Montreal has an important game tonight against Boston. Right now in the Atlantic Division, right behind Montreal with 82 points, is Detroit and Boston with 82 and 81 points, respectively. Detroit and Boston are the 2 EC Wild Card teams, as of today. But in hot pursuit and right behind Montreal. You want to keep Boston behind you and not allow them to leapfrog you with 2 points from a win. Possibly pushing Montreal down to a WC. So it's a big game and Montreal wants to send Boston back to Beantown with no points.
