Liveblog: Boston at Canadiens

Beginning of the end or end of the beginning?
Saturday night’s game against Boston at the Bell Centre launches the most important – to date – week of the Canadiens’ star-crossed season.
A team with faintly flickering playoff hopes will play their arch-rivals three times in the next eight days: two Saturdays in Montreal bracketing a Wednesday night game in Boston. The Canadiens also play host to the Islanders on Monday and visit Washington on Friday.
The first game is cruc