After the most dominant home performance in modern team history, the Canadiens are back at the Bell Centre tonight hoping for a third strong performance in row since both Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais went out of the lineup with long-term injuries.
The Canadiens have scored 15 goals in the past two games. Scoring at a rate of 7.5 goals per game is not a realistic bar to set, but the strength of the two performances since adversity pressed its foot down on the team’s throat have been very encouraging.
Carey Price will be in search of his 250th career win, and win as a Canadiens’ goalie. He will join the ranks of the all-time great Habs goalies by doing so:
Carey Price tentera ce soir de devenir le 4e gardien à signer 250 victoires dans l’uniforme du #CH
Plante 314
Roy 289
Dryden 258— Luc Gelinas (@LucGelinasRDS) December 12, 2016
On the other end of the ice, Tuuka Rask will be looking to get back on track after surrendering losses in his last two starts (4-1 vs TOR, 4-3 @WAS) after an eleven-game sequence were he went 8-2-1 with a 1.50 goals against average and .938 save percentage.
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM EST / 4:30 PM PST.
How to Watch
In Canada: Sportsnet
In the Bruins region: NESN
Elsewhere: NHL.tv/GameCentre Live, NHL Center Ice and NHLN-US
Expected Montreal Canadiens Lineup
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
|---|---|---|
| Max Pacioretty | Tomas Plekanec | Alexander Radulov |
| Paul Byron | Torrey Mitchell | Brendan Gallagher |
| Artturi Lehkonen | Phillip Danault | Andrew Shaw |
| Sven Andrighetto | Brian Flynn | Daniel Carr |
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
|---|---|
| Alexei Emelin | Shea Weber |
| Andrei Markov | Jeff Petry |
| Nathan Beaulieu | Zach Redmond |
| Goalies |
|---|
| Carey Price |
| Al Montoya |
Injured: Alex Galchenyuk (knee), David Desharnais (knee), Greg Pateryn (fractured ankle)
Scratched: Mark Barberio, Michael McCarron
Predicted Boston Bruins Lineup
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Marchand | Patrice Bergeron | David Backes |
| Tim Schaller | David Krejci | David Pastrnak |
| Danton Heinen | Ryan Spooner | Austin Czarnik |
| Dominic Moore | Riley Nash | Noel Acciari |
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
|---|---|
| Zdeno Chara | Brandon Carlo |
| Torey Krug | Adam McQuaid |
| Joe Morrow | Kevan Miller |
| Goalies |
|---|
| Tuukka Rask |
| Anton Khubodin |
