The Boston Bruins will look to get back on track against another divisional foe Saturday afternoon at TD Garden. The Ottawa Senators come into town with a 5-3-2 mark in their last 10 games.

Wednesday night on New Year’s Eve, the Black and Gold couldn’t gain much ground on the Toronto Maple Leafs as Phil Kessel and company beat Tuukka Rask and the B’s in a shootout. Claude Julien’s team showed some grit fighting their way back from a two-goal deficit, but couldn’t find the go-ahead tally in regulation or overtime and eventually lost during the unpopular “skills competition.”

Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron did return to action which was a great sign for the team while Matt Lindblad and Zach Trotman were reassigned to Providence.

The two teams have split the season series so far with the Bruins winning 4-2 back in November while the Senators won in a shootout in December. Here is your complete Bruins-Senators Preview:

Gametime: 1:00 PM
Records: Bruins 19-15-4 (42 points)/ Senators 15-14-7 (37 points)
TV/Radio: NESN, 98.5 The Sports Hub
Location: TD Garden

Bruins’ projected lines:

Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Seth Griffith
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Chris Kelly-Carl Soderberg- Loui Eriksson
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Craig Cunningham

Zdeno Chara-Dougie Hamilton
Dennis Seidenberg-Matt Bartkowski
Torey Krug-Kevan Miller

Tuukka Rask
Niklas Svedberg

Senators’ projected line:

Clarke MacArthur-Kyle Turris-Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman-Mike Zibanejad-Bobby Ryan
Colin Greening-David Legwand-Erik Condra
Milan Michalek-Jean-Gabriel Pageau- Alex Chiasson

Chris Phillips-Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen-Cody Ceci
Patrick Wiercioch-Eric Gryba

Craig Anderson
Robin Lehner

Who to watch for Bruins: Carl Soderberg

One reason the Bruins are still in the playoff race is because of their third line center Carl Soderberg. The Swede has been consistent through 38 games for the Black and Gold.

The 29 year-old is now tied with Patrice Bergeron for the team lead in points with 27 including eight goals and 19 assists to go along with a plus-9 rating. In his last five games, Soderberg has two goals and three assists while sporting a plus-3 rating.

The centerman may be pricing himself out of town with the way he is playing as of late. It’s up to General Manager Peter Chiarelli to lock up one of his most talented players.

Soderberg logs around 17 minutes per contest and gives the B’s great physicality and play making ability with his line mates Chris Kelly and Loui Eriksson. One can argue that the third line has been the best line this season for Julien and Soderberg is the main reason why.

Who to watch for Senators: Bobby Ryan

Coming off a hat trick against the Buffalo Sabres, Bobby Ryan is just being Bobby Ryan. In his last five games, Ryan has compiled three goals and three assists while sporting a plus-5 rating for the Senators.

In 33 games played this season, the 27 year-old has 10 goals, 15 assists and a plus-7 rating. Ryan is tied for the team lead in points with Erik Karlsson and only trails Clarke MacArthur and Mike Hoffman by one goal for the team lead.

In 11 games in his career against the B’s, Ryan has four goals, two assists and a plus-4 rating. The right-winger also has 22 hits, four blocked shots, and 33 shots on net. He is always a threat to score.

Game Day Edge: Play a full 60 minutes

The Bruins played a full 60 minutes against the Red Wings routing Mike Babcock’s crew 5-2 including three first period goals Monday night and they never looked back.

But, on Wednesday night, the B’s did not play nearly a full 60 minutes. The urgency began when they trailed by two goals and that just can’t happen. It needs to be right from the get-go as it was against the Red Wings.

There shouldn’t need to be a reason why the Black and Gold need to “get up” for a game. They are on the outside of the playoff picture looking in playing divisional opponents where they can gain ground or distance themselves from teams below them.

The two points on Saturday afternoon are big. A full 60-minute effort shouldn’t be a thought, it should be a reoccurring theme.