{"id":507443,"date":"2026-03-17T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/507443\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:32:19","slug":"bruins-take-on-the-canadiens-after-pastrnaks-2-goal-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/507443\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins take on the Canadiens after Pastrnak&#8217;s 2-goal game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Bruins (37-23-7, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (36-20-10, in the Atlantic Division)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal, Quebec; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Canadiens -169, Bruins +142; over\/under is 6.5<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins visit the Montreal Canadiens after David Pastrnak\u2019s two-goal game against the New Jersey Devils in the Bruins\u2019 4-3 overtime loss.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal is 12-8-1 against the Atlantic Division and 36-20-10 overall. The Canadiens rank third in NHL play with 231 total goals (averaging 3.5 per game).<\/p>\n<p>Boston is 37-23-7 overall and 9-8-2 against the Atlantic Division. The Bruins have gone 30-9-6 in games they score three or more goals.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season. The Bruins won 4-3 in the last meeting. Morgan Geekie led the Bruins with two goals.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Nicholas Suzuki has scored 23 goals with 55 assists for the Canadiens. Cole Caufield has seven goals and two assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie McAvoy has nine goals and 41 assists for the Bruins. Pavel Zacha has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Canadiens: 5-3-2, averaging 3.9 goals, 6.8 assists, 3.3 penalties and 6.9 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Bruins: 5-3-2, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.7 penalties and 9.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Canadiens: None listed.<\/p>\n<p>Bruins: None listed.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins (37-23-7, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (36-20-10, in the Atlantic Division) Montreal, Quebec; Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5099],"tags":[154,95,5132,530,23882,971,37676,2178,5,1805,264,21,4261,4,292,46703,7610,13038,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-507443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-bruins","8":"tag-boston","9":"tag-boston-bruins","10":"tag-bostonbruins","11":"tag-bruins","12":"tag-charles-mcavoy","13":"tag-cole-caufield","14":"tag-data-skrive","15":"tag-david-pastrnak","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-massachusetts","18":"tag-montreal","19":"tag-montreal-canadiens","20":"tag-morgan-geekie","21":"tag-nhl","22":"tag-nhl-hockey","23":"tag-nicholas-suzuki","24":"tag-pavel-zacha","25":"tag-rhode-island","26":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116243591593259199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}