Tuukka Rask will try to tie Tiny Thompson's Boston Bruins career record for wins when the Bruins play the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden on Monday. Thompson had a record of 252-153 and 63 ties as goalie with the Bruins from 1929-1939. Rask, who entered the League with Boston in 2007-08, is 251-145-55. The Bruins are 6-1-0 in their past seven games overall and 8-1-0 in their past nine against the Canadiens. The Canadiens will try for their third win in their past four games and will attempt to split the season series with the Bruins in their fourth and final meeting.
Players to watch
Montreal forward Tomas Tatar has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in his past 10 games. Bruins forward Brad Marchand has 23 points (nine goals, 14 assists) in his past 16 games.
They said it
"There's been some heated games, some emotional games and it's nice this year that both teams are competitive. You have these games later on in the year where the points matter and you'll see the emotion and the intensity at a pretty high level tonight." -- Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher "For us it's more about I think our team's starting to hit our stride a little bit here in terms of A) health and B) consistency in our lineup, getting the things you need, goaltending every night, secondary scoring. Some of the stuff early in the year we talked about hoping they would come around … and it has." --Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy
The Canadiens will use the same lineup they used to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Saturday. … The Bruins will use the same lineup they used to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday.
Stat pack
Danault has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past eight games. … Benn is one point from 100 in his NHL career. … Pastrnak, who will play the 300th game of his NHL career, has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in his past 12 games.
