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MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens own the NHLs best record, but they arent playing at peak performance ahead of battle with the long-time rival Boston Bruins on Tuesday at the Bell Centre.The Canadiens (10-1-1) won the teams first meeting on Oct. 22 in Boston, in the middle of their 9-0-1 run to start the season.Recently, however, Montreals play started to tail off. In addition to allowing 14 goals in the past two games -- a 10-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday and a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday -- the Habs are also seeing their shots against rising considerably.Montreal has allowed at least 35 shots on goal in four straight -- including at least 40 in two of those games -- and more than 30 in each of the past five games.Despite the high volume of rubber his goaltenders are facing, Canadiens coach Michel Therrien isnt overly concerned.I remember last year, there was a stretch in December where we were outshooting our opponents 40, 42 to 20, 19, 17, and we were losing 3-(1) or 4-1, Therrien said. There was panic across the province. That year, we had a good start. Lately, weve been giving up more shots, but these are things that will correct themselves. Am I worried? No.Therrien acknowledged the team does have things to work on. And while he didnt specify, discipline and the penalty kill are certainly areas Montreal would like to get back on track. Penalized five times in each of the last three games, the Canadiens saw their penalty kill take a hit in their past two outings, allowing four power-play goals against the Blue Jackets and another two to Philadelphia.That potentially is good news for the Bruins, who finally got their power play clicking in their 4-0 win over the Sabres on Monday. Boston (7-5-0) went 3-for-8 on the man advantage against Buffalo; the Bruins were 3-for-38 heading into that contest and had allowed as many short-handed goals as they had scored power-play goals. One of those short-handed tallies came in the previous meeting against Montreal.A little practice (in the morning skate) and obviously some pride in making sure that they were the difference-makers instead of ending up on the negative side, Bruins coach Claude Julien said of his power-play units following the win.The Bruins also are keeping opposing goaltenders busy of late. While averaging 27.5 shots on goal per game overall, Boston has picked it up recently, surpassing the 30-shot mark in four of its past five games.Julien wouldnt confirm who his starting goalie would be against the Canadiens. On Monday, Tuukka Rask started his fifth straight game since returning from injury, and he made 32 saves to blank the Sabres. 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James Troisi is proof that life as a professional footballer doesnt always run smoothly.Since his last A-League match for Melbourne Victory two years ago, the precociously-talented attacker has scored Australias winner at the Asian Cup, played his club football in three different regions and left each one for very different reasons.Now theres nowhere hed rather be than back at Victory under coach Kevin Muscat, preparing for the season ahead.Troisi moved abroad as a teenager but made his name after returning to Melbourne.Brought to the club by Ange Postecoglou in 2013, Troisi was one of the last men standing as Victory embarked on a taxing dual A-League and Asian Champions League campaign.Top-scoring for the club in both competitions under Muscat after Postecoglou left for the national team job, Troisi set off for greater challenges.He found them.Ive had to put up and deal with a lot of things do with football and outside of football my entire career, he said.Things people dont really see, that we have to go through as footballers. It is hard at times.The 28-year-old enjoyed a solid year in Belgium before taking up a lucrative deal with Saudi giants Al Ittihad.Four managers, with different ideas and favourites, in four months eventually pushed Troisi out the door and to the Chinnese Super League.ddddddddddddAfter his new paymasters didnt take well to an ankle injury, Troisi said he had his heart set on returning to the last place it all worked.And to the last coach for whom it all clicked.Troisi said Muscat had been an ever-present in his life, even after leaving the club.We have kept in touch since I left, every couple of months hed call me or send me a text, he said.Hes been fantastic. He was calling me pretty much every second day in China.The number one lesson Troisi has learned; in football, relationships are everything.The coach has to want you. And Musky made that quite clear, he said.It made it an easy decision (to return) and were getting along very well.Now Troisis Victory journey will continue and he hopes he can battle back into Postecoglous plans as well.The South Australian has just one competitive Socceroos start since the Asian Cup and wants a return into the Australian squad.Ive been a big part of the Socceroos and what weve achieved and what we want to do, he said.Im confident my football will speak for itself and Ill be back in a couple of months.But first and foremost its club football. So Victory first. ' ' '