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Montreal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames: Game Thread

Can Montreal avoid losing 3 in a row?

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It's a tale of two cities, as Calgary comes into this match up red-hot, whereas the Habs are limping.

The Flames are riding a five game winning streak, including wins over San Jose, Chicago and Minnesota. They've managed to score 4 or more goals in their last 4 games, and they'll look to put Montreal's shaky defence to the test.

Unfortunately for the Flames, they'll be without their starter, and former Habs prospect Karri Ramo, as he's nursing a knee injury.

Carey Price gets the start for the Canadiens - who can ill afford to drop any more points in the standings. They managed to obliterate the 9 point lead they held over the wild card spot a month ago.

Dale Weise will make his Habs debut on the fourth line.

Puck drop is at 7:30 PM at the Bell Centre.

Here are your projected lineups:

**Montreal Canadiens Prospective Lineup**
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Daniel Briere	Tomas Plekanec	Brian Gionta
Max Pacioretty	David Desharnais	Brendan Gallagher
Rene Bourque	Lars Eller	Brandon Prust
Michael Bournival	Ryan White	Dale Weise

Left Defense	Right Defense
Josh Gorges	P.K. Subban
Andrei Markov	Alexei Emelin
Douglas Murray	Nathan Beaulieu

Goaltenders

Carey Price

Peter Budaj

Scratches: Francis Bouillon, George Parros.

Injuries: Davis Drewiske (shoulder surgery, practicing), Alex Galchenyuk (wrist, 3-4 weeks), Travis Moen (lower body injury)

As for Calgary:

**Calgary Flames Prospective Lineup**
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Jiri Hudler	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Mike Cammalleri	Sean Monahan	Joe Colborne
Lance Bouma	Matt Stajan	David Jones
Kevin Westgarth	T.J. Galiardi	Brian McGrattan