Officiels/Tonight's Officials
Arbitres/Referees Jon McIsaac (2), Eric Furlatt (27)
Juges de ligne/Linesmen Shandor Alphonso (52), Tim Nowak (77)
Hymnes nationaux/Ntl. Anthem Kim Richardson
TONIGHT’S GAME
The Bruins visit the Canadiens tonight for the first of four games between these teams this season, the first of two at Bell Centre and the first of three in an eight-day span … The Bruins are 23-10-7 this season and are 9-5-4 on the road thus far … They are 6-1-2 against Atlantic Division foes and 13-4-6 against the Eastern Conference.
The Bruins are hitting the halfway mark of their season with their 41st game tonight coming out of their 5-day bye break … They will next return home to host Dallas on 1/15 and Montreal on 1/17.
BOSTON vs MONTREAL, LIFETIME SERIES
The Bruins and Canadiens are meeting for an NHL-record 739th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 275-351-103-9 record and Montreal holding a 2,233-1,944 scoring edge in those contests.
The Bruins are 109-210-47-3 in 369 games played between the teams in Montreal with the Canadiens having a 1,229-868 scoring advantage.
The Bruins have won the last 2 games between these teams and they are 4-3-0 vs. the Canadiens in their last 7 games following a 1- 10-2 stretch vs. Montreal
They have won on 3 of their last 4 visits to Montreal.
WAYBACK MACHINE
MILESTONES APPROACHING
Torey Krug is two points short of his 200th NHL/Bruins point
INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2017-18: 155)
Adam McQuaid – Broken right fibula suffered 10/19 vs VAN, missed last 34 games