Sharks at Bruins preview

SHARKS (4-7-1) at BRUINS (8-1-2)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, NBCSCA, NHL.TV

Marchand has 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) and Pastrnak has 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) in the forwards' respective streaks for the Bruins, who seek their fourth straight victory.
The Sharks, 1-3-1 in their past five games, will try to avoid their third consecutive loss.
The game will feature the top three active members of the NHL all-time games played list. San Jose forwards Patrick Marleau (1,665 games, 40 years old) and Joe Thornton (1,578, 40) and Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (1,496, 42) will play in the first NHL game with three players at least 40 years old since March 4, 2014 (New Jersey Devils' Jaromir Jagr, 42, and Martin Brodeur, 41; Detroit Red Wings' Daniel Alfredsson, 41).

Players to watch

Sharks forward Tomas Hertl has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in his past seven games.
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 10 games.

They said it

"You've got to stick together, stick to the way we play. If everyone's pulling in the same direction, then that's how we can get success and that's how we've had success so far this year." -- Sharks center Logan Couture
"It was pointed out after the game that our culture around here is keep the puck out of the net from the first minute to the last. We got away from that a bit. But … I don't want to beat the guys up after having, I thought, five really solid periods [during the weekend], and even the third [Sunday], we scored first early on." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on allowing three goals in the third period of a 7-4 win at the New York Rangers on Sunday

Sharks projected lineup

Patrick Marleau -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Evander Kane -- Tomas Hertl -- Lukas Radil
Marcus Sorensen -- Joe Thornton -- Timo Meier
Barclay Goodrow -- Dylan Gambrell -- Melker Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon -- Erik Karlsson
Mario Ferraro -- Tim Heed
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratched: Jonny Brodzinski, Trevor Carrick, Noah Gregor
Injured:Radim Simek (leg), Dalton Prout (undisclosed)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Danton Heinen
Anders Bjork -- Charlie Coyle - Brett Ritchie
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Steven Kampfer
Injured: Par Lindholm (upper body), Joakim Nordstrom (elbow infection), Kevan Miller (knee), John Moore (shoulder), Anton Blidh (shoulder), Karson Kuhlman (fractured tibia)

Status report

Radil replaces Gregor. … Krejci returns after missing five games because of an upper-body injury and will replace Lindholm.

Stat pack

Labanc has four points (three goals, one assist) during a four-game point streak. … Rask is 5-0-1 with a 1.48 goals-against average, .952 save percentage and two shutouts in six starts this season. … Bergeron needs two assists for 500 in the NHL.