Troiani Rink Report

The Bruins return to TD Garden to host the Vegas Golden Knights after splitting a two-game road trip.

The 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks to extend Boston’s winning streak to six games was followed by a 6-2 demoralizing loss to the Dallas Stars.

One positive from the loss was Morgan Geekie breaking a 12-game scoring drought with his first goal since Dec. 20 against the Vancouver Canucks. Geekie tallied his team-leading 26th goal of the season in the third period on the power play.

David Pastrnak extended his point streak to four games with the primary assist on Geekie’s goal. Pastrnak has one goal and four assists across the last four games and leads the Black and Gold with 60 points in 45 games.

Across the ice, the Golden Knights dropped their last game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday after winning the previous seven.

Both clubs are looking to get back in the win column after having their extended win streaks snapped. Vegas squeaked out a 5-6 victory over Boston in the first meeting at T-Mobile Arena on Oct. 16. The B’s have an overall record of 8-5-2 against the Knights, including 4-2-1 on Causeway.

Puck drop from TD Garden is slated for 7 p.m. on NESN and 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Here are the projected lines and defensive pairings for both clubs:

BOSTON BRUINS (28-20-2)
Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Casey Mittelstadt — Pavel Zacha — Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Steeves — Fraser Minten — Morgan Geekie
Tanner Jeannot — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic

Jonathan Aspirot — Charlie McAvoy
Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke
Hampus Lindholm — Mason Lohrei

Joonas Korpisalo

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (24-12-12)
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Reilly Smith — Mitch Marner — Pavel Dorofeyev
Branden Bowman — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Reinhardt — Tanner Laczynski — Alexander Holtz

Jeremy Lauzon — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Kaedan Korczak
Ben Hutton — Dylan Coghlan

Akira Schmid

ODDS AND ENDS
Special Teams
Power Play: Boston 25.5%, Vegas 26.5%
Power-Play Goals: Boston 37, Vegas 39
Penalty Kill: Boston 78.1%, Vegas 81.4%
Shorthanded Goals: Boston 2, Vegas 1
Penalty Minutes: Boston 671, Vegas 333

Offense and Defense
Goals Scored: Boston 164, Vegas 155
Goals Allowed: Boston 160, Vegas 142

Point Streaks:
Boston: David Pastrnak (4 Games / 1-4-5)
Fraser Minten (2 Games / 1-1-2)
Elias Lindholm (2 Games / 0-3-3)
Vegas: Tomas Hertl (3 Games / 2-2-4)
Jack Eichel (9 Games / 5-11-16)
Mark Stone (12 Games / 10-9-19)