Canucks at Bruins preview

CANUCKS (9-6-1) at BRUINS (8-4-2)
7 p.m. ET; NESN, SNP, NHL.TV

The rookie forward has 16 points (10 goals, six assists) in 10 games for the Canucks and can join Don Murdoch of the New York Rangers (1976-77), Rob Gaudreau of the San Jose Sharks (1992-93) and Teemu Selanne of the Winnipeg Jets (1992-93) as players who scored at least 11 goals in their first 11 games.
Forward Brock Boeser (groin), who was sent to Vancouver to see a specialist, will miss his second straight game for the Canucks, who are 3-0-1 in their past four.
The Bruins are 5-0-1 at home in their past six games, and 4-2-2 in their past eight games overall.

Players to watch

Canucks forward Bo Horvat has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past 10 games.
Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron has four assists in his past three games and is tied for fourth in the League with 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists).

They said it

"It's not just their strength down the middle, they're one of those teams that has a chance to win the Stanley Cup, that people talk about. It's a good challenge for us."-- Canucks coach Travis Green on the Bruins
"For us I think as hockey fans, it's nice to see good young talent in the League. Obviously we've got to do what we need to do to shut him down. But it's good for the city of Vancouver, good for hockey when these young kids come in and get people excited." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson

Canucks projected lineup

Tim Schaller -- Bo Horvat -- Jake Virtanen
Nikolay Goldobin -- Elias Pettersson -- Loui Eriksson
Antoine Roussel -- Markus Granlund -- Tyler Motte
Darren Archibald -- Adam Gaudette -- Brendan Leipsic
Chris Tanev -- Derrick Pouliot
Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson
Michael Del Zotto -- Troy Stecher
Jacob Markstrom
Richard Bachman
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Alex Biega
Injured: Alex Edler (knee), Sven Baertschi (concussion), Jay Beagle (arm) Anders Nilsson (finger), Brandon Sutter (shoulder), Brock Boeser (groin)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Joakim Nordstrom -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Anders Bjork -- David Backes -- Danton Heinen
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug -- John Moore
Matt Grzelcyk -- Steven Kampfer
Jaroslav Halak
Tuukka Rask
Scratched: None
Injured: Charlie McAvoy (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion), Kevan Miller (hand)

Status report

The Canucks will use the same lineup from their 3-2 shootout loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. ... Halak will make his fourth start in the past six games.

Stat pack

Gudbranson has a career-high three-game point streak (three assists). ... Marchand has three goals in his past three games.