The Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins meet in NHL action from the TD Garden on Sunday.
The Montreal Canadiens come into this game on the heels of a 3-2 overtime loss at the hands of Detroit on Saturday. Nick Suzuki leads the Canadiens with 14 points including 4 goals and 10 assists while Tyler Toffoli has 9 points with 3 goals and 6 assists. Mike Hoffman also has 4 goals of his own this season while Mathieu Perreault has a team-high +3 plus/minus rating this season. Jake Allen’s made the majority of the starts in goal for Montreal, going 4-8-1 with a 2.86 GAA and a .902 save percentage this season.
The Boston Bruins come into this game looking to add to a 5-2 win over New Jersey from Saturday. Brad Marchand leads the Bruins with 18 points including team-highs of 8 goals and 10 assists with a team-high 8 power play points and 6 power play assists while Patrice Bergeron has 13 points with 6 goals, 7 assists, a team-high 3 power play goals and a team-best +6 plus/minus rating on the year. David Pastrnak has 12 points with 4 goals and 8 assists while Charlie McAvoy has 10 points with 9 assists and a +6 plus/minus of his own. Jeremy Swayman has a 4-2 record with a 2.22 GAA and a .911 save percentage in goal for Boston while Linus Ullmark is 3-3 with a 3.01 GAA and a .903 save percentage this season.
Montreal is 5-15 in their last 20 games overall and 1-8 in their last 9 road games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games as an underdog. Boston is 16-5 in their last 21 home games and 0-4 in their last 4 games played on no rest while the under is 19-7-2 in their last 28 division games.
I’m honestly not a fan of what’s going on within both teams right now, Montreal for obvious reasons and Boston because they haven’t looked right defensively without Tuukka Rask in goal. With that said, the Bruins are still the better team playing better hockey and even on the back-to-back, I envision them being too much for Montreal here. Give me Boston -1.5