Ducks at Canadiens preview

DUCKS (22-26-5) at CANADIENS (25-23-7)
7 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, PRIME, NHL.TV

Price, who has started 44 of Montreal's 55 games, will play after missing a 5-4 shootout win at the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday because of the flu. However, the Canadiens will be without defenseman Shea Weber, who was placed on injured reserve because of a lower-body injury sustained in the game at New Jersey.
Montreal is 7-3-0 in its past 10 games after an eight-game winless streak (0-7-1).
John Gibson will be in goal for Anaheim, which will try for its third straight win. The Ducks are 5-2-0 in their past seven games after going 1-6-1 in their previous eight.

Players to Watch

Ducks forward Rickard Rakell has four points (one goal, three assists) during a three-game point streak.
Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past five games.

They said it

"They're an off-the-rush team that is extremely quick, and if we're going to feed them pucks, they're going to eat them, they're going to grab them and go. That's already been a real focus here this morning in our meetings. We want to play our brand of hockey and that's physical, and [we want] to spend as much time in that (offensive) zone as we can." -- Ducks coach Dallas Eakins
"We're all in this together and we're finding ways to make up for situations that we couldn't have planned for, we couldn't have prepared for. But we're just kind of taking it day by day, and that's all you can really do." -- Canadiens forward Max Domi about dealing with injuries and illnesses

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Max Jones -- Sam Steel -- Ondrej Kase
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant -- Daniel Sprong
Hampus Lindholm -- Erik Gudbranson
Cam Fowler -- Josh Manson
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched:Michael Del Zotto, Devin Shore, Carter Rowney
Injured: None

Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Ilya Kovalchuk -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen -- Max Domi -- Nick Cousins
Ryan Poehling -- Nate Thompson -- Dale Weise
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Marco Scandella -- Victor Mete
Brett Kulak -- Christian Folin
Carey Price
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched:Xavier Ouellet, Jake Evans
Injured: Shea Weber (lower body), Paul Byron (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Jordan Weal (illness)

Status report

The Ducks will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 shootout victory at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. … Weal, a forward, will miss his second straight game because of the flu, and Tatar, Poehling and Mete are questionable. Evans, a forward, and Ouellet, a defenseman, were recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League. Canadiens coach Claude Julien said he may have to dress seven defensemen and 11 forwards. … Drouin, a forward, will not play against Anaheim but may be ready to return Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs or Monday against the Arizona Coyotes.

Stat pack

Kase has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past five games. … Tatar has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in his past eight games.