Officiels/Tonight's Officials
Arbitres/Referees Jake Brenk (26), TJ Luxmore (21)
Juges de ligne/Linespersons Kilian McNamara (93), Jonathan Deschamps(80)
TONIGHT’S GAME- The Bruins visit the Canadiens tonight in the third and final game between these teams this season and Boston’s lone visit this season to Bell Centre this year ... The Bruins are 30-35-9 overall this season with a 19-12-6 record on home ice.- The Bruins are playing their 12th of 13 sets of three-games-in-four nights this week ... They are 4-7-0 in the first games, 6-4-1in the second games and are 4-6-1 in the third games so far.- The Bruins next face a three-games-in-four-nights series in Montreal tomorrow, back home vs. Carolina on Apr. 5 and playing in Buffalo on Apr. 6.
MILESTONES APPROACHING- Jeremy Swayman is one win shy of his 100th NHL win.- Elias Lindholm is five points short of his 600th NHL point.- Henri Jokiharju is six points short of his 100th NHL point.
INJURIES- Hampus Lindholm: Lower body (LTIR)- Charlie McAvoy: Upper body (LTIR)- Mark Kastelic: Upper body
BOSTON vs. CANADIENS, LIFETIME SERIES- The Bruins and Canadiens are meeting for the 764th time in their histories with a 296-353-103-11 lifetime record and Montreal holding a 2,288-2,047 scoring edge.- The Bruins are 119-211-47-4 lifetime in Montreal with the Canadiens having a 1,256-916 scoring advantage in those 381 games.- The Bruins won the first two games of this season’s series with a 6-4 win on Oct. 10 and a 6-3 decision on Dec. 1 ... They are now 15-0-1 in their last 16 games vs. the Canadiens and they are 6-0-1 in their last seven on the road.