OTT@MTL: Five things you need to know

MONTREAL - Here are five things you need to know ahead of Saturday night's game between the Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre.

1. Saturday night's contest could mark the first exhibition meeting between the third and fourth overall picks in the 2018 Draft, the Canadiens' Jesperi Kotkaniemi and the Senators' Brady Tkachuk. While the Montreal pivot picked up a goal in his first preseason contest on Monday against New Jersey, Tkachuk has only taken part in one matchup for Ottawa and has yet to get on the board.
   2. Kotkaniemi will be suiting up for his third preseason game, as will Brendan Gallagher, Phillip Danault, and Tomas Tatar. Head coach Claude Julien will be sending out many repeats among his forwards against Guy Boucher's squad, but he is switching things up in a big way on defense. While Jordie Benn, Jeff Petry, Karl Alzner, Mike Reilly, Victor Mete and Noah Juulsen didn't make the trip to Quebec City on Thursday, they'll all be in action versus Ottawa.
   3. Carey Price will be making his second appearance of the preseason. In his previous outing, the Anahim Lake, BC native allowed two goals on 22 shots in the first half of the game against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. Charlie Lindgren, who has two exhibition wins to his credit, will be the other goaltender in uniform.
   4. Forty-three players remain at Canadiens training camp after the club announced its first round of cuts on Friday.
   5. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The game will be available on TSN5 and RDS on television, as well as on TSN 690 and 98,5 fm on the radio. To purchase tickets to the game, CLICK HERE.