Kings at Bruins preview

KINGS (8-1-1) at BRUINS (4-3-1)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, FS-W, NHL.TV

Rask, who missed two games with a concussion and served as the backup for a 2-1 win against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, hasn't played since Oct. 15. The Bruins went 2-0-1 with backup Anton Khudobin starting in Rask's place.
The Kings will look to equal their best start in franchise history; Los Angeles started 9-1 (with one tie) in 1980-81.
Goalie Jonathan Quick is expected to start for Los Angeles, which has won its past two games since its lone regulation loss (3-2 against Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 23).

Players to watch

Kings forward Adrian Kempe has five points (three goals, two assists) during a three-game point streak and is second on the Kings and among NHL rookies in goals (six) this season.
Bruins rookie forward Danton Heinen scored the first two goals of his NHL career against San Jose on Thursday and has five points (two goals, three assists) in four games this season.

They said it

"I think when Jeff [Carter] went down, we said right away it's next man up, somebody was going to have to step up and take advantage of the opportunity. I think he's done that. ... The big challenge for Adrian now is just the consistency with the type of schedule we're facing now."-- Kings coach John Stevens on forward Adrian Kempe
"Obviously it's nice. Tuukka's an unbelievable goalie. And coming off the injury, we're going to make sure we help him, especially at the beginning, and get the two points."-- Bruins forward David Pastrnak on goalie Tuukka Rask making his first start in four games

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Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson -- Adrian Kempe -- Tyler Toffoli
Michael Cammalleri -- Brooks Laich -- Trevor Lewis
Andy Andreoff -- Michael Amadio -- Nic Dowd
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Kurtis MacDermid -- Oscar Fantenberg
Jonathan Quick
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Christian Folin
Injured:Nicholas Shore (undisclosed), Marian Gaborik (knee), Kyle Clifford (upper body), Jeff Carter (lower body)

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Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Anders Bjork
Jake DeBrusk -- David Backes -- David Pastrnak
Tim Schaller -- Riley Nash -- Danton Heinen
Kenny Agostino -- Sean Kuraly -- Frank Vatrano
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Paul Postma -- Kevan Miller
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Matt Beleskey
Injured: David Krejci (upper body), Adam McQuaid (leg), Ryan Spooner (groin), Noel Acciari (finger)

Status report

The Kings and Bruins each plan to use their same 18 skaters from their games on Thursday.

Stat pack

Quick is 6-1-1 this season. His career NHL record in October is 46-15-7 (.728 win percentage). ... This will be Rask's 400th game of his NHL career.