How to watch
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Red Wings region: Bally Sports Detroit+
Streaming: ESPN+, NHL Live, RDS Direct, TSN Direct
The Canadiens return home from their road trip sporting a 2-8-0 record, ranking in 30th place in the NHL with only the woeful Chicago Blackhawks and Arizona Coyotes behind them. They will face a scrappy young Red Wings team in their fifth home game of the season.
The two teams have switched places from where they ended up a season ago. Montreal got into the playoffs and looked to be on the rise with a good mix of young and veteran players, while the the Red Wings only won about a third of their games to finish well outside of the post-season picture. Injuries and key departures have placed Montreal at the bottom of the standings, and Detroit is navigating a difficult section of its season schedule holding down a wildcard position.
Detroit comes to Montreal not only missing Tyler Bertuzzi, but Dylan Larkin as well who is away from the team for personal reasons. That’s two members of the normal top line out of action, which should give the Canadiens a proper chance to pull out the win. Anything less would have to be viewed as another failing of the current group.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Forwards
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
#73 Tyler Toffoli |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
#68 Mike Hoffman |
#92 Jonathan Drouin |
#17 Josh Anderson |
#62 Artturi Lehkonen |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#40 Joel Armia |
#55 Michael Pezzetta |
#71 Jake Evans |
#60 Alex Belzile |
Defencemen
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
#8 Ben Chiarot |
#26 Jeff Petry |
#77 Brett Kulak |
#58 David Savard |
#15 Sami Niku |
#20 Chris Wideman |
Goaltenders
Starter |
Backup |
Starter |
Backup |
#34 Jake Allen |
#35 Samuel Montembeault |
Detroit Red Wings projected lineup
Forwards
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Robby Fabbri |
Michael Rasmussen |
Lucas Raymond |
Filip Zadina |
Pius Suter |
Adam Erne |
Vladislav Namestnikovq |
Joe Veleno |
Sam Gagner |
Givani Smith |
Mitchell Stephens |
Carter Rowney |
Defencemen
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Danny DeKeyser |
Moritz Seider |
Nick Leddy |
Filip Hronek |
Mark Staal |
Jordan Oesterle |
Goaltenders
Starter |
Backup |
Starter |
Backup |
Alex Nedeljkovic |
Thomas Greiss |
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