TSN.ca Staff 9/18/2006 6:16:37 PM

Captain Saku Koivu will be in the lineup when the Montreal Canadiens take on the Boston Bruins in their first preseason game on Tuesday night.

It will be Koivu's first NHL action since April 26, when his eye was clipped under his visor by a high stick from Carolina's Justin Williams during Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Koivu had surgery to repair a detached retina in the off-season.

He has been wearing a contact lens on the eye, which still has a blind spot and recently developed a small cataract. He has also been wearing a larger visor than the one he had on when he was clipped.

Koivu will centre a line with wingers Michael Ryder and Chris Higgins. The second line will consist of forwards Duncan Milroy, Radek Bonk and Steve Begin, and the third line will be Alexander Perezhogin, Kyle Chipchura and Jonathan Ferland. Guillaume Latendresse, 2006 draft pick Ben Maxwell and Matt D'Agostini will play in the fourth line.