Flames at Canadiens preview

FLAMES (5-3-0) at CANADIENS (4-1-2)
7:30 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, SNF, NHL.TV

Price remains one win from tying Roy's 289 victories with Montreal after a 4-3 overtime loss at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Jacques Plante holds the Canadiens record with 314 wins.
Montreal is 3-0-1 in its past four games.
Goalie David Rittich will make his second straight start for Calgary, which is seeking its fourth win in five games. The second-year backup made an NHL career-high 44 saves in a 4-1 win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has five points (four goals, one assist) during a four-game point streak. He got his 300th NHL point Sunday and needs two assists to reach 200.
Canadiens forward Max Domi has three points (two goals, one assist) during a three-game point streak.

They said it

"They're quick in transition so we've got to make sure we do a good job with the puck and then know how to check when we don't have it. And their starts have been good and our starts haven't been as good as we'd like, so we'd like to focus on that here tonight." -- Flames coach Bill Peters
"In the games I've watched on TV they're a fast team and they don't wait around anymore. They go after the game the way we do, and it definitely shows in their record and the way they play." -- Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett -- Derek Ryan -- James Neal
Dillon Dube -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin --
Rasmus Andersson
Juuso Valimaki -- Michael Stone
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Anthony Peluso, Dalton Prout
Injured: Travis Hamonic (facial fracture)

Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Max Domi -- Artturi Lehkonen
Paul Byron -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Joel Armia
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Matthew Peca -- Andrew Shaw
Jordie Benn -- Jeff Petry
Mike Reilly -- Noah Juulsen
Victor Mete -- Xavier Ouellet
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: Karl Alzner, Nikita Scherbak, Charles Hudon
Injured: Shea Weber (knee), David Schlemko (knee), Tomas Plekanec (back)

Status report

Hamonic is on the trip and took part in the morning skate wearing a face guard. … Mete returns after missing two games because of a hand injury.

Stat pack

Brodie will play his 500th NHL game. … Neal needs three points to reach 500. … Tkachuk has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games. … Tatar has seven points (three goals, four assists) in four games. ... Benn will play his 400th NHL game.