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Get your game notes: Bruins at Habs

P.K. Subban

Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban (76), center, celebrates with teammates after defeating the Boston Bruins 4-1 in an NHL hockey game on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

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Tonight on NBCSN, it’s the Montreal Canadiens hosting the Boston Bruins starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. Following are some game notes, as compiled by the NHL on NBC research team:

• Tonight marks the 894th meeting between Boston and Montreal, regular season and playoffs (the most meetings between any two teams in NHL history). The Canadiens have won five straight regular-season meetings in the series (Mar. 3, 2013-present), following a Bruins five-game win streak (Nov. 21, 2011-Feb. 6, 2013).

• New Canadiens winger Thomas Vanek (traded from the N.Y. Islanders on March 5th) has registered 61 points (30 goals, 31 assists – both most for him against any team) in 53 career games against Boston including a goal and four assists in four games this season vs. the Bruins. Vanek has averaged 1.15 points/games when facing Boston, his highest total against any team in the league (min. 10 GP).

• Bruins winger Jarome Iginla scored his 550th career NHL goal on Sunday, moving him into sole possession of 26th place on the all-time goals list. Five players ahead of him saw action for Boston.

Notes1

• The Bruins are 7-0-3 in their last 10 road games, their longest road point streak since going 6-0-5 (11 games) in January 2004. They have not lost a road game in regulation to an Eastern Conference team since Dec. 28, when they fell 4-3 in Ottawa.

• The Bruins, the Eastern Conference’s highest-scoring team (3.16 goals/game), have gotten an NHL-high 42 goals this season from nine different defensemen (only Washington has had goals from more d-men – 10). The Canadiens (2.44 goals/game, third-to-last in East), on the other hand, have seen just four different defensemen score 19 goals, fewest among any team’s blueline corps.

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• When leading at the second intermission, the Bruins are 31-2-0 and the Canadiens are 28-0-3. The B’s have scored a league-high 82 goals in the third period this season and allowed only 44 (second-fewest in NHL to St. Louis – 43), a league-best +38 goal margin. The Habs are even (52 for, 52 against), 14th-best.

• Led by goaltender Tuukka Rask (an NHL-high six shutouts), Boston has shut out its opponents seven times this season (T-2nd most in the NHL) and leads the league in team save percentage (.924). The Bruins have allowed 1.80 goals/game during their five-game win streak and 2.14 goals/game since the Olympic break (seven games).