Red Wings at Bruins preview

RED WINGS (11-11-3) at BRUINS (14-7-4)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, FS-D+, NHL.TV

The Bruins are 9-2-0 at home and have at least one point in six of their past seven games overall (4-1-2).
The Red Wings have lost their past nine regular-season games in Boston (0-7-2) since a 3-2 win on October 14, 2013.
Detroit has lost three of its past four games (1-2-1) but have a point in four of its past six games (3-2-1).

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games.
Bruins forward David Pastrnak has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"He can stay with pucks, he's calmer in net and he's really good at making the first save. So we've got to make sure we're over-shooting, we're getting to the net for those second and third opportunities."-- Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader on facing Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
"Well I think it's gone well in terms of what Pastrnak] and [Marchand] have been able to do and know that they've got a centerman there that will take it to the net for them. He's done that very well." *-- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on how Colby Cave is handling playing center between David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand with Patrice Bergeron out with a rib injury*

Red Wings projected lineup

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

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Colby Cave -- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Ryan Donato -- Joakim Nordstrom -- Noel Acciari
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
John Moore -- Matt Grzelcyk
Jeremy Lauzon --
Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson](https://www.nhl.com/player/jakob-forsbacka-karlsson-8478417?season=20182019), Steven Kampfer
Injured:Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion), Zdeno Chara (knee), Patrice Bergeron (ribs), Kevan Miller (throat)

Status report

Each team held an optional morning skate. ... Daley will miss his first game since he was injured against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. ... Ehn will play for the first time in three games after the Red Wings dressed seven defensemen against the Blues. ... Carlo will be a game-time decision but likely will return after missing nine games with an upper-body injury. He would replace Kampfer. ... Krejci will play after not practicing Friday.

Stat pack

Green has four points (one goal, three assists) during a three-game point streak. ... Krug has five assists during his four-game point streak.