KEY FACTS:
• With a win vs. Montreal, Arizona, which is 6-5-5 since New Year's Day, would match its season-long winning streak of three games, which it set on the road in November.
• Antti Raanta will start in goal after playing most of the third period vs. San Jose on Tuesday. Scott Wedgewood started that game but left after being run over by San Jose's Timo Meier 28 seconds into the final period. Wedgewood is OK and will serve as Raanta's backup vs. Montreal. Raanta is 5-3-4 with a 2.13 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage in his past 13 games. He's tended goal vs. Montreal five times in his career and owns a 3-0-0 record.
• Alex Goligoski has notched three goals and four assists during a five-game point streak. He will enter the game with a three-game goal-scoring streak and ranked third on the team in points (29) and tied for seventh in goals (eight).
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• Kevin Connauton, who scored just one goal in his first 42 games of the season, has notched four goals in the past seven games and leads NHL defensemen in goals scored since Feb. 1.
• The Canadiens, who lost to Colorado, 2-0, on Wednesday night, are 3-6-1 in their past 10 games and rank 14th in the Eastern Conference with 51 points. Max Pacioretty leads the team with 33 points, and Brendan Gallagher is Montreal's top goal scorer with 20. Carey Price will start in goal after serving as Antti Niemi's backup vs. the Avalanche. Price is 9-0-0 with a 1.76 goals-against average and a .938 save percentage vs. the Coyotes.
