Casey Mittelstadt scored the lone goal for Boston, which lost its fifth straight. Joonas Korpisalo had 19 saves. Eklund’s 16th goal, which matched his career high, came at 2:13 of the second off a crossing pass from Macklin Celebrini to put San Jose up 1-0.

The Anaheim Ducks hosted the Boston Bruins Wednesday evening at Honda Center, a team they’re neck-and-neck with in the NHL league standings. The Ducks were looking to return to the win column after losing to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday and winning just one of their previous four games entering Wednesday.

The NHL's Department of Player Safety would end up reviewing the incident, and on Thursday, announced, "Callahan has been fined $2,018.23, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Anaheim Ducks forward Jansen Harkins."

Kings score seven goals for the second straight night as seven different players score in a 7-2 win over the Bruins.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins come into the matchup against the Anaheim Ducks after losing six games in a row. Anaheim has a 30-32-8 record overall and a 16-16-2 record in home games. The Ducks have a -34 scoring differential, with 185 total goals scored and 219 allowed.

Boston (30-30-9) is coming off a 3-2 OT loss to Buffalo. Vegas (39-20-8) is coming off a 3-0 loss to Detroit. Boston is on a three-game losing streak and hasn't played well since the deadline. The Bruins are led by David Pastrnak, who has 83 points. Pavel Zacha has 41 points, Morgan Geekie has 37 points and Mason Lohrei has 29 points.

The Austin Bruins had a three-game winning streak snapped when they lost to the Minot Minotauros 3-1 in Riverside Arena Friday night. Jack Solomon stopped 26 shots in the loss for Austin (36-11-3-2 overall).

Tuch’s 26th goal of the season capped a chaos-filled overtime in which the Sabres had six shots on goal and hit the post twice.

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on March 24. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.