Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their Christin Stewart Jersey selections for all of the day's games. vs. , 7 p.m. ET Regular season games simply do not get much bigger than the one in Boston on Thursday when the Bruins host the Detroit Red Wings. The stakes are very simple. If the Red Wings win, they clinch a playoff spot and continue the longest active playoff streak in profe sional sports and reach the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 25th consecutive year. For the Bruins, the game means pretty much everything. If they lose, there is not only no way they catch the Red Wings for Sparky Anderson Jersey third place in the Atlantic Division (and even with a win they would need help to catch them), but they would find themselves in a position where they would need a ton of help to even get the second wild card spot because the , the other team in this race, not only play the on Thursday, but still have two more games remaining after that. So, in other words, the Bruins really need this game. And a lot of things are set up in their favor. They are at home after having the night off on Wednesday and taking on a Red Wings team that not only played on the night before, but was playing what was pretty much another playoff style game in a 3-0 win over the Flyers. This should set up in the Bruins' favor, especially if the Red Wings come back with for the second half of a back-to-back. But even with that ma sive scheduling advantage, do you really feel confident that the Bruins will win Al Kaline Jersey this game with the way they have been playing recently? This is a team that has won just three of its past 12 games, has been outscored 38-26 during that stretch, and has barely escaped with the wins it did get. The offense that carried the team for much of the season has gone cold, the defense is Denny Mclain Jersey still a me s, while hasn't always been able to bail them out. It is not a good position to be in, and is pretty much a replay of the way the 2014-15 season went for them down the stretch. The Red Wings, on the other hand, are starting to pick things up. After losing to Columbus one month ago, their third lo s in a row and seventh in 10 games, the Red Wings have managed to win nine of the next 14 games and carry a three-game winning streak into Thursday night to put them in a win-and-they're-in situation. They should be able to take care of that against a Bruins team that is going in the Detroit Tigers Jersey wrong direction at the wrong time of the season. Pick: Detroit Red Wings 4, Boston Bruins 2 The rest of Thursday's picks 3, 1 4, 3 Flyers 4, Maple Leafs 1 3, 2 5, 2 3, 2 3, 1 Predators 4, Coyotes 1 5, 2 3, 1 3, 2 4, 2 The Detroit Red Wings can clinch a playoff spot on Thursday. (USATSI)