Maple Leafs at Bruins preview

MAPLE LEAFS (5-3-2) at BRUINS (5-1-2)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, TVAS, NESN, TSN4, NHL.TV

Marchand, a forward, has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) during his streak; Bergeron, a center, has eight (two goals, six assists) during his run. Boston has lost its past two games (0-0-2), including 4-3 in overtime to Toronto on Saturday.
Goalie Michael Hutchinson will start for the Maple Leafs, who are 3-1-1 in their past five and playing the second half of a back-to-back. Toronto lost 4-3 in overtime to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs forward Kasperi Kapanen has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past three games.
Bruins forward David Pastrnak has 15 points (nine goals, six assists) during his six-game point streak, which includes five multipoint games.

They said it

"You know, we do lots of good things. The ability to maintain it and do it for 60 minutes] has been something that we've done game in and game out, and that's what good teams do. You've got to mature and grow up as a group for that to happen. You just have to." *-- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock*
"I put him on [the fourth] line because I think he has certainly some of what [Joakim Nordstrom] brings on that line, which is they're effective because they're hard to play against. Some of them are tenacious, some of them are on pucks, some of them are a bit of both." *-- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on [Anders Bjork*

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Andreas Johnsson -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- Alexander Kerfoot -- Mitchell Marner
Trevor Moore -- Jason Spezza -- Kasperi Kapanen
Dmytro Timashov -- Nicholas Shore -- Frederik Gauthier
Morgan Rielly -- Cody Ceci
Jake Muzzin -- Tyson Barrie
Martin Marincin -- Justin Holl
Michael Hutchinson
Frederik Andersen
Scratched:Nic Petan, Kevin Gravel
Injured:John Tavares (broken finger), Zach Hyman (ACL), Travis Dermott (shoulder)

Bruins projected lineup

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

Status report

The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate. … Bjork was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League and replaces Kuhlman in the lineup. ... Krejci was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.

Stat pack

Matthews is tied with Ted Kennedy for most goals by a Maple Leafs player before his 23rd birthday (119). He will turn 23 on Sept. 17. Matthews is also three assists from 100 in his NHL career. … Pastrnak needs one point for 300 in the NHL.