Canadiens vs Bruins game thread & lineups

I spoke through twitter this morning with former 2004 World Series champion (and avid hockey fan) Keith Foulke about evolution and the good news is I didn't get suspended from SB Nation like I was some budget version of Keith Law. Foulke was funny and gracious. I have to shake myself of any notion that Boston is a good city with good people who deserve to not have a solid drubbing placed on the backs of their hometown Bruins.

Former Manitoba Moose defenseman Bryan Allen makes his debut for the Montreal Canadiens after coming over from the Ducks in the Bourque trade. Tom Gilbert and Nathan Beaulieu will both sit for the Habs which seems confusing. Second straight scratch for Nathan Beaulieu.

It's believed that Glass Joe Milan Lucic will be in a foul mood after getting one punched by Dalton Prout of the Blue Jackets last night. My thoughts are that there will be a lot of pomp and circumstance around Lucic trying to re-prove himself as a tough guy legend, but nothing will come of it tonight.

The call-up today of Matt Lindblad and Jordan Caron reinforces the belief that Marchand and Krejci are both out for tonight's game.  In a corresponding move Zach Trotman was sent down which leaves Boston with just six healthy defensemen.

In this third of four meetings of the divisional rivals, Carey Price and Tuukka Rask will start for the Habs and B's respectively.

Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST (8:30 PM In Newfoundland!)

In Canada: Sportsnet

In Quebec (French): RDS

In the Bruins region: NESN

In the US of A: NHLN-US

Elsewhere: NHL Gamcenter Live or NHL Center Ice

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lineup

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Max Pacioretty	David Desharnais	PA Parenteau
Alex Galchenyuk	Tomas Plekanec	Brendan Gallagher
Brandon Prust	Lars Eller	Jiri Sekac
Drayson Bowman	Manny Malhotra	Dale Weise

Left Defense	Right Defense
Andrei Markov	P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin	Sergei Gonchar
Mike Weaver	Bryan Allen

Goaltenders

Carey Price

Dustin Tokarski

Scratched: Tom Gilbert, Nathan Beaulieu

Injured: Michael Bournival

As for the Boston Bruins, here's how they'll prepare for last rites tonight:

Boston Bruins Projected Lineup

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Milan Lucic	Alexander Khokhlachev	Seth Griffith
Matt Fraser	Patrice Bergeron	Reilly Smith
Chris Kelly	Carl Soderberg	Loui Eriksson
Simon Gagne	Gregory Campbell	Daniel Paille

Left Defense	Right Defense
Dennis Seidenberg	Kevan Miller
Joe Morrow	Dougie Hamilton
Matt Bartkowski	Torey Krug

Goaltenders

Tuukka Rask

Niklas Svedberg

Scratched: Matt Lindblad, Jordan Caron

Injured: Brad Marchand,  Zdeno Chara, David Warsofsky, Adam McQuaid, David Krejci (game time decision)

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