The Boston Bruins come in from an impressive come from behind win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in a shootout, but their win might have come at a cost – again.

On Boston.com: Svedberg stands tall in shootout win over Blue Jackets

Although it hasn’t been made official by the team yet, it looks like the Bruins will call up Matt Lindblad from Providence, while Zach Trotman, who was called up prior to the B’s trip to Columbus, will be sent back down to the AHL according to Mark Divver of the Providence Journal. Lindblad could be in for Milan Lucic, who got knocked out in one punch by Blue Jackets’ Dalton Prout with four seconds left in overtime.

Another game with another shorthanded Bruins team. Can they dig deep and get two points – and their first win of the year – over the top team in the Eastern Conference?

Here is your complete Canadiens-Bruins preview:

Gametime: 7:00 PM
TV/Radio: NESN, Rogers SportsNet (Canada), 98.5 The Sports Hub
Records: Bruins 13-8-0, 26 points/Canadiens 15-5-1, 31 points
Location: TD Garden

Bruins projected lines:

Matt Fraser-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Chris Kelly-Loui Eriksson-Carl Soderberg
Matt Lindblad-Alex Khoklachev-Seth Griffith
Daniel Paille-Gregory Campbell-Simon Gagne

Dennis Seidenberg-Kevan Miller
Dougie Hamilton-Joe Morrow
Torey Krug-Matt Bartkowski

Tuukka Rask
Niklas Svedberg

Canadiens projected lines:

Max Pacioretty-David Deharnais-P.A. Parenteau
Alex Galchenyuk-Tomas Plekanec-Brendan Gallagher
Brandon Prust-Lars Eller-Jiri Sekac
Drayson Bowman-Manny Malhotra-Dale Weise

Andrei Markov-P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin-Sergei Gonchar
Bryan Allen-Mike Weaver

Carey Price
Dustin Tokarski

Who to watch for Bruins: Tuukka Rask

Rask’s struggles against the Canadiens are well-known. In 18 games played against Les Habitants, the Finnish netminder is 3-11-3 with a 2.80 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.

Ironically enough, Rask’s career numbers against Montreal against TD Garden are even more daunting. His regular season numbers are as follows: 0-5-3, 3.35 goals against average, .883 save percentage.

Rask will get his first start since his stellar performance Tuesday night against the St. Louis Blues, where he stopped all 33 Blues’ shots for his first shutout of the season. But given he was pulled in his first matchup with the Habs this season, and the fact that he didn’t get the start against the Bruins’ archrivals in Montreal on the second game of a back-to-back during the Canadian road trip, he’ll need to steal another one if the Black and Gold have any shot in this one.

Potentially without the likes of Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, David Krejci and obviously Zdeno Chara, the Bruins will need their goaltender to build off his stellar performance against the Blues. Otherwise, fairly or unfairly, the questions towards Rask about not being able to come through in a statement game against the Habs will continue.

Who to watch for Habs: Tomas Plekanec

Looking at the Habs roster, and it’s easy to point out a few “Bruins killers.” For today, we’ll highlight Tomas Plekanec.

Some of the stats that Plekanec has against the Black and Gold aren’t eye-popping per se, but they are effective no less. The Czech forward has 39 points (11 goals, 28 assists) in 58 career games, to go along with three game winners and 17 power play points (2 goals, 15 assists). His numbers at the TD Garden are just as impressive with 21 points (9 goals, 12 assists) in 28 career games to go along with three game-winning goals and nine power play points (two goals, seven assists).

Plekanec and Marchand got in a war of words sort of speak during the off-season. That storyline will die down a little bit with Marchand out of the lineup.

Still, Plekanec always provides a tough matchup for the Black and Gold, and tonight will be no exception.

Game day edge: Keep it simple

The Canadiens have brought out the worst of the Bruins in the last few years, and with all of the B’s injuries, they have a great chance to create some distance. The Habs hold a five point lead over Boston in the Atlantic Division standings entering tonight.

For the Bruins to come away with two points, they’ll need to keep things simple. They can’t try to run with the Habs in a track meet, otherwise Montreal will just pounce all over them. Instead, they’ll need to tighten up defensively and keep things simple in the offensive end. Even if it means winning a low scoring game, the B’s will be content just getting any W they can.

The Bruins still have some pretty big bodies in the lineup, and they’ll need to use that against a more skilled Habs team. Otherwise, they’ll be in for a long night.

Game day video: Your’s truly discusses the big win over the Blues on Tuesday night as well as tonight’s matchup with the Habs and Monday’s contest versus the Pittsburgh Penguins in the latest edition of Bruins Daily TV.