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Canadiens vs. Red Wings: Game thread, lines, rosters and how to watch

There isn’t much left to be said for the Montreal Canadiens season. They’re down to their final two games, and have almost all but locked up a top five pick in the NHL draft. They can no longer clinch the best chance at drafting first, that dubious honour belongs to the Buffalo Sabres.

They can however still help their chances of landing in the top three depending on their result against the Red Wings tonight.

In the last clash between these two teams a pair of goals by Brendan Gallagher and a great showing by a returning Carey Price led the Habs to a 4-2 victory at the Bell Centre. Things haven’t changed too much since that meeting, Detroit still is struggling and the Canadiens penalty kill continues to let down their goaltenders when it counts.

Don’t expect a classic between two teams that are beat up, and likely looking forward to their off-season.

Puck Drop is at 7:30 PM EST / 4:30 PM PST

How to watch
In the Canadiens region: TSN 2, TSNGO (English), RDS (French)
In the Red Wings region: Fox Sports-Detroit
Elsewhere: NHL.tv/NHL GameCentre Live

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Forwards

Left Wing Centre Right Wing
Paul Byron Jonathan Drouin Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk Jacob de la Rose Artturi Lehkonen
Daniel Carr Logan Shaw Kerby Rychel
Nicolas Deslauriers Michael McCarron Byron Froese

Defence

Left Defence Right Defence
Jordie Benn Jeff Petry
Karl Alzner Noah Juulsen
Mike Reilly Brett Lernout

Goaltenders

Goaltenders
Carey Price
Antti Niemi

Detroit Red Wings projected lineup

Forwards

Left Wing Centre Right Wing
Tyler Bertuzzi Henrik Zetterberg Gustav Nyqvist
Darren Helm Dylan Larkin Anthony Mantha
Justin Abdelkader Frans Nielsen David Booth
Luke Witkowski Andreas Athanasiou Martin Frk

Defence

Left Defence Right Defence
Jonathan Ericsson Trevor Daley
Niklas Kronwall Nick Jensen
Danny Dekeyser Xavier Ouellet

Goaltenders

Goaltenders
Jared Coreau
Jimmy Howard

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