Maple Leafs at Bruins preview

MAPLE LEAFS (11-5-0) at BRUINS (8-5-2)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, CBC, SN360, NESN, NHL.TV

The Maple Leafs, who will try to extend their overall winning streak to four games, are eyeing their seventh straight road victory to start 2018-19, which would tie the Toronto record set in 1940-41. The Maple Leafs and Nashville Predators (7-0-0) are the last remaining unbeaten road teams in the NHL.
The Bruins, who have alternated wins and losses for the past six games, have not lost consecutive games in regulation this season.
Goalie Jaroslav Halak will start for Boston; he's 4-1-2 with a 1.96 goals-against average and .936 save percentage in nine games (eight starts) this season.

Players to watch

Maple Leafs center John Tavares has five points (two goals, three assists) in a four-game point streak.
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past four games and is three goals away from 300 in his NHL career.

They said it

"If the players work real hard and things come together we have a chance to have a lot of success. That's what we're trying to do each and every day and some days it goes good." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock
"I mean I hope they're juiced up to play us and they probably have a bone to pick the way it ended here, Game 7. And our guys should be ready to go." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on the first game against the Maple Leafs since Boston defeated Toronto in seven games in the Eastern Conference First Round last season

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- Kasperi Kapanen
Andreas Johnsson -- Par Lindholm -- Connor Brown
Tyler Ennis -- Frederik Gauthier -- Josh Leivo
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Igor Ozhiganov
Garret Sparks
Frederik Andersen
Scratched:Martin Marincin, Justin Holl
Injured: Auston Matthews (shoulder)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Joakim Nordstrom -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Anders Bjork -- Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson -- Danton Heinen
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Zdeno Chara -- Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug -- John Moore
Matt Grzelcyk -- Steven Kampfer
Jaroslav Halak
Dan Vladar
Scratched:Noel Acciari, Tuukka Rask
Injured: Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion), Kevan Miller (hand)

Status report

The Maple Leafs did not hold a morning skate. ... Forsbacka Karlsson, who was called up from Providence of the American Hockey League on Friday, will make his NHL season debut. He has played one NHL game - April 8, 2017. ... The Bruins recalled Vladar on an emergency basis from Providence of the American Hockey League on Saturday, one day after granting Rask a leave of absence to attend to a personal matter.

Stat pack

Marner has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past eight games. ... Kadri has three points (two goals, one assist) in a three-game point streak. ... Marchand has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past four games.