As you all know today the Bruins will be up in Montreal on Patrick Roy night for round three between the B's and the Habs.
None of the Bruins skated this morning so that would indicate that we will see the exact lineups that we saw last night. Meaning that Marco Sturm will miss his third straight game and Matt Lashoff will be the healthy scratch.
Marc Savard's will play Saturday night after escaping a potentially serious knee injury Thursday when Florida's Keith Ballard hit Savard low on a questionable hit. Savard played sparingly the rest of the way but that was apparently just a precaution.
* A question I have for tonight's game is, who will be in between the pipes? Tim Thomas is the team's number one goaltender but it is a back to back so even in a big game like this I wouldn't be surprised to see Manny. Fernandez was in between the pipes when the Bruins thrashed the Habs 6-1 at the Garden in the team's last meeting.
* It has been reported that Guillaume Latendresse will not play tonight (undisclosed injury). Maxim Lapierre will take Latendresse's place in the lineup.
* This sounds like it could be one of the longer ceremonies tonight, things will kick off for Roy's ceremony at 6 p.m. Puck drop is scheduled for approximately 7:40 p.m.
* Everyone knows the Bruins recent success going 11-1-1 in their last 13 games. However, the Canadiens are just 5-4-1 in their last ten games.
* The Bruins did beat the Habs in their last meeting breaking a 12 game regular season losing streak. They will look to end another long losing streak tonight as they have not won a regular-season match at the Bell Centre since Dec. 4, 2006.
* Greg Kimmerly and Rob Martell will be the referees. Steve Barton and Ryan Galloway will be the linesmen.
* A Komisarek-Lucic rematch is not on the card. Defenseman Mike Komisarek is expected to miss 4-5 weeks with a shoulder injury suffered during a fight with Milan Lucic Nov. 13. If you are expecting a fight, and I am due to the beat down Montreal suffered in the last meeting expect it to be a Georges Laraque, Shawn Thornon tilt.
I'll have more later. Also coming will be report on the season at the quarter mark.
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