The Habs are done for.
The Red Wings, on the other hand, are in the fight of their lives. It should be an interesting game given the pressure is off on one side and higher than ever on the other.
The Habs have just one win in their last five games, and two in their past eight, increasing their chances of winning first overall in the draft lottery to six percent, with only seven other teams having a better chance than them.
The Wings are eight in the Eastern Conference right now, tied in points with the Flyers who have one less win, but also a game at hand. The Wings have seven games left to play in the regular season, but could benefit from the Boston Bruins‘ slide as the Bruins are only one point up on the Flyers and Red Wings.
The Wings are coming into Montreal on a 3-2 win last night against Buffalo after falling 7-2 to the Penguins on Saturday afternoon.
Lineup notes: Jacob de la Rose returns to the lineup in place of Stefan Matteau; Mike Condon gets his 51st start of the season.
NHL Draft Lottery Probability: The Habs sit at 6% chance of drafting first overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft behind seven other teams with the Edmonton Oilers once again having the greatest chance of picking first overall right now at 20%.
The puck drops at 7:30 PM EDT.
How To Watch:
In Canada (French): RDS
In Canada (English): Sportsnet East
In the Red Wings’ region: FS-D
In the United States: NHL Network
Elsewhere: NHL GameCenter, NHL Center Ice, NHL.TV
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Max Pacioretty | Alex Galchenyuk | Paul Byron |
| Lars Eller | Tomas Plekanec | Sven Andrighetto |
| Jacob de la Rose | David Desharnais | Michael McCarron |
| Torrey Mitchell | Phillip Danault | Mike Brown |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Andrei Markov | Alexei Emelin |
| Nathan Beaulieu | Greg Pateryn |
| Joel Hanley |
| Goaltenders |
| Mike Condon |
| Ben Scrivens |
Scratched: Stefan Matteau
Injuries: Carey Price (lower body), Daniel Carr (lower body), Jeff Petry (lower body), Brian Flynn (lower body), Tom Gilbert (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), P.K. Subban (neck), Mark Barberio (concussion-like symptoms), Victor Bartley (lower body), Lucas Lessio (undisclosed)
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Justin Abdelkader |
Henrik Zetterberg |
Dylan Larkin |
| Darren Helm | Pavel Datsyuk | Anhtony Mantha |
| Gustav Nyquist | Riley Sheahan | Tomas Tatar |
| Andreas Anthanasiou | Luke Glendening | Brad Richards |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Niklas Kronwall | Jonathan Ericsson |
| Danny Dekeyser | Kyle Quincey |
| Brendan Smith | Mike Green |
| Goaltenders |
| Petr Mrazek |
| Jimmy Howard |
Scratched: Teemu Pulkkinen, Tomas Jurco, Alexey Marchenko
Injuries: Johan Franzen (concussion), Drew Miller (knee)
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