BRUINS (15-12-2) at CANADIENS (19-6-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; SN, NHLN, RDS, NESN, NHL.TV
Bruins team scope
The Boston Bruins did not have a morning skate. Coach Claude Julien changed up the Bruins' lines at practice Sunday. He moved David Pastrnak, who has 18 goals, onto a line with center David Krejci and left wing Tim Schaller. Right wing David Backes took Pastrnak's place on the Bruins' top line with center Patrice Bergeron and left wing Brad Marchand, who has eight goals and leads Boston with 17 assists and 25 points. The Bruins, who lost 4-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, have scored two or fewer goals in 20 of 29 games. "We need to be a team that we're not going to be looked at and say, 'If you can shut down this line, they're done,'" Julien said Sunday. Pastrnak is confident that he will continue to produce with Krejci, who has no points in his past three games, and two goals and three assists in his past 10. "We know each other, we played together many games, he [taught] me a lot of stuff," Pastrnak said. "So I know what to expect from him, he knows to find me wherever I will be."
Canadiens team scope
The Montreal Canadiens had their highest-scoring game in 26 years in a 10-1 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Montreal has outscored its opponents 15-3 in two games since returning from a 2-2-1 road trip. Centers Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais each injured his knee during the trip and will beout 6-8 weeks. Canadiens coach Michel Therrien will use the same lineup for a third straight game against Boston. "I really like what I see from every line, honestly," Therrien said after the morning skate in Brossard, Quebec. Montreal captain Max Pacioretty (four goals, one assist) and center Tomas Plekanec (four assists) each tied a game high for points in their second game on the top line with right wing Alexander Radulov on Saturday. Right wing Andrew Shaw has four assists and left wing Artturi Lehkonen has scored in consecutive games since forming a line with Phillip Danault, who moved from left wing to center. "I think he's always played center growing up, I know he's very comfortable there," Shaw said of Danault, who has a goal and two assists in the past two games. "He's always open. We call him 7-11 because he's never closed, he's always available. He's always putting himself in good position and I think it's huge. The support he has, it creates our flow game, you know, our rush game, and we get chances that way as well. And plus, he and [Lehkonen] are both great along the wall. They're not scared to go to the corner and get the puck, they do a lot of the dirty work as well, and I think the three of us together complement each other pretty well."
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Backes
Tim Schaller -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen -- Ryan Spooner -- Austin Czarnik
Dominic Moore -- Riley Nash -- Noel Acciari
Scratched: Colin Miller, Jimmy Hayes
Injured: Matt Beleskey (knee), John-Michael Liles (concussion)
Canadiens projected lineup
Max Pacioretty -- Tomas Plekanec -- Alexander Radulov
Paul Byron -- Torrey Mitchell -- Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen -- Phillip Danault -- Andrew Shaw
Sven Andrighetto -- Brian Flynn -- Daniel Carr
Nathan Beaulieu -- Zach Redmond
Scratched: Michael McCarron, Mark Barberio
Injured: Alex Galchenyuk (knee), David Desharnais (knee), Greg Pateryn (ankle)
Status report
Hayes was a healthy scratch for the second time in four games Saturday. He alternated rushes with Czarnik at practice Sunday. ... Price needs a win for 250 in his NHL career. ... McCarron and Barberio have yet to play since they were recalled from St. Johns of the American Hockey League on Friday.
Who's hot
Pastrnak was held without a point Saturday but has eight goals and two assists in 10 games. ... Marchand has a goal and four assists during a five-game point streak. ... Pacioretty scored four goals in a game for the first time in his NHL career, and also had an assist for his second five-point game Saturday. He has seven goals and two assists in his past four games. ... Plekanec had four assists for the first time in his NHL career Saturday. It was his eighth four-point game.
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