Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Boston Bruins (10-7-0, 20 points) and Montreal Canadiens (11-4-1, 23 points) face-off for second of four meetings this season live from the Bell Centre in Montreal. The game can be live streamed here. Boston fans can hear all the action on WEEI 93.7 while Montreal fans can do the same on TSN 690.
Boston is playing for the second straight night and had a five-game winning streak snapped Wednesday while Montreal is in search of its fourth consecutive victory. The Canadiens defeated the Bruins 6-4 on Oct. 16 in the first meeting of the season between these two teams.
The Bruins fell 6-1 at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs Wednesday and will close out their brief two-game trip through Canada tonight. Dennis Seidenberg scored the lone goal in a loss that left coach Claude Julien with not much to say about it.
"We just stunk [up] the joint, and right now it's a matter of moving on, getting ready for tomorrow," he told NHL.com, "because there's nothing great to talk about today."
Boston has been paced by Carl Soderberg and Patrice Bergeron this season, as each player has 13 points. Soderberg has five tallies and eight helpers while Bergeron has three goals and 10 assists.
The Canadiens are coming off of a 3-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets that saw Lars Eller notch the game-winning goal. Today will mark the Montreal debut for Sergei Gonchar, whom the team acquired from the Dallas Stars.
"I have to get out there and see what they do," Gonchar told NHL.com of his teammates after his first practice with his new team. "Obviously I got a sense [Tuesday] morning."
Max Pacioretty and Tomas Plekanec are tied for the team lead with 11 points apiece as both have found the twine six times and added five assists thus far this season.
In net, the Canadiens are set to go with Carey Price, who is 9-3-1 with a 2.56 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.
Boston is slated to counter with Tuukka Rask in the crease after a nightmarish start against Toronto and he is 8-5-0 with a 2.69 GAA and a .901 save percentage this season.
It's a clash of two division rivals when the puck drops on the Bruins and Canadiens live tonight from the Bell Centre in Montreal.
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