The Nashville Predators visit the Boston Bruins looking to break a six-game road skid. Boston has an 18-10-5 record in home games and a 28-26-8 record overall. The Bruins lead league play serving 10.6 penalty minutes per game.

Ryan O'Reilly scored twice and had an assist, Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists and the Nashville Predators picked up a rare road win with a 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

The Nashville Predators finish their three-game road trip on Tuesday, playing the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. The Predators lost both games in New York over the weekend, a 7-4 loss to the Islanders and a 4-0 loss to the Rangers.

A lineup change by Andrew Brunette sparked the Nashville Predators and Steven Stamkos, who ended a 13-game scoring slump in a win over the Bruins.

The Bruins have dropped six of their last seven and now have two points and three teams standing between them and the final playoff spot.

The Bruins came out in the third period with some desperate energy and were rewarded for it. David Pastrnak hustled to win a race to keep the puck in the zone near the left point

On Tuesday morning, the Bruins announced that the journeyman defenseman is headed back to the AHL after two games in Boston. The move leaves Boston, at least temporarily, with just six healthy defensemen until they either recall another defenseman or Charlie McAvoy returns to action.

The Bruins were without captain Brad Marchand, who is out with an upper-body injury from a hit that sent him face-first into the boards in a game Saturday.

Jonathan Marchessault, Tommy Novak and Mark Jankowski scored, and Luke Evangelista had two assists for the Predators (22-32-7), who finished 1-2-0 on their three-game road trip. J

Ryan O’Reilly scored twice and had an assist, Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists and the Nashville Predators picked up a rare road win with a 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.