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After a highly anticipated return from the Olympic break produced the hockey equivalent of the womp womp sound effect, the Habs are looking for a rebound effort against arguably the top team in the Eastern Conference, a team that didn't play and travel last night like Montreal did.
The Habs are once again without superstar goaltender Carey Price, who's sidelined with a groin/leg injury that was apparently aggravated during the Olympics if you listen to Michel Therrien, or wasn't if you listen to Mike Babcock.
Budaj will get back-to-back starts for the first time since he joined the Habs, and hopefully he gets a chance to finish what he started and fight Marc-Andre Fleury.
Puck drop is at 7:00 PM.
Here are your projected lineups:
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Daniel Briere | Tomas Plekanec | Brian Gionta |
| Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Brendan Gallagher |
| Alex Galchenyuk | Lars Eller | Rene Bourque |
| Travis Moen | Dale Weise | George Parros |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Josh Gorges | P.K. Subban |
| Andrei Markov | Alexei Emelin |
| Douglas Murray | Jarred Tinordi |
| Goaltenders |
| Peter Budaj |
| Dustin Tokarski |
Scratches: Ryan White, Davis Drewiske
Injuries: Michael Bournival (concussion, Carey Price (day-to-day), Brandon Prust (shoulder)
As for Pittsburgh:
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Chris Kunitz | Sidney Crosby | Brian Gibbons |
| Jussi Jokinen | Evgeni Malkin | James Neal |
| Tanner Glass | Brandon Sutter | Chuck Kobasew |
| Taylor Pyatt | Joe Vitale | Craig Adams |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Olli Maatta | Matt Niskanen |
| Rob Scuderi | Robert Bortuzzo |
| Brooks Orpik | Simon Despres |
| Goaltenders |
| Marc-Andre Fleury |
| Jeff Zatkoff |
Check out the opposing side at PensBurgh.