Preview: Kings at Bruins

KINGS (16-12-2) at BRUINS (16-13-3)
1 p.m. ET; SN, NESN, FS-W, NHL.TV

Kings team scope

It's been a great start to a stretch of nine straight road games for Los Angeles Kings forward Tyler Toffoli, who has three goals, including the overtime goal in a 1-0 win at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, and two assists in the past three games. The Kings are 2-1-0 so far on the road trip. Toffoli, forward Tanner Pearson and defenseman Alec Martinez (two overtime goals) have found success in overtime together. "I think the three of us have done a good job of keeping possession, but moving and creating plays and capitalizing on those too," Pearson told LA Kings Insider after an optional practice in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Peter Budaj, who made 39 saves against Pittsburgh, is expected to start. He is 14-7-2 with a 2.17 goals-against average and .913 save percentage.

Bruins team scope

Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak, who's second in the NHL with 19 goals, is out after having an olecranon bursa removed from his right elbow. Pastrnak is expected to also miss the Bruins' home game against the New York Islanders on Tuesday but is considered day-to-day. "Well, it's never easy when you hear that kind of news for one of your better players this year, so those are challenges you have to face and get through," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "We'll certainly do our best to get some wins here without him." The Bruins, who have won once in their past six games (1-3-2), should get defenseman Kevan Miller back in the lineup. Miller missed the 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday because of the flu.

Kings projected lineup

Marian Gaborik -- Anze Kopitar -- Trevor Lewis
Dwight King -- Jeff Carter -- Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson -- Nic Dowd -- Dustin Brown
Kyle Clifford -- Nicholas Shore -- Jordan Nolan
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Matt Greene -- Tom Gilbert
Peter Budaj
Jeff Zatkoff
Scratched:Devin Setoguchi, Andy Andreoff, Kevin Gravel
Injured: Jonathan Quick (lower body), Brayden McNabb (upper body)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Riley Nash
Ryan Spooner -- David Krejci -- David Backes
Tim Schaller -- Austin Czarnik -- Noel Acciari
Anton Blidh -- Dominic Moore -- Jimmy Hayes
Zdeno Chara -- Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug -- Adam McQuaid
Kevan Miller -- Colin Miller
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
Scratched:Joe Morrow
Injured:David Pastrnak (elbow), Matt Beleskey (knee), John-Michael Liles (concussion)

Status report

McNabb practiced with the Kings for the first time on Saturday but was not cleared for contact. ... Nash (personal reasons) and Morrow (maintenance) didn't practice with the Bruins on Saturday but are expected to be available Sunday. … Boston assigned defenseman Matt Grzelcyk to Providence of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

Who's hot

Carter has nine goals and four assists in his past 13 games. ... Marchand has one point in seven of his past eight games; he has two goals and five assists in that span.