Rangers at Bruins preview

RANGERS (17-12-3) at BRUINS (15-10-4)
5 p.m. ET; NESN, MSG+ 2, NHL.TV

Pastrnak, who has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games, can tie Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos and Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov for the longest point streak this season. Pastrnak leads the Bruins in goals (15) and points (29).
Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask will try to win his sixth straight start. He has allowed six goals in his past five starts for Boston, which is 9-3-0 in its past 12 games.
The Rangers look to win consecutive games after defeating the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Friday. New York is 8-3-1 in its past 12 games.

Players to watch

Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past six games.
Bruins forward Brad Marchand has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in a seven-game point streak.

They said it

"They're one of the best teams in the West and one of the best organizations in the last little bit here, so it was a good test for us tonight. I thought we played pretty much as close to a full 60 [minutes] as we have all season." -- Rangers forward Rick Nash on the victory against the Kings on Friday
"It is easier said than done. ... We're at the point now where I think our D are making good decisions when to join. Now it's a matter of executing the final step of getting a shot on net and scoring." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on getting more goals from defensemen

Rangers projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- David Desharnais -- Pavel Buchnevich
Rick Nash -- J.T. Miller -- Mats Zuccarello
Michael Grabner -- Kevin Hayes -- Jesper Fast
Paul Carey -- Boo Nieves -- Jimmy Vesey
Ryan McDonagh -- Nick Holden
Brady Skjei -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Marc Staal -- Brendan Smith
Henrik Lundqvist
Ondrej Pavelec
Scratched: Steven Kampfer
Injured:Mike Zibanejad (concussion)

Bruins projected lineup

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

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. ... Zibanejad will miss his ninth straight game. ... The Rangers didn't announce a starting goaltender; Lundqvist had 33 saves against the Kings on Friday. ... Spooner could return to the Bruins lineup after missing the past four games.

Stat pack

The Rangers lead the League in third-period goals (44). ... Bergeron has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past six games.