Canadiens at Bruins preview

CANADIENS (11-9-6) at BRUINS (18-3-5)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, NESN, RDS, NHL.TV

Brad Marchand is expected to play after missing practice on Saturday because of flu-like symptoms for the Bruins, who are 7-0-3 in their past 10 games and are the only NHL team without a regulation home loss this season (10-0-4).
The Canadiens will look to win for the first time in eight games. They are 0-4-3 after going 4-0-1 in their previous five games.

Players to watch

Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber has four points (two goals, two assists) during a four-game point streak.
Bruins forward David Pastrnak has 10 points (eight goals, two assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"The fans are emotional, they're passionate. I think everyone knows that this team always plays good here. But it's a really fun place, we've got some good memories here. Been able to have a little bit of success and it's always with the same formula. Usually comes from our skating game, taking the fans out of the game and just enjoying it." -- Montreal forward Brendan Gallagher on playing at TD Garden
"Obviously it wasn't what [the Canadiens] wanted there [an 8-1 Bruins win at Bell Centre on Nov. 26], on their home ice and they're probably looking to do the same to us tonight. So, it's just more of a mindset that we understand they're going to be a better team than we played a couple nights ago. Obviously, they have lots of guys that have pride over there, and obviously their coaches as well, they're well-coached. So, they'll be ready to go … so will we." -- Boston forward Jake DeBrusk

Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen -- Max Domi -- Nick Suzuki
Nick Cousins -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Joel Armia
Charles Hudon -- Nate Thompson -- Jordan Weal
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Gustav Olofsson -- Cale Fleury
Carey Price
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched: Christian Folin, Mike Reilly
Injured: Victor Mete (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Paul Byron (knee)

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle - Danton Heinen
Anders Bjork -- Sean Kuraly -- David Backes
Joakim Nordstrom -- Par Lindholm Chris Wagner
Zdeno Chara -- Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- Connor Clifton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Steven Kampfer
Injured: Patrice Bergeron (lower body), Brett Ritchie (upper body), Zach Senyshyn (lower body), Kevan Miller (knee), Karson Kuhlman (fractured tibia)

Status report

Kulak replaces Mete, who was injured in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday and did not travel to Boston. … Backes returns after missing 13 games with an upper-body injury. He replaces Jack Studnicka, who was assigned to Providence of the American Hockey League. … Bruins defenseman John Moore joined Providence on a conditioning loan.

Stat pack

Tatar has a three-game point streak (two goals, two assists). … Krejci has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in his past nine games, and is one goal from 200 in his NHL career.