Perhaps the NHL's longest and most heated rivalry will pick up again on Thursday night in Boston as the Montreal Canadiens visit the Boston Bruins. Montreal is languishing in 15th place in the Eastern Conference but comes off a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. The Bruins, meanwhile, won their fourth straight game on Tuesday night by dispatching Ottawa 3-2 at the TD Garden. The puck drops at 7:00 PM EST.
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The Montreal Canadiens, the most decorated franchise in NHL history, is in the midst of a downturn and a down season. The Canadiens are in 15th place in the Eastern Conference and have the fifth-fewest points in the NHL with just 62. Montreal is just 2-6-2 in the last ten games but did pick up a 3-2 win on Tuesday night over playoff-bound Tampa Bay. Kirby Dach and Jonathan Drouin each scored in the first period and the Canadiens held on for a victory. Mike Matheson added a second-period goal to give the Canadiens a 3-1 lead. Goalie Sam Montembault stopped 31-of-33 shots in the game to pick up his 14th win.
“Sam played tremendous,” Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said. “I think everybody played well. I can’t think of a guy that wasn’t that good tonight. So when you have everybody on board, we’re hard to play against.
“I liked our game. It was fun because we played against the same team as the last game. We had a lot of examples and you can really show the aspects to work on and how we want to show up against them and the things that we want to do.”
31 arrêts ??
That lil hug tho#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/9xqKWz6kzw
— Canadiens Montreal (@CanadiensMTL) March 22, 2023
Surprisingly, this is just the second meeting of the season for the Habs against Boston. Boston defeated the Canadiens in Montreal in the first meeting. Montreal comes in ranked 27th in goals per game this season. The Canadiens are also 16th in shooting percentage. On the power-play, the Canadiens are a dismal 29th in the league. On the defensive end, Montreal is 29th in goals allowed this season. They have struggled on the penalty kill as well, ranking just 30th in the NHL.
Key Injuries: D Jordan Harris, RW Jesse Ylonen and RW Joel Armia are listed as day-to-day.
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