Canadiens at Bruins preview

CANADIENS (5-2-2) at BRUINS (6-2-2)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN1, CITY, TVAS, NESN, NHL.TV

Price and Roy each has 289 wins; Jacque Plante ranks first with 314. The Canadiens are 1-1-1 in their past three games after winning three straight.
Tuukka Rask will start for the Bruins, who are 2-0-2 in their past four games and are the only remaining undefeated home team (4-0-0) in the NHL. The Bruins have started 5-0-0 at home twice before (1983-84 and 1990-91).

Players to watch

Montreal forward Max Domi has seven points (four goals, three assists) during a five-game point streak.
Bruins forward David Pastrnak has 15 points (10 goals, five assists) in his past nine games and is tied with Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews for the League lead in goals (10).

They said it

"I'm really happy to be back in the lineup. I think we've played some good games, but it's nice to be back in the lineup after a tough loss to help the team bounce back." -- Montreal forward Charles Hudon who will play for the first time since Oct. 17
"We've got to try to get on their 'D'. Obviously they're a little younger, like a lot of teams in this league, like ours is right now. So that's probably the game plan, force them to make plays." -- Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy

Canadiens projected lineup

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

Bruins projected lineup

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- David Krejci -- Jake DeBrusk
Anders Bjork -- Joakim Nordstrom -- Chris Wagner
Ryan Donato -- Sean Kuraly -- Noel Acciari
Zdeno Chara -- Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk -- John Moore
Jeremy Lauzon -- Steven Kampfer
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched:None
Injured: Torey Krug (ankle), David Backes (upper body), Charlie McAvoy (upper body), Urho Vaakanainen (concussion), Kevan Miller (hand)

Status report

Juulsen will miss his first game and Alzner will play for the first time since Oct. 20. ... Shaw will be scratched for the first time in four games. ... Krug continued to skate with the Bruins but won't return until Tuesday at the earliest, Cassidy said.

Stat pack

Drouin has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past six games. ... Bergeron has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past four games after having 13 points (six goals, seven assists) during a five-game point streak.a