Rask back between the pipes vs. Canadiens

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BRIGHTON, Mass – It was an optional skate for the Black and Gold on Sunday morning with the snow coming down outside Warrior Ice Arena. Inside, the Bruins were preparing for a very important Sunday night showdown with the Montreal Canadiens. Bruce Cassidy confirmed that Tuukka Rask will get the starting nod and that there may be one change among the forward group up front.

One would expect that would be the possible return of Matt Beleskey to the lineup after he was a healthy scratch vs. Vancouver on Saturday. Cassidy said “with his [knee] injury, we’ve got to get him back to playing speed, playing pace whatever you want to call it.”

Otherwise, it will be largely the same group that has now won two games in a row against San Jose and Vancouver under Cassidy, and will be looking to make it three headed into their “bye week.” 

“We’ve played a pretty decent two games and got the important points,” said Rask. “It would be nice to finish it off with a big one tonight.”

Rask will come into Sunday night fresh after getting a couple of days off. He could always use a good result against the Habs, against whom he's 6-15-3 lifetime with a 2.61 goals-against average and .912 save percentage in 25 appearances.

Here are the projected line combos and D-pairings vs. the Canadiens based on morning skate:

Marchand-Bergeron-Backes

Cehlarik-Krejci-Pastrnak

Vatrano-Spooner-Hayes

Schaller-Moore-Nash

 
Chara-Carlo

Krug-McQuaid

K. Miller-C. Miller


Rask

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