In desperate need of offense, head coach Claude Julien is switching things up.

The Bruins head into tonight’s matchup with the Atlantic Division leading Montreal Canadiens having scored three goals in their last two games against two of the worst defenses in the league in the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs. They sit tied for 23rd in the league in goals scored with 67 averaging a mere 2.31 goals per game. Their power play is fifth worst in the league converting on just 13.9 percent of their chances.

Those are far from ideal stats going into the Bell Centre against Carey Price, who sits tied for first in the league with 16 wins.

With a tough three-game-in-four-day stretch beginning tonight, the Bruins have to find ways to get second and third chances against Price. Settling for one and done’s against a team that steamrolled the Avalanche 10-1 Saturday night – two nights after the Bruins fell to Colorado 4-2 – will not get it done in front of a hostile Bell Centre.

The Habs have won both meetings this year. Despite being outplayed, Price and company came away with a 3-2 win at the last minute in the last matchup between the two squads. A Canadiens win tonight would mark the fifth straight year of at least three regular season victories against the Bruins.

Gametime: 7:30 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN/100.7 WZLX
Records: Bruins 15-12-2 (32 points), Canadiens 19-6-3 (41 points)
Location: Bell Centre

Bruins projected lines

Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Backes
Tim Schaller-David Krejci-David Pastrnak
Danton Heinen-Ryan Spooner-Jimmy Hayes
Dominic Moore-Riley Nash-Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara-Brandon Carlo
Torey Krug-Adam McQuaid
Kevan Miller-Colin Miller

Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin

Canadiens projected lines

Max Pacioretty-Tomas Plekanec-Alexander Radulov
Artturi Lehkonen-Phillip Danault-Andrew Shaw
Paul Byron-Torey Mitchell-Brendan Gallagher
Daniel Carr-Brian Flynn-Sven Andrighetto

Alexei Emelin-Shea Weber
Andrei Markov-Jeff Petry
Nathan Beaulieu-Zach Redmond

Carey Price
Al Montoya

Tonight’s storylines

– Barring any last minute circumstance, Tuukka Rask should get his first start of the season against the Canadiens. Though his team hasn’t helped out by any means, Rask enters Monday’s game having allowed 11 goals in his last three starts. Against a team that he’s struggled against throughout his career (5-15-3, 2.69 goals against average and .910 save percentage in his career vs. the Habs), the Bruins – with or without an improvement on offense – are going to need Rask to bounce back and be at his best if they want to steal two points in Montreal.

– The Bruins enter Monday’s game averaging 33.2 shots on goal per game, good for second in the league only behind the Penguins (34.6). What they have in shots, however, lacks in terms of quality chances. Whether they’re settling for shots from the perimeter or missing the net entirely, the Bruins aren’t doing enough to get traffic in front of the net and get pucks in deep. With David Backes moving up to the first line and David Pastrnak reuniting with David Krejci on the second line, the Bruins hope to find a rhythm from the top six that trickles down to the rest of the lineup.