DALLAS — Torey Krug had the puck on his stick. Pekka Rinne was out of position. With a whip of his stick, Krug could have put the puck behind Rinne. Instead, Krug shot the puck wide right. What should have been a gimme for the offensive-minded defenseman turned into yet another missed opportunity.

During Thursday’s 2-0 loss to Nashville, Krug failed to score a goal for the 32d straight game. He stretched that streak to 33 games against Dallas on Saturday. This season, Krug has hit the back of the net just three times, well off his career mark of 14 goals in 2013-14. Consider that in 2012-13, Krug scored goals in four of his first five NHL playoff games. His current pace is something the 24-year-old has never experienced.

“If you’re not scoring, you’ve got to do something else to help the team win,’’ said Krug before the Bruins’ 7-3 win. “I feel I’ve been doing a good job of breaking pucks out. You can always be better and take another step forward, be better defensively, and things like that. It will go in when the time’s right. I have faith in that. I’ll start helping the team somehow.’’

Every player, even former sharpshooters such as Krug, go through dry streaks. Krug is still pounding the puck despite his misfiring GPS. He landed five shots on net against Nashville, three more against Dallas. Through 58 games, Krug has 178 shots, second most on the team after Patrice Bergeron (200). Krug’s 1.7 shooting percentage, however, is the worst on the roster, even lower than Dennis Seidenberg (1.9 percent), who does not qualify as an offensive machine.

Both Krug and his coach know the puck will go in. They’re mindful, however, of isolating his shortage of goals and not letting it affect the rest of his game.

“For us, it’s always about asking players to be good and to worry about the game itself, not so much the individual stats,’’ said coach Claude Julien. “At the same time, with him producing, he knows it helps our team. Right now, it’s just about him relaxing, playing his game, and letting things happen. He’s been pressing a little bit. You just have to see the opportunities that he’s had and he’s missed on whether he’s forced things at times.’’

Krug didn’t just fail to score Saturday. He didn’t complete the game. At 18:26 of the third period, Krug fell to the ice after being rocked by Jason Demers. Krug left for the dressing room favoring his right shoulder with help from trainer Don DelNegro.

Marchand hits 30

Brad Marchand scored twice to reach the 30-goal threshold for the first time in his career. At 13:24 of the first, Marchand took a pass from Brett Connolly and tucked in a short-range backhander. At 13:24 of the second, Marchand snapped in a long-distance power-play goal. He landed six shots in 18:18 of ice time, second most after Loui Eriksson (seven).

“I was excited,’’ Marchand said. “Just the way that we won, it makes it an enjoyable night. It’s something we’re all excited about.’’

Power play strikes

The power play, which had gone 0 for 19 during the first five games of the road trip, rebounded with a 3-for-6 night against the Stars. Marchand, David Krejci, and Matt Beleskey scored on the man advantage.

“We were getting a lot of looks on a lot of our power plays. The pucks weren’t going in,’’ said Julien. “That’s not to say we didn’t have some bad power plays or we didn’t have areas we wanted to improve. I don’t think it was bad as the stats would show. We had good looks.’’

Spooner scratched

Spooner missed his first game of the season because he was sick. Joonas Kemppainen replaced Spooner as the third-line center between Beleskey and Jimmy Hayes. Eriksson took over Spooner’s duties on the right-side half-boards on the first power-play unit. Beleskey served as the net-front presence. Eriksson is now the only player to have dressed in all 59 games . . . The Rangers placed ex-Bruin Daniel Paille on waivers on Saturday. The left wing went scoreless in 12 games with the Rangers after starting the season in Rockford, Chicago’s AHL affiliate . . . Adam McQuaid logged his second fight of the season. At 3:12 of the second, with his team down, 3-1, McQuaid convinced Antoine Roussel to go after some jostling in the corner. McQuaid scored the takedown. “Two willing combatants there,’’ said Julien. “He certainly did a great job of getting the fight. It certainly gives our team some energy and some excitement.’’ . . . Joe Morrow replaced Zach Trotman, who was a healthy scratch. Trotman had dressed in 20 straight games, while Morrow had been scratched for the last three. Morrow skated with Dennis Seidenberg . . . Tyler Randell was the other healthy scratch . . . Kevan Miller replaced Trotman as Zdeno Chara’s partner. Miller and Chara helped to keep Tyler Seguin scoreless.

Fluto Shinzawa can be reached at fshinzawa@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeFluto.