Game 14: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins
How to watch
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
In Canada: CBC, CityTV (English), TVA Sports (French)
In the Bruins region: NESN
Streaming: ESPN+, TSN+, RDS
Up against the greatest team in Western Conference about two weeks ago, the response from the Montreal Canadiens, one of the youngest teams in the NHL, was to put forth what stands as their most complete effort of the 2023-24 season. Tonight, they take on the top team in the east, a Boston Bruins club they’re very familiar with.
Helping the cause will be Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, making his return from injury in Joel Armia’s lineup spot. Martin St-Louis doesn’t want to make many changes from the group that stopped a losing streak on Thursday, so RHP is the only change among the skaters, and Samuel Montembeault takes his turn between the pipes.
Like the Canadiens, the Bruins bring a relatively young defence into this matchup, with the 22-year-old Mason Lohrei on the top pairing with Charlie McAvoy, who has served his four-game suspension for a head hit. The blue-liners have adopted the Bruins’ system perfectly to start the season, and the Canadiens are going to have to work hard to find their opportunities in this game.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Cole Caufield |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #70 Tanner Pearson |
#91 Sean Monahan |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #35 Alex Newhook |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#17 Josh Anderson |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#71 Jake Evans |
#49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #21 Kaiden Guhle |
#26 Johnny Kovacevic |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#52 Justin Barron |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
$54 Jordan Harris |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#34 Jake Allen |
Injured: Kirby Dach, David Savard, Chris Wideman
Scratched: Joel Armia, Cayden Primeau, Jesse Ylönen
Boston Bruins projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Brad Marchand |
Pavel Zacha |
David Pastrnak |
| James van Riemsdyk |
Charlie Coyle |
Trent Frederic |
| Danton Heinen |
Matthew Poitras |
Jake DeBrusk |
| Jakub Lauko |
John Beecher |
Oskar Steen |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Mason Lohrei |
Charlie McAvoy |
| Hampus Lindholm |
Brandon Carlo |
| Derek Forbort |
Ian Mitchell |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Jeremy Swayman |
Linus Ullmark |
