NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins 10/10/2024

Inside The Rink Game Day Preview

Montreal Canadiens (1-0-0) at Boston Bruins (0-1-0)
Date: Thursday, October 10
Time: 7:00 pm

TV: NESN
Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Montreal +1.5 ML +110
Boston -1.5 ML -110
O/U 5.5

Montreal Canadiens Notes:

The Canadiens have the second-youngest team in the NHL and three first-year rookies. On Wednesday night, Montreal began their season with a 1-0 shutout over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Cole Caufield scored the lone goal.

Boston Bruins Notes:

The Bruins lost their opener 6-4 to Florida and lacked cohesion with new players throughout the lineup. The Panthers have been a tough matchup for Boston for over two years. Boston plays their home opener Thursday and holds a 364–282–103–12 over the Canadiens all-time in the regular season. Defenseman Mason Lohrei is scratched after a -3 effort in the opener.

Montreal Canadiens Lineup:

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Armia
Barre-Boulet-Dvorak-Anderson
Gallagher-Evans-Heineman

Matheson-Guhle
Hutson-Savard
Xhekaj-Barron

Primeau
Montembeault

Boston Bruins Lineup:

Zacha-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak
Marchand-Coyle-Geekie
Tufte-Frederic-Brazeau
Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke

Zadorov-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Wotherspoon-Peeke

Swayman
Korpisalo

Players To Watch:

Montreal – Caufield scored the first goal of the season for Montreal while wearing number 13 as a tribute to the late Johnny Gaudreau. Nicholas Suzuki was among the top players on offense for Montreal last season, collecting 77 points. He recorded 33 goals and 44 assists in 82 games.

Boston – Jeremy Swayman makes his season debut after signing an 8-year, $66 million contract. The 25-year-old goaltender is the number-one netminder for Boston after splitting time with Linus Ullmark for much of his career.

Injuries:

Montreal – Harvey-Pinard (Leg-LTIR), Laine (Knee), Reinbacher (Knee-LTIR)
Boston – Matt Poitras (Undisclosed)

Next game

Montreal – October 12 vs Ottawa at 7:00 pm EST
Boston – October 12 vs Los Angeles at 1:00 pm EST

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