The Montreal Canadiens will travel to Boston, Massachusetts to face the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden with the game scheduled to start at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday evening and will air on the NHL Network.

Montreal has been one of the more improved teams this season, however, they are in 6^th place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 19-19-7 and 45 points which also gives them the 4^th worst record in the Eastern Conference, and are coming off a 2-6 loss on the road against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday which also ended their two-game winning streak. 

The Canadiens have been one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league this season as they are averaging the 5^th fewest goals per game and have a slightly below-average power-play success rate with an average of 2.8 goals per game and an 18.88% power-play success rate. Nick Suzuki has been one of the better players on the team as he is tied for the team lead in assists and leads the team in points with 25 assists and 37 points. 

Defensively, Montreal has also been one of the worst teams in the NHL as they are allowing the 7^th most goals per game and have the 4^th worst penalty-kill percentage with an average of 3.41 goals allowed per game and a penalty-kill percentage of 72.67%. The Montreal Canadiens will look to bounce back following the loss on the road against the Senators when they travel to face the Boston Bruins.

Last season the Boston Bruins won the Presidents’ Cup and had the best record all-time in the NHL although they haven’t been as dominant this season, Boston is one of the best teams in the league as they enter this game in 1^st place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 27-8-9 and 63 points which also gives them the 2^nd best record in the league and are on a three-game winning streak following a 5-2 win at home against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. 

The success for the Bruins can be attributed to their defensive play and goalies as they are allowing the 4^th fewest goals per game and have the 6^th best penalty-kill percentage with an 84.38% penalty-kill percentage and an average of 2.65 goals allowed per game. Linus Ullmark has been one of the better starting goalies in the NHL with a record of 13-5-2 and a .915 save percentage while allowing an average of 2.75 goals per game. 

The Bruins have also been above-average offensively as they are averaging 3.35 goals per game which ranks 10^th in the league and have the 5^th best power-play success rate in the NHL with a power-play success rate of 27.07%. The Boston Bruins will be looking to get their 4^th consecutive win when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday evening.

BookMaker has the Boston Bruins listed as -292 moneyline favorites at home against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday evening. Boston is 9-0-1 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three meetings while winning by an average margin of 2 goals per game over the last ten and 1 goal per game over the last three games in the series.

Boston has the 2^nd best record in the NHL while Montreal has the 4^th worst record in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins have dominated the Canadiens in the series going 9-0-1 in the last ten and winning by an average margin of 2 goals per game in those matchups. Take the puck line for the Boston Bruins at -1.5 when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday evening.