GAME DAY | Bruins – Canadiens: Preview, Prediction, Lines, Goalies, TV

January 13, 2018

Game Preview by Caitlyn Golem

Last game: MTL 5 VAN 2

Gallagher’s game winning goal at the half way point in the third period scored the Canadiens a second straight win.

Players to watch

Brendan Gallagher
When one thinks of Gallagher they likely think of his uncanny ability to get under opponents skin – rarely giving fans a dull moment when he is in the opposing team’s end. On top of this, he leads the Canadiens offense with 16 goals, making him all that more irritating to the other team.
Brad Marchand
Marchand has played a vital role in the Canadiens – Bruins rivalry for many years. Expect tonight to be no different. He leads the Bruins with 40 points.
David Pastrnak
Pastrnak is just one point behind Marchand so if Brad doesn’t net one, David likely will.

Keys to Victory

Ride your goaltending
Every victory for the Canadiens seems to largely depend on how their goaltending is. Their goals for average for the season so far has been just 2.5 while their goals against average has been 3.02. It is no secret that the Canadiens offense can be very much hit or miss so their goaltender keeping their goals against as low as possible is key.
Channel the emotion
The rivalry will get the blood boiling. The Canadiens can’t take bad penalties.
Finish strong
Both teams are coming off of a five-day break so tiredness isn’t a factor and it will likely come down to conditioning.

Matchup by All Habs staff
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC \| January 13, 7:00 PM ET \| TV: CBC, SN, TVAS, NESN
	2017-18 statistics
BRUINS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
53 (7th)	Points (rank)	40 (27th)
23-10-7	Record	18-20-4
9-5-4	Away/Home	11-8-3
8-0-2	Last 10	4-6-0
3.23	GF/G	2.52
2.50	GA/G	3.05
20.8	PP%	19.0
82.8	PK%	78.4
52.94	CF%	51.20


Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Marchand – Bergeron – Pastrnak DeBrusk – Krejci – Spooner Heinen – Nash – Backes Schaller – Kuraly – Acciari	Pacioretty – Danault – Lehkonen Galchenyuk – Drouin – Hudon Byron – Plekanec – Gallagher Deslauriers – De La Rose – Shaw
Defensemen
Chara – McAvoy Krug – Carlo Grzelcyk – Miller	Benn – Jerabek Alzner – Petry Mete – Schlemko
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Postma, Vatrano Injured: McQuaid	Scratched: Morrow, Carr, Froese Injured: Weber, Hemsky
Goalies
Tuukka Rask	Carey Price

Record: 14-8-4 GAA: 2.23 Sv%: .920 SO: 2 Alternate: Anton Khudobin	Record: 13-14-2 GAA: 2.89 Sv%: .911 SO: 1 Alternate: Antti Niemi

What to Expect

Montreal and Boston have one of the most storied rivalries in sports so expect an action packed game from start to finish.

Prediction: Canadiens 2 Bruins 4

The Bruins are seventh in the league and the Canadiens are 27th so it is likely the Bruins will go take home the win.

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