Red Wings at Bruins preview

RED WINGS (0-2-2) at BRUINS (3-1-0)
3 p.m. ET; NESN, FS-D, NHL.TV

The Bruins have outscored their opponents 14-4 since losing their season-opener 7-0 at the Washington Capitals.
The Red Wings will try to avoid losing their first five games of the season for the first time since 1980-81. Detroit has lost its past eight visits to Boston.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin has four points (two goals, two assists) in four games.

Bruins forward Brad Marchand has eight points (one goal, seven assists) during a three-game point streak.

They said it

"Obviously they have a very good team, led by that Bergeron-Pastrnak-Marchand line. So we've got to work on trying to neutralize them. And then they're good on the power play, like [the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 5-3 loss Thursday], so just got to make sure, if we can, stay out of the box and make sure we're getting the kills because a lot of times that's the difference in the games, specialty teams." -- Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader
"Going forward it'll sort itself out, that's the way I look at it. I do believe we have lots of good players, some of them are still searching for their game, obviously, and I believe they'll find it." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on why he's had to shuffle some of his forward lines

Red Wings projected lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Dylan Larkin -- Anthony Mantha
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Thomas Vanek
Justin Abdelkader -- Frans Nielsen -- Michael Rasmussen
Darren Helm -- Christoffer Ehn -- Luke Glendening
Danny DeKeyser -- Filip Hronek
Niklas Kronwall -- Nick Jensen
Joe Hicketts -- Libor Sulak
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Scratched: Martin Frk, Luke Witkowski
Injured: Trevor Daley (upper body), Jonathan Ericsson (upper body), Dennis Cholowski (upper body), Mike Green (illness)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Joakim Nordstrom -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Ryan Donato -- David Backes -- Anders Bjork
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
John Moore -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Danton Heinen, Steven Kampfer
Injured: Torey Krug (ankle)

Status report

Cholowski practiced Friday and Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said the defenseman could return Monday. ... Ericsson practiced but Daley did not. ... Donato returns to the lineup after his first healthy scratch of the season Monday.

Stat pack

Bertuzzi has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past two games. ... Bergeron has eight points (five goals, three assists) during a three-game goal-scoring streak. ... Krejci is two assists from 400 in the NHL.