Montreal Canadiens (8-12-3, 19 Pts) at Boston Bruins (11-11-3, 25 Pts)
Venue: TD Garden
Date: Tonight – Sunday, December 1
Time: 3:00 pm EST
TV: NESN, SN, RDS
Radio:
Montreal – TSN 690 Montreal
Boston – 98.5 The Sports Hub
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Montreal +1.5 ML -130
Boston -1.5 ML +110
O/U 6
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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes
Montreal is playing the second game of a back-to-back with less than 24 hours rest after suffering a 4-3 loss to the New York Rangers last night.
Reports are surfacing that Patrik Laine is close to returning to the Canadiens lineup
Boston Bruins News & Notes
Boston is hosting their Centennial Game in celebration of 100 years as an organization with many legendary alum on hand.
Joe Sacco is 3-2-0 early in his tenure as the interim Head Coach of the Bruins. After the recent loss to a struggling Pittsburgh Penguins team, can Sacco help his team bounce back against another struggling Montreal Canadiens lineup?
Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines
Caufield-Suzuki-Newhook
Slafkovsky-Dvorak-Gallagher
Roy-Dach-Anderson
Heineman-Evans-Armia
Hutson-Guhle
Xhekaj-Savard
Struble-Barron
Primeau
Montembeault
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Montreal Hockey – Inside The Rink
Boston Bruins Projected Lines
Geekie-Zacha-Pastrnak
Marchand-E. Lindholm-Brazeau
Frederic-Coyle-Johnson
Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke
Lohrei-McAvoy
Wotherspoon-Carlo
Zadorov-Peeke
Swayman
Korpisalo
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Boston Hockey – Inside The Rink
Players To Watch:
Montreal Canadiens
Lane Huston has impressed early this season with 13 points in 26 games. Hutson is currently starting up a point streak of two games, could he continue his hot hand?
Boston Bruins
David Pastrnak is putting up plenty of points this season, but is struggling to find the back of the net himself. Pastrnak has 2 goals in his last 10 games and has started to take a fair share of criticism for his lack of goal-scoring. With the Canadiens not being defensively stout, Pastrnak needs to take advantage of his opportunities for shots on net.
Injury Report:
Montreal Canadiens
C Rafael Harvey-Pinard – IR – Out four months
LW Patrick Laine – IR – Out two to three months
D David Reinbacher – LTIR – Out five to six months
D Mike Matheson – Being evaluated
Boston Bruins
D Hampus Lindholm – Out six weeks
Next Game
Montreal Canadiens – December 3 vs New York Islanders
Boston Bruins – December 3 vs Detroit Red Wings
