a 5-3 loss against the Ottawa Senators<\/a> in the first half of its two-game Canadian road trip. Montreal, meanwhile, was handed its second straight setback in a 7-0 rout against the Dallas Stars on home ice.<\/p>\nThe Bruins had chances in Canada\u2019s capital city, clawing back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game in the third period before allowing two goals in the final 5:43. Thanks in large part to what Sturm described as \u201cfixable mistakes,\u201d the result was Boston\u2019s first loss since Oct. 27, also in Ottawa.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the preview:<\/p>\n
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal<\/p>\n
TV, radio: NESN, NHL Network, WBZ-FM 98.5<\/p>\n
Line: Montreal -160. O\/U: 6.0.<\/p>\n
BRUINS<\/p>\n
Season record: 11-8-0. vs. spread: 14-5. Over\/under: 12-7<\/p>\n
Last 10 games: 8-2-0. vs. spread: 8-2. Over\/under: 7-3<\/p>\n
CANADIENS<\/p>\n
Season record: 10-5-2. vs. spread: 6-11. Over\/under: 12-3, 2 pushes<\/p>\n
Last 10 games: 5-3-2. vs. spread: 4-6. Over\/under: 9-1<\/p>\n
TEAM STATISTICS<\/p>\n
Goals scored: Boston 64, Montreal 58<\/p>\n
Goals allowed: Boston 64, Montreal 58<\/p>\n
Power play: Boston 25.8%, Montreal 24.5%<\/p>\n
Penalty minutes: Boston 204, Montreal 176<\/p>\n
Penalty kill: Boston 80.3%, Montreal 79.3%<\/p>\n
Faceoffs won: Boston 52.6%, Montreal 51.0%<\/p>\n
Stat of the day: David Pastrnak has scored in three straight, with his latest goal tying him for fifth on the franchise\u2019s career list (402).<\/p>\n
Notes: Geekie has seven points in his last five games and a team-leading 12 goals this season. … Based on Friday\u2019s practice, it appears that Boston will swap in Quebec native Jonathan Aspirot on defense, with Henri Jokiharju skating as the extra. The 26-year-old Aspirot has played in his first six career NHL games this season. … For Montreal, it has been a tough two-game stretch. On top of scoring just once across consecutive losses since the end of a six-game point streak (4-0-2), goaltenders Sam Montembeault and Jakub Dobes have had a tough week. Montembeault has been struggling (.857 save percentage), so after a 5-1 Tuesday loss to the Los Angeles Kings, Dobes drew the Thursday start and was pulled after allowing five goals on 13 shots in two periods. The Canadiens were shut out for the first time this season despite a 24-19 shot advantage. … To make matters worse, forward Alex Newhook left with a lower-body injury after crashing into the end boards in the second period and underwent surgery Friday to repair a fractured ankle. Newhook, who is tied for second in the Montreal lineup with six goals, trailing only Cole Caufield (12), is expected to miss four months. … The Canadiens also announced Friday that defenseman Kaiden Guhle, who has been out the past 12 games, will be out another 8-10 weeks after undergoing surgery Thursday to repair a partially torn adductor muscle.<\/p>\n
Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recipe for a good rivalry typically does not need another dash of spice. With both teams coming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[19859,385,99],"class_list":["post-293493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-bruins","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}