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Chris Lee (28), Chris Rooney (5)
Juges de ligne/Linespersons Ryan Galloway (82), Derek Nansen (70)
TONIGHT’S GAME -The Bruins travel to Montreal tonight in the frst of four games between these teams this season and the frst of two visits to Bell Centre this year ... The Bruins are 11-1-1 overall this season and they are 5-1-0 on the road ... They are 4-1-0 in games vs. Eastern Conference teams this season. -The Bruins open a two-game road trip tonight in Montreal and will play in Buffalo on 11/14 ... They will then return home to host the Canadiens on 11/18.
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Charlie Coyle is 2 games short of his 800th NHL game. - Jake DeBrusk is 3 games short of his 400th NHL game. - Kevin Shattenkirk is 3 goals short of his 100th NHL goal. - Brad Marchand is 3 assists short of his 500th NHL assist. - James van Riemsdyk is 3 assists shy of his 300th NHL assist. - Charlie McAvoy is 5 assists short of his 200th NHL assist. - Pavel Zacha is 6 goals shy of his 100th NHL goal. - Jeremy Swayman is 6 games short of his 100th NHL game. - Derek Forbort is 7 points short of his 100th NHL point. - Matt Grzelcyk is 9 games shy of his 400th NHL game. - Brandon Carlo is 9 games shy of his 500th NHL game
INJURIES (24 man-games lost) - Morgan Geekie: Upper body IR - Milan Lucic: Lower body IR - Matt Grzelcyk: Upper body IR
BOSTON vs MONTREAL, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Canadiens are meeting for the 758th time in their histories with a 291-353-103-10 record and Montreal having a 2,271-2,017 scoring edge in those games. - The Bruins are 118-211-47-3 lifetime in 379 games in Montreal with the Canadiens holding a 1,252-912 scoring advantage in those contests. - The Bruins have won their last ten games vs. Montreal.
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The Boston Bruins have started piling up the wins for a second straight season.
While last season's Bruins surged to an NHL-best 65 victories, the competitive nature of games this season has been much tighter despite an 11-1-1 start. The Bruins' 23 points matched the champion Vegas Golden Knights for tops in the league heading into Friday's action.
Boston heads north for a Saturday night matchup with the Atlantic Division rival Montreal Canadiens having won five of its last six games. The Bruins played in four straight one-goal contests prior to Thursday's 5-2 win over the New York Islanders.
"The season's long. You're going to go through different types of games," Bruins forward David Pastrnak said. "You're going to be up, you're going to be chasing the game, and you just have to believe in the process, play our game, and we have a good group in here."
The Bruins were locked in a 2-2 tie early in Thursday's third period before pulling away for the victory. A three-goal run to finish the game included two by Charlie Coyle, who finished his first career hat trick and a four-point night.
It was a productive night for not only Coyle, who has 12 points in 13 games, but linemates Trent Frederic (one goal, one assist) and James van Riemsdyk (two assists) as well. Pastrnak had a goal and two assists.
"I thought (that line) had a huge impact," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. "(van Riemsdyk) made five outstanding first passes; two of them didn't end up in a net, but three or four of them did. And Frederic and Coyle have always had a chemistry together. So, it was really nice to see."
Likely backstopped by 6-0-0 goalie Jeremy Swayman, the Bruins' lineup will be deeper come Saturday. Defenseman Charlie McAvoy has completed his four-game suspension for an illegal check to the head.
Also, forward Jakub Lauko is "an option" to play after missing seven games with a facial fracture from being cut by a skate blade Oct. 24 in Chicago.
Montreal earned a 3-2 overtime win Thursday at Detroit, snapping a four-game losing streak. The 0-3-1 run stretched back to an Oct. 28 triumph against Winnipeg.
Cole Caufield maintained his role as the Canadiens' early-season hero, scoring his third overtime game winner of the season in the final minute of the extra session. Only eight players in franchise history have reached that mark over an entire season, while he is only the second-ever NHL player to do so within his first five or fewer tallies of a campaign.
"I like being in that situation," Caufield said. "Obviously, you want to finish games in regulation, but you have to play the game that's in front of you, and I'm proud of the way we handled it."
Mike Matheson led Montreal with a goal and two assists while playing a game-high 27:56 on defense.
Sean Monahan logged an assist to run his point streak to seven games.
Three goalies have played for Montreal thus far, but Cayden Primeau has earned the last two starts over Jake Allen and Sam Montembeault. Primeau made 27 saves against the Red Wings, earning his first NHL win since Dec. 16, 2021.
"It's not easy for him with the three-goalie rotation, and the circumstances early in the season where our team is getting results, our goalies are playing well, so he kind of has to wait for his turn," Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. "He's been a great teammate and a worker."
