Excerpt from 'Habs Hockey Report' of host Amy Johnson commenting on the first half of the Montreal Canadiens' season. GAME DAY PREVIEW | MONTREAL CANADIENS (19-19-7) VS BOSTON BRUINS (27-8-9) GAME DAY: Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins. [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAzNzY5MjM0OTI3Mzk2NDEy/boston.png] GAME DAY: Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins. GAME PREVIEW ROSTER NEWS Sam Montembeault (10-6-4 / 2.85 GAA / .910 SV%) is the confirmed starter for Montreal. Josh Anderson returns to the lineup after missing four games with a lower-body injury. Jesse Ylonen will be a healthy scratch to make room. LAST GAME The Canadiens were not in this game from puck drop, and Cayden Primeau struggled in his 10th start of the season. Last game: MTL 2 vs OTT 6 | F PLAYERS TO WATCH * undefined MATCHUP FOR GAME 46, AWAY GAME 23 TD Garden, Boston, MA. | January 20, 7:00 PM ET | TV: CBC, CITY, TVAS, NESN, NHLN PRE-GAME Marty St. Louis * undefined Jordan Harris * undefined [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-2FelHWtOw[/embed] PROJECTED CANADIENS LINEUP (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Forwards 22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky 17 Josh Anderson - 71 Jake Evans - 11 Brendan Gallagher 89 Joshua Roy - 91 Sean Monahan - 40 Joel Armia 49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard - 13 Mitchell Stephens - 55 Michael Pezzetta Defensemen 8 Mike Matheson - 58 David Savard 47 Jayden Struble - 21 Kaiden Guhle 54 Jordan Harris - 52 Justin Barron Goaltenders Starter: 35 Sam Montembeault (10-6-4 / 2.85 GAA / .910 SV%) Alternate: 30 Cayden Primeau Out of the lineup Scratches: Johnathan Kovacevic, Jesse Ylonen, Jake Allen Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body), Christian Dvorak (upper body) VISITING BENCH This is the third of four meetings this season between the Bruins and Canadiens. The Canadiens earned an overtime win on November 11 and lost to the Bruins one week later. The Bruins are 14-3-3 at TD Garden. David Pastrnak leads the NHL with 223 shots on goal this season. Linus Ullmark (13-5-2 / 2.74 GAA / .915 SV%) is the confirmed starter for Boston. GAME EXPECTATIONS The first two games of the Bruins - Canadiens series this season were won by the home team. Montreal will be in tough tonight at the TD Garden. Be sure to bookmark THN.com/Montreal [https://thn.com/montreal] for year-round coverage of the Montreal Canadiens, Laval Rocket, and Habs prospects playing in leagues around the world. Gretzky Signature Series. [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAxNzAzMjM2NzQxMTEzNjIw/gretzky-northland.jpg] Gretzky Signature Series.
