The Montreal Canadiens (and their unintentionally hilarious fans) are in town tonight to take on the B's. Both teams have been dealing with injuries but have both found ways to win. The B's have won 2 straight, while the Habs enter tonight's game riding a 4-game win streak.

Just who are these Canadiens you speak of?
Montreal Canadiens 25-10-6; 56 pts (2nd in Northeast, 4th in East)

Leading Goal Scorer
Robert Lang: 16 Goals (16-16-32)
Andrei Kostitsyn: 13 Goals (13-12-25)
Alex Kovalev: 11 Goals (11-21-32)

Goaltending
Carey Price: 25 GP 16-4-5; 2.30 GAA .921 Sv% 1 SO
Jaroslav Halak: 17 GP 9-6-1; 2.77 GAA .910 Sv%
Marc Denis: 1 GP 0-0-0; 3.00 GAA .857 Sv%

Guys Who Like to Drop the Gloves
Georges Laraque: 5 Fighting Majors
Tom Kostopoulos: 5 Fighting Majors
Francis Bouillon: 4 Fighting Majors

'08-'09 Season Series
Bruins Record vs. Montreal: 2-0-1
10/15 @ MON 4-3 SO L
11/13 vs. MON 6-1 W
11/22 @ MON 3-2 SO W

Injury Report

Boston
G Manny Fernandez: Out ("General Soreness")
LW Milan Lucic: Game-Time Decision (Undisclosed Injury)
F Phil Kessel: IR (Mono)
C Patrice Bergeron: IR (Concussion)
LW Marco Sturm: IR (Knee)
D Andrew Ferance: IR (Broken Tibia)

Montreal
G Carey Price: Out (Groin)
LW Alex Tanguay: Out Indefinitely (Shoulder)
RW Georges Laraque: IR (Groin)
C Christopher Higgins: IR (Shoulder)
C Saku Koivu: Out (Foot)
D Mathieu Dandenault: IR (Broken Arm)

Notes:

- Shane Hnidy (Eye) has been cleared to play.

- Tim Thomas will get the start in goal and will be backed up by Tuuka Rask in place of Manny Fernandez who is experiencing "general soreness".

- Milan Lucic participated in the morning skate and will be a game-time decision.

- Without Big Georges, who will protect the "Diving Divas"?

- The game is on Versus tonight (7:00).

- What happened to the Montreal power play? Last year, the Habs had the most potent power play in the league (24.1%). This year, the Habs rank 24th in the NHL (15.2%).

Today's Obligatory Embarrassing YouTube Fan Video