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The Bruins are set to take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight at the TD Banknorth Garden. Montreal is still looking to clinch a spot in the playoffs. The Habs can stake claim to a playoff spot in the East with either a win or an overtime/shootout loss tonight.
Just who are these Canadiens you speak of?
Montreal Canadiens 41-29-10; 92 pts (2nd in Northeast, 7th in East)
Leading Goal Scorers
Goaltending
Guys Who Like to Drop the Gloves
Georges Laraque: 9 Fighting Majors
Tom Kostopoulos: 7 Fighting Majors
'08-'09 Season Series
Bruins record vs. Montreal: 4-0-1
10/15 @ MON 4-3 SO L
11/13 vs. MON 6-1 W
11/22 @ MON 3-2 SO W
1/13 vs. MON 3-1 W
2/1 @ Montreal 3-1 W
Injury Report
Boston
The Bruins aren't saying much about injuries now that the playoffs are right around the corner. Claude Julien canceled the morning skate today, so that complicates things even further. Here is what we do know:
LW Marco Sturm: Out for Season (knee)
LW P.J. Axelsson: Doubtful (undisclosed injury)
D Andrew Ference: Out for remainder of regular season (undisclosed injury)
D Dennis Wideman: Doubtful (undisclosed injury)
RW Chuck Kobasew: Doubtful (undisclosed injury)
Montreal
RW Sergei Kostitsyn: Doubtful (concussion)
D Mathieu Schneider: Questionable (upper body injury)
D Andrei Markov: Out (knee)
D Francis Bouilon: Out (groin)
C Robert Lang: Out (Achilles tendon)
Projected Lines
| Montreal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards | |||
| Alex Tanguay | Saku Koivu | Alex Kovalev | |
| Matt D'Agostini | Tomas Plekanec | Andrei Kostitsyn | |
| Guillaume Latendresse | Maxim Lapierre | Tom Kostopoulos | |
| Chistopher Higgins | Glen Metropolit | Mathieu Dandenault | |
| Defensemen | |||
| Mike Komisarek | Josh Gorges | ||
| Roman Hamrlik | Patrice Brisebois | ||
| Ryan O'Byrne | Yannick Weber | ||
*Montreal lines according to NESN.com
Notes:
- The Bruins called up Vladimir Sobotka from the Providence Bruins.
- The Canadiens callled up defenseman Yannick Weber from the Hamilton Bulldogs. Weber is expected to see some time as the pointman on the power play tonight.
- Several of the B's will be sporting a new look tonight after participating in WBCN's Cuts for a Cause to raise money for the pediatric cancer unit at Mass General Hospital. Speaking of using grooming habits and hockey to raise money for charity, the Bruins Foundation has launched Beard-A-Thon. Fellow Bruins blogger Cornelius Hardenbergh was chosen as today's "Beard of the Day".
- Mathieu Schneider (upper body injury) is participating in the morning skate for Montreal.
- For more on the Habs, check out Habs Eyes on the Prize and Robert's admission that the Bruins hold a special place in his heart.
- The game starts at 7:00 and the public skate (open thread) starts here at 6:00.
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