PENGUINS (20-10-1) at CANADIENS (15-14-2)
Pre-game notes
Canadiens have scored 12 goals and given up a total of three goals in winning its last three games.
Pittsburgh has lost two straight, including an overtime loss to Chicago, and a 3-2 defeat to the last-place Hurricanes.
Andrei Kostitsyn is better than a point a game pace in his last eight games with three goals and six assists.
Mike Rupp, has four goals and an assist in his last four games.
Yannick Weber has been recalled from the Hamilton Bulldogs.
Game time is 7:30 p.m at Bell Centre.
expected Canadiens lineup
Plekanec, Cammalleri, Andrei Kostitsyn
Gomez, Sergei Kostitsyn, D’Agostini
Metropolit, Moen, Pacioretty
Lapierre, Laraque, Pyatt
Hamrlik, Spacek
Bergeron, O’Byrne
Gorges, Gill
Carey Price starts in goal for the Canadiens; Marc-Andre Fleury for the Penguins.
scratches: Weber, Mara (upper body), Gionta (foot), Markov (ankle)