Entering their last game of October, the Bruins come into Saturday’s contest with the Red Wings looking to snap a three-game losing streak.

Without Tuukka Rask, who was nursing a lower body injury, the Bruins were outscored 15-4 in their latest slate against the Canadiens, Wild and Rangers. Rask returned to practice on Friday and manned the visiting net during Saturday’s morning skate in Detroit indicating that barring any last minute setbacks, he will likely get his first start since last Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Devils.

While Rask’s eventual return is an encouraging sign, the Bruins are going to need to be better in all three zones. From creating scoring chances to quick entry passes in transition and staying on their assignments in the defensive zone, the B’s need to come up with a well-rounded performance against a Red Wings squad that has won six of their first eight games.

Gametime: 7:00 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN/98.5 The Sports Hub
Records: Bruins 3-4-0 (6 points), Red Wings 6-2-0 (12 points)
Location: Joe Louis Arena

Bruins projected lines

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Danton Heinen
Ryan Spooner-David Krejci-Austin Czarnik
Matt Beleskey-Riley Nash-Jimmy Hayes
Tim Schaller-Dominic Moore-Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara-Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug-Adam McQuaid
John-Michael Liles-Colin Miller

Tuukka Rask
Zane McIntyre

Red Wings projected lines

Gustav Nyquist-Frans Nielsen-Dylan Larkin
Tomas Tatar-Henrik Zetterberg-Justin Abdelkader
Andreas Athanasiou-Darren Helm-Riley Sheahan
Drew Miller-Luke Glendening=Steve Ott

Danny DeKeyser-Mike Green
Jonathan Ericsson-Alexey Marchenko
Brendan Smith-Ryan Sproul

Jimmy Howard
Petr Mrazek

Tonight’s other storylines

Danton Heinen will take David Pastrnak’s spot on the Bruins’ top line with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. (Photo by Joe Makarski, Bruins Daily)

– Tonight marks the first game this season that the Bruins will be without David Pastrnak, who was suspended for two games on Friday for his check to the head on Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi in the second period of the team’s 5-2 loss at Madison Square Garden. Danton Heinen, who showed some promise in the preseason, will fill in for Pastrnak with Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. The former University of Denver product has yet to find the scoresheet in five games and has fired just three shots on net over that span. Certainly, he’ll need to be more assertive in his first game skating with Bergeron and Marchand.

– Secondary scoring has been another sore spot for the Bruins and it appears that the lineup will be top heavy again tonight. Aside from Dominic Moore’s two goals, the Bruins third and fourth lines are still looking to light the lamp. Though the fourth line has shown some energy even during this losing skid, the same can’t be said for the third line which mainly features Jimmy Hayes and Matt Beleskey. The duo is a combined minus-14 in seven games.

– With Rask and Zane McIntyre appearing at the morning skate, Malcolm Subban will likely be assigned back to Providence. The 2012 first round pick should be available for the P-Bruins game in Syracuse tonight.

Word is Malcolm Subban expected to start for @AHLBruins in Syracuse tonight

— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) October 29, 2016