NHL Preview: Boston Bruins (64-12-5) at Montréal Canadiens (31-44-6)

BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S GAME

• The Bruins visit the Canadiens tonight in the 3rd and final game between these teams this season and the 2nd of 2 games at Bell Centre.
• They are 64-12-5 overall this season and they are 30-8-2 on the road… The Bruins are 39-7-3 vs Eastern Conference opponents.
• They have set the highest win (64) and points (133) totals in NHL history.
• The Bruins close out their regular season tonight … Their playoff schedule has not yet been determined.

RECENT GAMES:

• The Bruins have won their last 7 games w/a 2-1 OT win on 3/30 vs Columbus, a 4-3 win in Pittsburgh on 4/1, 4-3 SO win in St. Louis on 4/2, 2-1/OT vs Toronto on 4/6, 2-1 win vs New Jersey on 4/8, 5-3 win in Philadelphia on 4/11 and 5-2 win vs. Washington on 4/11… They are 14-1-0 in their last 15 games and are 24-4-0 in their last 28 games.
• The Bruins have won their last 7 road games.
• The Bruins are 8-1-0 in their last 9 home games.
• Boston 2 vs New Jersey 1 …Pavel Zacha scored twice in the game’s 1st 4:44 of play and Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for his 39th win of the season … SOG: Bos 40, NJ 30 … PP: 1/1 … PK: 0/3
• Boston 5 at Philadelphia 3 … David Pastrnak’s 15th career hat trick (3-1=4 totals), Tyler Bertuzzi’s 3A and Pavel Zacha (1-1=2 totals) had multi-point games and Charlie Coyle had a single tally … Jeremy Swayman tied his career season-high with his 23rd win in the season … SOG: Bos 34, Phi 37 … PP: 0/1 … PK: 0/4
• Boston 5 vs Washington 2 … Brad Marchand (1-2=3 totals), Tyler Bertuzzi, Tomas Nosek (1-1=2), Garnet Hathaway and Jake DeBrusk scored goals and David Pastrnak added 2A as the Bruins closed out their home … Linus Ullmark tied a club record with his 40th win of the season … SOG: Bos 44, Wsh 27 … PP: 2/2 … PK: 1/2

INJURIES (Total man-games lost in 2022-23: 148)

• David Krejci: Undisclosed
• Derek Forbort: Lower body (LTIR)
• Nick Foligno: Lower body (LTIR)

BOSTON vs MONTREAL, LIFETIME SERIES

• The Bruins and Canadiens are meeting for the NHL-record 757th time in their histories with the Bruins having a 290-353-103-10 record and 2,012-2,267 scoring margins in those games.
• The Bruins are 117-211-47-3 lifetime in Montreal with the Canadiens having a 1,248-907 scoring advantage in those 378 contests.
• The Bruins have won their last 9 and he has games vs. the Canadiens

FUN FACTS

• The Bruins currently have 26 players on their roster (2 LTIR) … 12 were drafted by the team, 7 were acquired in trade and 7 were signed as free agents.
• The Bruins played 16 matinees this season (local start time 4:00 pm or earlier) … They had a 13-2-1 record in afternoon games.
• The Bruins played 14 sets of back-to-back games this season … They were 12-0-2 in the 1st game of those sets and were 11-3-0 in the 2nd games so far.
• The Bruins are concluding their 7th and final April game (3 hm/4 rd, 6-0-0) … They went 8-1-0 in October, 11- 2-0 in November, 9-1-4 in December, 10-3-1 in January, 9-1-0 in February and 11-4-0 in March.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Apr. 10: Oskar Steen, Jack Ahcan, Vinni Lettieri, Connor Carrick, and Brandon Bussi returned to Providence/AHL.
Apr. 12: Brandon Bussi recalled from Providence/AHL.

MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:

À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…

• Les Canadiens et les Bruins s’affrontent ce soir pour la 757e fois en saison régulière. En incluant les matchs de séries, c’est le 933e affrontement entre ces deux équipes.
• The Canadiens and Bruins are facing each other for the 757th time in regular season. Including playoff contests, tonight’s the 933rd match-up between the two teams.

DERNIER MATCH / LAST GAME – NYI 4 VS. MTL 2 (@ UBS ARENA)
Buts MTL Goals – Pitlick, Suzuki (DN/PK)
Buts NYI Goals – Nelson, Fasching, Nelson, Lee (AN/PP)
Gardien MTL Goalie – Montembeault (31-35)
Gardien NYI Goalie – Sorokin (17-19)
Avantage numérique MTL Powerplay – 0/1
Avantage numérique NYI Powerplay – 1/3
Meneurs MTL Leaders – TOI (Matheson – 28:41) ; S (Farrell, Matheson – 3) ; HT (Pezzetta – 6) ; BS (Matheson – 4)

RAPPORT MÉDICAL DE LA SAISON / SEASON INJURY REPORT
Joueur Player Date Blessure Injury Matchs ratés Games lost Retour Return
C. Price – Genou / Knee 81 –
P. Byron – Hanche / Hip 81 –
J. Slafkovsky – Bas du corps / Lower-body 37 –
S. Monahan – Bas du corps / Lower-body 56 –
C. Caufield – Épaule / Shoulder 35 –
A. Xhekaj – Épaule / Shoulder 28 –
K. Guhle – Cheville / Ankle 12 –
J. Anderson – Cheville / Ankle 10 –

RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS
Les Canadiens ont rappelé Joel Teasdale et Frédéric Allard du Rocket de Laval (11/04)
The Canadiens have recalled Joel Teasdale and Frederic Allard from the Laval Rocket (04/11)
Les Canadiens ont cédé Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Cayden Primeau, Corey Schueneman et Jesse Ylönen au Rocket de Laval (09/04)
The Canadiens have loaned Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Cayden Primeau, Corey Schueneman and Jesse Ylönen to the Laval Rocket (04/09)
Les Canadiens ont rappelé Cayden Primeau et Corey Schueneman du Rocket de Laval (08/04)
The Canadiens have recalled Cayden Primeau and Corey Schueneman from the Laval Rocket (04/08)
Les Canadiens ont cédé Cayden Primeau et Corey Schueneman au Rocket de Laval (07/04)
The Canadiens have loaned Cayden Primeau and Corey Schueneman to the Laval Rocket (04/07)

STATISTIQUES D’ÉQUIPE / TEAM STATISTICS – AVANT LES MATCHS DU 13/04 – BEFORE GAMES ON 04/13
PTS (68 – 28e/28th)
V/W (31 – 26e/26th)
BP/GF (223 – 26e/26th)
BC/GA (300 – 29e/29th)
Tirs-PM/Shots-PG (27.2 – 30e/30th)
Tirs accordés-PM/Shots allowed-PG (33.7 – 29e/29th)
MÉ/Hits (1588 – 28e/28th)
MP/PIM (936 – 5e/5th)
AN/PP (16.3% – 28e/28th)
DN/PK (72.1% – 29e/29th)

LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION L’AN DERNIER / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION LAST SEASON
Adversaire Opponent Fiche Record PTS Buts pour Goals for Buts contre Goals against
Atlantique 9-14-3 21 84 89
Centrale 3-9-4 10 39 65
Métropolitaine 6-17-1 13 55 103
Pacifique 4-9-3 11 43 62
Total 22-49-11 55 221 319
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION CETTE SAISON / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION THIS SEASON
Division Fiche Record PTS Buts pour Goals for Buts contre Goals against
Atlantique 6-18-1 13 55 112
Centrale 8-6-2 18 52 53
Métropolitaine 11-11-2 24 75 83
Pacifique 6-9-1 13 46 54
Total 31-44-6 68 228 302
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

MARTIN ST-LOUIS EN CHIFFRES / MARTIN ST. LOUIS’ NUMBERS…
Matchs/Games : 118
Victoires/Wins : 45
Fiche : 45-63-10
Points de classement/Standing points : 100

CANADIENS VS. BOSTON
À vie / All-Time

CANADIENS vs. BOS 363-279-103-11 (756 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 214-111-47-6 (378 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 149-168-56-5 (378 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game:
D 4-2 L @ BOS (23/03/23)
J. Allen 4-21 | J. Swayman 2-31
BG / WG: D. Pastrnak

10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE BOSTON / LAST 10 GAMES VS. BOSTON:
23/03/23 – MTL 2 @ BOS 4
24/01/23 – BOS 4 @ MTL 2
24/04/22 – BOS 5 @ MTL 3
21/03/22 – BOS 3 @ MTL 2 (P/OT)
12/01/22 – MTL 1 @ BOS 5
14/11/21 – MTL 2 @ BOS 5
12/02/20 – MTL 1 @ BOS 4
01/12/19 – MTL 1 @ BOS 3
26/11/19 – BOS 8 @ MTL 1
05/11/19 – BOS 4 @ MTL 5

CETTE SAISON CONTRE BOSTON / THIS SEASON VS. BOSTON
Match #1: 24/01/2023 @ MTL – D/L 4-2
Match #2: 23/03/2023 @ BOS – D/L 4-2
Match #3: 13/04/2023 @ MTL

MEILLEURS BUTEURS CONTRE BOSTON / LEADING GOAL SCORERS VS. BOSTON:
1) Mike Hoffman (8-8-16, 30 pj/gp)
2) Brendan Gallagher (8-16-24, 35 pj/gp)
3) Sean Monahan (4-6-10, 15 pj/gp)

MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE BOSTON / LEADING SCORERS VS. BOSTON:
1) Brendan Gallagher (8-16-24, 35 pj/gp)
2) Mike Hoffman (8-8-16, 30 pj/gp)
3) Josh Anderson (3-8-11, 13 pj/gp)

MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE BOSTON / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. BOSTON:
1) Mike Matheson (45, 27 pj/gp)
2) Brendan Gallagher (27, 35 pj/gp)
3) Chris Wideman (22, 13 pj/gp)