RED WINGS (13-14-7) at BRUINS (18-10-5) 7 p.m. ET; SN, NESN, FS-D, NHL.TV
The Bruins are 6-1-1 in their past eight games and 12-3-1 in their past 16 after defeating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in a shootout Thursday. Goaltender Tuukka Rask is 7-0-1 with 12 goals allowed in his past eight starts. The Red Wings will try for their third win in their past four games after losing 4-3 at the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. Goaltender Jimmy Howard will start for the second straight game.
Players to watch
Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg has eight points (one goal, seven assists) during a five-game point streak. He is three assists from 600 in the NHL. Bruins forward Brad Marchand hasn't had a point in two games after a nine-game streak (six goals, eight assists).
They said it
"I was just looking at the stats. This is a tough one. [Patrice] Bergeron takes tons of face-offs and he's great and he's right-handed and that's a tough matchup for us. That is an area where we'll really miss Luke, especially the right dot, in your own end, [penalty kill] and [defensive] zone." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on playing without injured forward Luke Glendening "We never want to lose our identity as hard to play against. We just want to be a faster, hard to play against team. And we're still working on that. I don't think we're slow by any means, I just think we're still working on the faster part of it." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy
Bertuzzi was called up from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League on Thursday to replace Glendening, who was injured against the Flyers and will miss a minimum of four weeks. ... Spooner and Nash, who each missed one game with illness, and McQuaid, who has missed 27 games, will be game-time decisions. Krejci will miss his fourth straight game.
Stat pack
Larkin has five assists in his past two games. ... Heinen has at least one point in four of his past five games (two goals, five assists).
