Jeremy Swayman gets the crease again Saturday, and Marco Sturm is sticking with the same group for a massive night in Detroit.

That's the story right away for Boston. No lineup changes, no last-minute shuffle, just Sturm leaning on the group that handled Winnipeg and sending Swayman back into a pressure game with playoff weight all over it.

The stakes are obvious. Boston and Detroit both entered Saturday with 84 points, sitting fourth and fifth in the Atlantic Division while hanging onto Eastern Conference wild-card spots.

That makes this one more than a regular March stop on the road trip. It's the fourth and final meeting of the season, and it's landing with both teams fighting for the same patch of ice in the standings.

Swayman is the coach's call, and it tracks. He stopped 23 shots in Thursday's win over the Winnipeg Jets, and Boston is going right back to him with Detroit on deck less than 48 hours later.

His season line matters here too. Swayman brought a 2.73 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage through 46 games into Saturday, and he had already started all 3 previous meetings with Detroit.

Marco Sturm rides the hot hands

The most interesting wrinkle is that Boston isn't changing a thing after Lukas Reichel's debut. Reichel put up 1 goal and 1 assist against Winnipeg, and he stayed next to Elias Lindholm and Morgan Geekie.

That matters because Sturm didn't just give Reichel a look. He kept him in a real role after a 2-point first impression, which says the staff likes what his pace did for that line right out of the gate.

Boston's second line is rolling too, and that gives Sturm another reason to leave the board alone. Casey Mittelstadt, Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson all had 2 points on Thursday.

The streaks are part of it. Zacha and Arvidsson each brought a 4-game point streak into Detroit, while Mittelstadt carried points in 2 straight. That's not the time for a coach to get cute.

Detroit has its own push, led by Alex DeBrincat's 72 points in 69 games. The Red Wings also came in off a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, so Boston isn't walking into a flat building.

Still, Sturm's decision is clear. He trusts Swayman, he likes the way Reichel fit, and he's betting Boston's current mix can handle a tight-checking night with the season squeezing down.