bruins preview

STARS (37-20-6) at BRUINS (39-13-12)
7:30 p.m. ET ; NBCSN, SNO, SNE, SN360 , NHL.TV

Kase, a forward who was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks in a trade on Feb. 21, missed his first three games with the Bruins and hasn't played since Feb. 7 because of an upper-body injury.
The Atlantic Division-leading Bruins have lost their past two games after a five-game winning streak, but they are 11-3-0 in their past 14 games.
The Stars, who are 6-0-2 in their past eight road games, have won their past two games and are 7-1-1 in their past nine.

Players to watch

Stars forward Jamie Benn has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past nine games. His next goal will be the 300th of his NHL career.
Bruins forward Brad Marchand has two goals and eight assists during a seven-game point streak.

They said it

"Just don't give them any odd-man rushes. We just have to make sure we have bodies back. They're just so creative and they are the perfect line, and they're going to generate chances. Minimize them as much as we can, make sure have the right people on the ice, which means you have to minimize the amount of icings." -- Dallas coach Rick Bowness on how to counter Boston's line of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak
"I didn't see much the other night of really anything that was ultra-positive, to be honest with you. We're moving past that, hopefully tonight we're better. That's the plan." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on changing some of his line combinations after a 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday

Stars projected lineup

Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Corey Perry
Mattias Janmark -- Joe Pavelski -- Alexander Radulov
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Roope Hintz -- Jason Dickinson -- Denis Gurianov
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Jamie Oleksiak -- Miro Heiskanen
Andrej Sekera -- Roman Polak
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Taylor Fedun
Injured:Stephen Johns (upper body), Justin Dowling (lower body)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Nick Ritchie -- David Krejci -- Ondrej Kase
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle -- Anders Bjork
Sean Kuraly -- Par Lindholm -- Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Jeremy Lauzon
Jaroslav Halak
Tuukka Rask
Scratched:Karson Kuhlman, Anton Blidh, John Moore, Joakim Nordstrom
Injured:Connor Clifton (upper body), Kevan Miller (knee)

Status report

The Stars will dress the same 18 skaters who played in their 4-1 win at the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. … Johns, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game and is day-to-day. … Kase replaces Kuhlman.

Stat pack

Seguin has one goal in each of his past two games and eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past eight games. … Halak is 5-0-0 in his past five starts, allowing a total of eight goals.