Yandle-Coyle 3-30

PANTHERS (34-32-12) at BRUINS (47-21-9)
1 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN1, NESN, FS-F, NHL.TV

The Bruins, who have won their past 12 home games, lead the Toronto Maple Leafs by six points. They each have five games remaining; the Maple Leafs play at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
The Panthers are 2-5-0 in their past seven games after winning their previous four. They have been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention.

Players to watch

Panthers center Aleksander Barkov has 22 points (six goals, 16 assists) in his past 12 games.
Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron has 12 points (six goals, six assists) during a six-game point streak and nine points (four goals, five assists) during a four-game multipoint streak.

They said it

"We've just got to start building for the next season right now and got to start winning games and finding that winning culture. We have good games right now, play as hard as you can, have fun and try to win games and it's going to build up for the next season." -- Panthers center Aleksander Barkov
"Obviously the last one [of our goals] is to be the last man standing, Stanley Cup champ. But there's a number before that and that's playing to our standard first, and then you look at being a playoff team and you look at a first-place team. Well that's out, so now it's second. So we're trying to get to the next level that we can achieve." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on chasing second place in the Atlantic; the Tampa Bay Lightning have clinched first

Panthers projected lineup
Bruins projected lineup
Status report

Grzelcyk and Miller will each be a game-time decision. … Rask will start Saturday; Halak will start at the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.

Stat pack

Huberdeau has 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) in his past 12 games, and 34 points (14 goals, 20 assists) in his past 22. … Marchand has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in a four-game point streak. Each has been a multipoint game. … The Bruins' home winning streak is their sixth-longest. Their record is 20 straight, set in 1929-30.