Canadiens at Maple Leafs preview

CANADIENS (29-39-13) at MAPLE LEAFS (48-26-7)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, NHL.TV

The Maple Leafs, 9-4-0 in their past 13 games, have 103 points, equaling their total from 2003-04.
Goaltender Frederik Andersen will start and could set a Toronto single-season record for victories. Andersen shares the mark of 37 wins with Ed Belfour (2002-03) and Andrew Raycroft (2006-07).
The Maple Leafs have locked up third place in the Atlantic Division and will face the Boston Bruins or Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference First Round.
Goaltender Carey Price will start for the Canadiens, who have been eliminated from playoff contention; Montreal is 4-10-3 in its past 17 games.

Players to watch

Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past eight games.
Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in a nine-game point streak.

They said it

"I've asked our guys to compete hard every game because we've been out of the playoffs for a while now. … Even if you don't win but you've worked hard and competed hard, there's a lot you can gain from that." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien
"It's important for us. It's our last opportunity to get ready. I can't manufacture this. They're going to play hard. [Carey] Price is playing net and he's going to make it hard on us. I think it's important we have a hard game." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock

Canadiens projected lineup

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
Jordie Benn -- Jeff Petry
Karl Alzner -- Brett Lernout
Mike Reilly -- Noah Juulsen
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: David Schlemko (undisclosed), Charles Hudon (upper body)
Injured: Ales Hemsky (concussion), Max Pacioretty (knee), Phillip Danault (upper body), Andrew Shaw, (upper body), Shea Weber (foot), Victor Mete (finger), Nikita Scherbak (concussion)

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Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- Mitchell Marner
James van Riemsdyk -- Tyler Bozak -- Connor Brown
Leo Komarov -- Tomas Plekanec -- Kasperi Kapanen
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott -- Roman Polak
Frederik Andersen
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Andreas Johnsson, Matt Martin, Josh Leivo, Dominic Moore, Connor Carrick
Injured: None

Status report

Schlemko and Hudon took part in an optional morning skate, and will be game-time decisions. … Dermott will return after missing two games with a lower-body injury.

Stat pack

Drouin has eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past eight games. … Galchenyuk has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past seven games. … Marner has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in his past 14 games. … Van Riemsdyk has 13 points (10 goals, three assists) in his past 12 games.