Preview: Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, 12/12, 7:30pm ET

Just the facts:

Who: Boston Bruins (15-12-2, 32 points, 3rd in Atlantic Division, 8th in East)
visit the Montreal Canadiens (19-6-3, 41 points, 1st in Atlantic, 1st in East)

What: An Original Six matchup and one of the most storied rivalries in hockey. I can't believe it's Wednesday already! (Wait...)

Where: Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada, The Great North

When: 7:30 PM (Eastern)

How to follow: NESN, NHLN-US, SN, 98.5 The Sports Hub

Rival SBN site: Eyes on the Prize

MTL Team Leaders:

Points: Max Pacioretty, 24; Alexander Radulov and Alex Galchenyuk each have 23

Goals: Pacioretty, 12

Assists: Andrei Markov, with 18; Radulov follows him at 17

Shots: Pacioretty, 86

BOS Team Leaders:

Points: Brad Marchand leads with 25, closely followed by David Pastrnak at 24.

Goals: Pastrnak, 18 (!); Marchand is second with... 8.

Assists: Marchand, 17

Shots: Torey Krug, 86; Pastrnak has 83

Game notes

• I'll just get this one out of the way: the Habs won 10-1 at home - where they are 14-1-1 - over the Colorado Avalanche last week, a team the Bruins recently lost to by a 4-0 score. David Pastrnak had two goals for himself.
• Bruins have 2 point lead on four - FOUR - different teams in the east, meaning that the time is now to right this ship, as the room for error has already evaporated. On a positive note, just one of the teams below Boston in the standings has a better goal differential, the Tampa Bay Lightning, at 0. The Bruins are -1. Did I mention that it's a positive note?
• There's ample shooting from the Bruins, but little to show for it. A shuffle of lines and power-play sets at practice are Claude's efforts to restart the engine; will they carry into tonight's game? Look for the 'Lines' post later this morning.
• Carey Price made a valiant attempt to remove Kyle Palmieri's spine on Saturday.
  

Never Forget: