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Habs shall be seeking to finish three-game dropping streak by beating Bruins for the second time this season.

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Stu Cowan  •  Montreal Gazette

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The Canadiens shall be seeking to finish a three-game dropping streak after they face the Bruins on Saturday in Boston (7 p.m., CBC, SNE, TVA Sports activities, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).

Montreal will even be in search of their second straight win over the Bruins after beating them 3-2 in extra time final Saturday on the Bell Centre. That ended a 10-game dropping streak for the Canadiens towards Boston — 9 video games in regulation time and one in extra time — courting again to Nov. 5, 2019.

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The Bruins have a 12-1-2 document this season — the most effective within the Jap Convention — whereas the Canadiens are 7-8-2.

Jake Allen will begin in purpose for the Canadiens, whereas defenceman Jordan Harris returns to the lineup after lacking two video games with an upper-body harm. Harris will substitute Arber Xhekaj, who’s listed as day-to-day after struggling an upper-body harm in Thursday’s 6-5 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on the Bell Centre.

Allen has a 3-3-1 document with a 3.30 goals-against common and a .911 save proportion. In his final begin, Allen stopped 32 of the 35 pictures he confronted in a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks final Sunday on the Bell Centre. The final two Vancouver objectives had been empty-netters.

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The Bruins will honour gamers from their 1970 and 1972 Stanley Cup champion groups throughout a pregame ceremony Saturday night time.

“It’s all the time a little bit bit extra enjoyable whenever you come into their constructing,” the Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher informed reporters on the workforce’s lodge in Boston Saturday afternoon. “It’s going to be an unbelievable environment. I consider they’re honouring one among their Stanley Cup groups tonight and the followers are going to deliver quite a lot of environment to the sport. It’s all the time enjoyable whenever you play the Bruins. Your traditional rivalry matchup and I believe the blokes are actually excited for it.”

That is the second of 4 video games between these groups this season. The Canadiens shall be again in Boston on Jan. 20 and the Bruins shall be on the Bell Centre on March 14.

Gallagher has 9-16-25 totals in 37 profession video games towards the Bruins and scored a purpose in final Saturday’s victory on the Bell Centre. Gallagher has 5-3-8 totals this season.

“There’s quite a lot of historical past right here between the 2 groups,” Gallagher informed reporters in Boston. “I’ve been part of it now for over a decade. A whole lot of good recollections — some robust recollections ‚ nevertheless it’s all the time enjoyable whenever you are available right here and get an opportunity to compete towards among the finest groups within the league.”

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Nick Suzuki leads the Canadiens in scoring with 6-9-15 totals, adopted by Cole Caufield (5-10-15), Mike Matheson (4-10-14) and Sean Monahan (6-7-13).

David Pastrnak leads the Bruins in scoring with 11-13-24 totals, adopted by Brad Marchand (7-9-16), Charlie Coyle (5-7-12) and Pavel Zacha (5-7-12).

The Canadiens’ dads shall be in attendance for the sport as a part of a father’s journey. They had been additionally on the Bell Centre for Thursday’s loss to the Golden Knights.

“It’s nice having the dads right here and round,” defenceman Justin Barron informed reporters in Boston. “We had an important group dinner final night time. It ought to be an thrilling Saturday night time in Boston.”

That is the primary of 5 straight street video games for the Canadiens. They’ll return house after Saturday’s recreation and practise Monday in Brossard earlier than heading to California, the place they are going to play the Anaheim Geese on Wednesday (10 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM), the San Jose Sharks on Friday (3:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) and the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday (4 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).

After returning house from California, the Canadiens will head to Columbus to play the Blue Jackets on Wednesday, Nov. 29, earlier than taking part in the Florida Panthers the following night time on the Bell Centre.

“We’re on a stretch proper now the place we haven’t been accumulating factors,” Gallagher mentioned. “An opportunity to go on the street, I believe it’s actually good for our group to spend a while collectively. We’re going to play some actually good groups. It begins tonight.”

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