A pair of trade deadline acquisitions, Rick Nash and Tommy Wingels sparked the Boston Bruins in their come from behind victory over the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night.

Another pair of newcomers, Brian Gionta and Nick Holden, will make their debuts 48 hours later as the B’s welcome the red-hot Pittsburgh Penguins to TD Garden in Game 2 of their six-game homestand. The veterans will replace a struggling Danton Heinen, who was benched in the 4-3 OT triumph two nights ago, and a banged up Matt Grzelcyk.

Both teams sit in third in their respective divisions. A Penguins win and Flyers regulation loss against the Hurricanes would put both Metropolitan Division squads at 78 points. With four games in hand on the idle-Maple Leafs after Thursday night, the Bruins would jump back to second place in the Atlantic if they tally at least one point against Pittsburgh.

Both teams are well positioned for the stretch run after making significant acquisitions at the deadline. The aforementioned new faces to the Black and Gold, along with Pittsburgh’s Derick Brassard (acquired from the Senators), will be front and center in the final Bruins-Penguins matchup of the 2017-18 regular season.

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Gametime: 7 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN/98.5 The Sports Hub
Records: Bruins 38-15-8 (84 points), Penguins 36-24-4 (76 points)
Location: TD Garden

Bruins projected lines

Brad Marchand-Riley Nash-David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk-David Krejci-Rick Nash
Brian Gionta-David Backes-Tommy Wingels
Tim Schaller-Sean Kuraly-Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara-Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug-Kevan Miller
Nick Holden-Brandon Carlo

Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin

Penguins projected lines

Jake Guentzel-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin-Evgeni Malkin-Patric Hornqvist
Conor Sheary-Derick Brassard-Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl-Riley Sheahan-Carter Rowney

Brian Dumoulin-Kris Letang
Olli Maatta-Justin Schultz
Matt Hunwick-Jamie Oleksiak

Casey DeSmith
Tristian Jerry

Bruins-Penguins storylines

– Special teams have been a bit of an issue for the Bruins in the past six games, but one area they’ll need to clean up, in particular, is the penalty kill. The B’s have given up power-play goals in each of the last three games, and that doesn’t bode well going up against the Penguins and their league-leading power play (27 percent). So how can Bruce Cassidy and company stop the dynamic Penguins power play and coincidentally stop the bleeding? And can they get their power play back on track after going scoreless in their last 18 attempts?

“One of the things we need to improve on lately — on both special teams — is our second and third effort,” Cassidy said following the pregame skate at Warrior Ice Arena. “Our will to block shots [on the penalty kill] has always been there to prevent goals, but we need to clean our clears [out of the zone] up; and the power play, on the flip side, our second and third effort to recover pucks needs to be better for us to get more chances.”

– One player who needs to make the most of his chances — especially with fellow linemate Patrice Bergeron recovering from a small foot fracture — is David Pastrnak. The fourth-year winger only lit the lamp twice in the B’s 13-game stretch in February. The good news for Pastrnak is he’s had some pretty good success against the Penguins with 10 points (five goals, five assists) in eight career games. A good opponent and a new month mark a good opportunity for Pastrnak to get back on track during the B’s toughest stretch of the 2017-18 campaign.