Jets at Bruins preview

JETS (31-16-2) at BRUINS (27-17-5)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, TVAS, NESN, TSN3, NHL.TV

Halak is 0-3-0 with a 3.44 goals-against average and .830 percentage in his past three games. He starts for Tuukka Rask, who is on injured reserve with a concussion sustained in a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Jan. 19.
The Bruins resume play following their mandatory five-day break before the 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend. They're 1-2-1 in their past four games after going 6-1-0 in their previous seven.
Connor Hellebuyck will start for the Jets, who hope to avoid losing three straight games in regulation for the first time since March 6-11, 2017.

Players to watch

Jets forward Blake Wheeler has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in his past nine games.
Bruins forward Brad Marchand has six points (three goals, three assists) during a four-game point streak.

They said it

"I wouldn't say it was an overly crisp game overall but … I don't want to make excuses after the break, everyone is in the same situation. But we just have to be sharper [Tuesday] and like I said we're playing on a back-to-back against a good team and we need to be ready to go." -- Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey after a 3-1 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday
"I thought about it a lot last night, but I actually slept pretty good. So that was good and I'm really excited, should be a lot of fun." -- Bruins forward Trent Frederic on making his NHL debut

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine -- Bryan Little - Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Andrew Copp -- Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Sami Niku -- Joe Morrow
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Nic Petan
Injured: Ben Chiarot (lower body), Nikolaj Ehlers (upper body), Dustin Byfuglien (lower body)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Peter Cehlarik -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Danton Heinen --
Trent Frederic
-- David Backes
Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari -- Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Jaroslav Halak
Zane McIntyre
Scratched:John Moore, Steven Kampfer
Injured:Joakim Nordstrom (fractured fibula), Tuukka Rask (concussion)

Status report

The Jets did not hold a morning skate … Chiarot, who has missed four games, skated Sunday and Monday and could return. … Rask skated before the Bruins practiced and is day to day. … Nordstrom will miss his 10th straight game but has been medically cleared.

Stat pack

Little has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his past nine games. … Krejci has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past six games.