Panthers at Bruins preview

PANTHERS (28-26-12) at BRUINS (40-17-9)
7 p.m. ET; SN1, SNE, SNO, NESN, FS-F, NHL.TV

The Bruins, who have won four in a row overall and eight straight at home, are 13-0-4 since their last regulation loss, 3-2 against the New York Rangers on Jan. 19. The Bruins had a 14-0-4 streak last season and a streak of 13 wins and five ties in 1968-69; Boston's record is 23 games (15 wins, eight ties in 1940-41).
Boston leads the Toronto Maple Leafs by two points for second place in the Atlantic Division; the Bruins have played one fewer game.
The Panthers will try to end a five-game losing streak (0-1-4).

Players to watch

Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov has 15 points (nine goals, six assists) in his past 10 games.
Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask is 14-0-3 with a 1.88 goals-against average and .933 save percentage in his past 18 games.

They said it

"This is a team that's peaking right now. We've got to match that intensity and emotion." -- Panthers coach Bob Boughner on the Bruins
"We'd like to have home-ice advantage (in the Stanley Cup Playoffs), simply because it's not called home-ice disadvantage, that's why. There is an advantage, so we want it." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy

Panthers projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau -- Aleksander Barkov -- Evgenii Dadonov
Frank Vatrano -- Vincent Trocheck -- Mike Hoffman
Jamie McGinn -- Riley Sheahan -- Troy Brouwer
Jayce Hawryluk -- Henrik Borgstrom -- Dryden Hunt
Mike Matheson -- Aaron Ekblad
Keith Yandle -- MacKenzie Weegar
Mark Pysyk -- Josh Brown
Roberto Luongo
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Ian McCoshen
Injured: Colton Sceviour (upper body), James Reimer (lower body), Denis Malgin (lower body)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Danton Heinen
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Peter Cehlarik
Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari -- Chris Wagner
Joakim Nordstrom -- Charlie Coyle -- David Backes
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
John Moore -- Matt Grzelcyk
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman
Injured:Kevan Miller (upper body), Marcus Johansson (lung contusion), David Pastrnak (thumb)

Status report

Luongo will make his third straight start. … Kuraly returns after missing two games with a concussion. He replaces Johansson, who will be re-evaluated in one week. … Kuhlman was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis.

Stat pack

Huberdeau has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games. … Marchand has six points (three goals, three assists) during a four-game point streak, and 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) in his past 14 games.