Lightning at Bruins preview

LIGHTNING (49-11-4) at BRUINS (37-17-9)
7:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN1, SNE, SNO, TVAS, NHL.TV

The Lightning, who look to extend the longest winning streak in their history to 11 games, are 12-0-2 in their past 14 games. They have outscored opponents 43-19 in 10 straight victories and have the best record in the NHL, with a 19-point lead on the Bruins for first place in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference.
Tampa Bay can become the fourth team in NHL history without a regulation loss in two calendar months in one season (minimum eight games), joining the 1940-41 Bruins, the 1944-45 Montreal Canadiens and 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers.
Boston is 10-0-4 in its past 14 games and can conclude a calendar month without a regulation loss for the ninth time in their history and first time since November 2011 (12-0-1).

Players to watch

Lightning goalie Louis Domingue has an 11-game winning streak with a 2.52 goals-against average and .914 save percentage.
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is on a 15-game point streak (12-0-3) with a 2.05 GAA, .930 save percentage and two shutouts.

They said it

"It's going to be a great game, I think. Division opponent and they're fighting behind us. They're obviously looking at us. They want to play well against us. We know what kind of team they are. We know it's going to be a tough, physical test for us. … We should be excited about that." -- Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman
"I like the way we're playing. Most nights we're hard to play against, we really value keeping the puck out of our net, we're getting more scoring, secondary scoring, special teams is solid, goaltending solid. So no, same formula would be nice. Just make the plays that make the difference." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy

Lightning projected lineup

Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- J.T. Miller
Tyler Johnson -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Yanni Gourde
Adam Erne -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Victor Hedman -- Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Anton Stralman
Louis Domingue
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Braydon Coburn, Danick Martel
Injured: None

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Danton Heinen
Jake DeBrusk -- David Krejci -- Marcus Johansson
Joakim Nordstrom -- Charlie Coyle -- David Backes
Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari -- Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- John Moore
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Peter Cehlarik, Karson Kuhlman, Steven Kampfer
Injured: David Pastrnak (thumb), Kevan Miller (upper body)

Status report

The Lightning did not hold a morning skate. … McAvoy will play his 100th NHL game.

Stat pack

The Lightning record for longest point streak is 18 games (14-0-2-2) from Feb. 5-March 12, 2004. … Tampa Bay will play its 65th game of the season and can set the NHL record for fewest games required to reach 50 wins (Detroit Red Wings, 66 games in 1995-96). … The Bruins record for longest point streak is 23 games (15-0 with eight ties, Dec. 22, 1940-Feb. 23, 1941).