MONTREAL - Goaltender Brandon Bussi is expected to make his third start of the season this evening, as the Carolina Hurricanes go head-to-head with the Montreal Canadiens.
The second-year NHLer had a strong start to his season, turning away 19 of 20 in a tough-luck loss to the Florida Panthers on opening night.
In front of him, the team is expected to stick with the same batch of skaters who earned a victory on Saturday night in Philadelphia.
With William Carrier and Andrei Svechnikov on his wings, Sebastian Aho turned in the team's first multi-goal showing of the season. Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere put a bow on the win with a seeing-eye drive on the power play in overtime.
Don't miss a second of the action tonight, which starts at 7 p.m. on Hurricanes Hockey Network.
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Tonight's Projected Lineup...
Forwards
Carrier - Aho - Svechnikov
Hall - Stankoven - Blake
Ehlers - Staal - Martinook
Kotkaniemi - Jankowski - Robinson
Defense
Slavin - Chatfield
Miller - Walker
Gostisbehere - Reilly
Starting Goaltender
Bussi
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Injuries
Seth Jarvis
Scratches
Nic Deslauriers
Juuso Valimaki
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PP1: Aho, Blake, Ehlers (Staal), and Svechnikov with Gostisbehere
PP2: Ehlers, Hall, Jankowski (Staal), and Stankoven with Miller
Jordan Staal has been taking the faceoffs to start most power plays. If he wins it, he'll stay on the ice. When the puck comes out of the zone, he jumps off, and Nikolaj Ehlers jumps on with the first unit. When with the second unit, Mark Jankowski jumps on when Staal goes off.
