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  GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 7:00pm ET
Montreal at Boston
 
  BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Bruins hope to end their longest winless drought at home in nearly 49 years tonight when they host the Montreal Canadiens in a Northeast Division contest.

SEASON SERIES
Dec. 23
Jan. 15
Jan. 27
Mar. 11
Mar. 29
Montreal 3, at Boston 3
Boston 2, at Montreal 2
Montreal at Boston, 7:00pm ET
Boston at Montreal, 7:00pm ET
Boston at Montreal, 7:30pm ET

Boston's nine-game home winless streak (0-5-4) is its longest since an 0-6-3 slide at Boston Garden from October 14-November 27, 1951. The Bruins are just 1-9-6 in their last 16 games at the FleetCenter, with their only victory a 2-0 blanking of Phoenix on December 13.

Boston began its four-game homestand with a 4-3 overtime loss to Calgary on Monday. After tonight, the Bruins host Buffalo and Anaheim to conclude the home stetch.

The Bruins have dropped consecutive games and are 3-10-5 in their last 18 contests, but hold a two-point lead over Pittsburgh in the battle for the playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

All-Star defenseman Ray Bourque has slumped in his last six games, going pointless while posting a minus-4 rating.

After suffering a 3-2 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night, the Canadiens were stranded in North Carolina as 20 inches of snow crippled the Raleigh-Durham region.

Monday's loss snapped Montreal's season-long five game unbeaten streak. Despite going 4-1-1 over their last six, the Canadiens remain nine points out of a playoff spot.

The teams have skated to a pair of ties this season, 3-3 at Boston on December 23 and 2-2 in Montreal on January 15, but the Bruins are 3-0-1 in their last four at the FleetCenter against the Canadiens.


MONTREAL
10-game log
BOSTON
10-game log
Jan. 11
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Jan. 19
Jan. 22
Jan. 24
Jan. 27
Jan. 29
Jan. 30
Feb. 2
Detroit
@ Buffalo
Boston
NY Islanders
Pittsburgh
@ Carolina
@ Boston
Philadelphia
Carolina
@ Florida
W 3-0
W 2-1
T 2-2
W 3-0
W 4-2
L 2-3




Jan. 15
Jan. 17
Jan. 19
Jan. 20
Jan. 22
Jan. 24
Jan. 27
Jan. 29
Jan. 31
Feb. 1
@ Montreal
Atlanta
@ Atlanta
@ Tampa Bay
@ Florida
Calgary
Montreal
Buffalo
Anaheim
@ Ottawa
T 2-2
T 3-3
W 4-3
W 4-2
L 3-4
L 3-4






 


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Boston Clubhouse


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