Penguins at Bruins preview

PENGUINS (8-8-4) at BRUINS (11-6-4)
7:30 p.m. ET ; SN360, SNE, SNO, TVAS, NESN, ATTSN-PT , NHL.TV

Kessel has three goals and six assists during a six-game point streak. Malkin has one goal and seven assists during a five-game streak for the Penguins, who are 2-7-2 in their past 11 games.
David Pastrnak, who has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games, will look to add to his NHL-leading goal total (17). The Bruins are coming off a 1-1-2 road trip.

Players to watch

Penguins center Sidney Crosby had three points (one goal, two assists) in a 5-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday after missing three games with an upper-body injury.
Bruins center David Krejci has seven assists in his past eight games. With 586 points, he is one behind Peter McNab for 11th place on the Bruins' all-time list.

They said it

"It's obviously a tough place to play, they're a good team, they're a competitive team. We're hoping that we can establish a little bit of traction with our game from the other night. We're not really looking at the past or the history of where we've been." -- Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan on the Penguins' five-game losing streak in Boston
"Obviously it's two amazing players. So it's an incredible opportunity for me and it's going to be a lot of fun to play with those guys. -- Bruins center Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson on centering Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak for the first time

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Patric Hornqvist
Tanner Pearson -- Evgeni Malkin -- Phil Kessel
Dominik Simon -- Derick Brassard -- Zach Aston-Reese
Bryan Rust -- Riley Sheahan -- Derek Grant
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Olli Maatta -- Juuso Riikola
Jack Johnson -- Jamie Oleksiak
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Daniel Sprong, Chad Ruhwedel
Injured:Matt Murray (lower body), Matt Cullen (lower body), Justin Schultz (left leg fracture)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson -- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Joakim Nordstrom -- Colby Cave -- Noel Acciari
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Torey Krug -- John Moore
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Jeremy Lauzon -- Connor Clifton
Jaroslav Halak
Tuukka Rask
Scratched:Anders Bjork, Steven Kampfer
Injured:Zdeno Chara (left knee), Patrice Bergeron (ribs), Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion), Brandon Carlo (upper body)

Status report

Jarry, who was called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League after Murray was placed on injured reserve Thursday, will makes his NHL season debut. He was 14-6-2 with a 2.77 goals-against average and .908 save percentage in 26 NHL games in 2017-18. ... Grant, who didn't practice Thursday or skate Friday because of an undisclosed injury, will be a game-time decision. If he can't play, Sprong will take his place. ... Moore returns after missing three games with a lower-body injury. He'll take Kampfer's place. ... Cave will make his NHL season debut, so Bjork will be scratched.

Stat pack

Hornqvist has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past six games. ... Forsbacka Karlsson has scored a goal in each of his past two games.