Bruins at Canadiens preview

BRUINS (12-6-4) at CANADIENS (11-7-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN, TVAS, NESN, NHL.TV

Goalie Tuukka Rask will start for Boston, which is 2-0-2 and has allowed six goals in its past four games. Rask is 2-2-2 with a 2.01 goals-against-average and a .933 save percentage in his past six starts.
Goalie Carey Price will start for Montreal, which has lost three straight (0-1-2) and has allowed at least four goals in nine of its past 13 games.

Players to watch

Bruins forward David Pastrnak, tied with Jeff Skinner of the Buffalo Sabres for the NHL lead with 17 goals, has one assist in four games after having eight points (five goals, three assists) in a three-game multi-point streak.
Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his past eight games. He needs one goal for 100 in the NHL, one assist for 100 and two points for 200.

They said it

"Our style of play, we like the games to be close. I think that's how we're good and that's why we were so successful last year, even in the playoffs. I think that once it gets down to that we kind of limit the other team and figure them out." -- Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk
"I'm very lucky to be playing with two amazing players like [forward Jonathan] Drouin and [center Max] Domi. I think if we keep working hard for one another, things are going to keep happening."-- Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand --
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson
-- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Joakim Nordstrom -- Colby Cave -- Noel Acciari
Chris Wagner -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Torey Krug -- John Moore
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kevan Miller
Jeremy Lauzon -- Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Anders Bjork, Steven Kampfer
Injured:Zdeno Chara (knee), Patrice Bergeron (ribs), Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion), Brandon Carlo (upper body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Max Domi -- Andrew Shaw
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Matthew Peca -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Artturi Lehkonen
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Michael Chaput -- Kenny Agostino
Jordie Benn -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- David Schlemko
Karl Alzner -- Victor Mete
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched:Charles Hudon, Mike Reilly, Xavier Ouellet
Injured:Shea Weber (knee), Noah Juulsen (facial fracture), Joel Armia (lower body), Paul Byron (lower body), Nikita Scherbak (lower body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

DeBrusk has eight points (six goals, two assists) in his past nine games. … Krejci has eight assists in his past nine games. … Domi has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in his the past 12 games. … Drouin has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his past eight games.