Mother Nature stopped the Boston Bruins from playing the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. But it hasn’t stopped Boston’s hot streak – yet.

Returning to action for the first time since Tuesday in their 5-1 win over the New York Islanders, the Bruins welcome another hot team in the Carolina Hurricanes to TD Garden Saturday night.

Just how well are these two teams playing? The Bruins carry a nine-game point streak (7-0-2) while the Hurricanes are 7-2-1 in their last 10. Both teams are making their climb up the Eastern Conference standings with the B’s sitting in second place in the Atlantic Division and the ‘Canes holding the second wild-card spot.

The Hurricanes aren’t exactly flashy, but they’re getting the job done thanks to some stellar coaching from Bill Peters. The Bruins will have their hands full Saturday against Jeff Skinner, Sebastian Aho and the rest of the resurgent ‘Canes.

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Gametime: 7 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN/98.5 The Sports Hub
Records: Bruins 22-10-6 (50 points), Hurricanes 19-13-8 (46 points)
Location: TD Garden

Bruins projected lines

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk-David Krejci-Ryan Spooner
Danton Heinen-Riley Nash-David Backes
Tim Schaller-Sean Kuraly-Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara-Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug-Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk-Kevan Miller

Anton Khudobin
Tuukka Rask

Hurricanes projected lines

Sebastian Aho-Jordan Staal-Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn-Derek Ryan-Elias Lindholm
Jeff Skinner-Lucas Wallmark-Phil Di Giuseppe
Joakim Nordstrom-Victor Rask-Justin Williams

Jaccob Slavin-Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury-Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin-Trevor van Riemsdyk

Cam Ward
Scott Darling

Bruins-Hurricanes storylines

– Normally, a David Pastrnak 10-game goal drought isn’t a good thing, but the fourth-year forward is finding ways to produce without lighting the lamp. The creative Pastrnak has seven assists in that span and is still creating chances for himself and his fellow linemates Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. Pastrnak is showing progress in the defensive and neutral zones. His game is becoming more well rounded, but Bruce Cassidy and company would like nothing more than for Pastrnak to light the lamp for the first time since Dec. 13.

“[Pastrnak] falls on the offensive side where he has some assists and is contributing five-on-five,” Cassidy said following practice at Warrior Ice Arena on Wednesday. “We’re happy for David. Obviously, we’d like him to score, but he hasn’t hurt us and he’s still making plays.”

– The bomb cyclone postponed the Bruins-Panthers game 48 hours ago, but it did not change Cassidy’s goaltending plans for the back-to-back this weekend. Tuukka Rask, who was supposed to start on Thursday, will make his next scheduled start Sunday in Pittsburgh. Anton Khudobin, who is 1-3-0 in his last four, will get the nod as planned. Though he’s allowed 11 goals in his last three starts, Khudobin hasn’t played all that poorly aside from his performance in Nashville on Dec. 4 and notched a shutout in the second game of a back-to-back against the Sabres a few weeks later. Khudobin is 3-0-1 against his former squad (with a 1.94 goals against average and .927 save percentage), which bodes well in a matchup between two hot teams.