Hurricanes at Canadiens preview

HURRICANES (13-12-4) at CANADIENS (15-11-5)
7:30 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, FS-CR, NHL.TV

Price is 4-1-0 with a 2.12 goals-against-average and .927 save percentage in his past six games, including five starts. He made nine saves in relief of Antti Niemi in Montreal's 7-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.
The Canadiens are 4-2-0 in the past six games after a five-game losing streak (0-3-2). They have allowed two goals or fewer in five of the past seven games.
Carolina is 1-3-1 in its past five games after going 6-2-1 in the previous nine. The Hurricanes have scored two goals or fewer in six of the past seven games.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Justin Williams has goals in back-to-back games.
Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin has six points (one goal, five assists) in his past six games.

They said it

"We know they're a fast team. I think it's no different than any team we're playing; we've got to get to our game and worry about our execution versus worrying too much about what they're doing." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour
"It's an opportunity to show what type of team we are, show that we're able to respond. It's not the easiest thing to do, I think it takes some character within the group, but certainly we feel we have it so it's a good opportunity for us to go out there and prove it rather than talk about it." -- Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jordan Martinook -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Janne Kuokkanen
-- Victor Rask -- Brock McGinn
Andrei Svechnikov -- Lucas Wallmark -- Justin Williams
Warren Foegele -- Clark Bishop -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Justin Faulk
Haydn Fleury -- Dougie Hamilton
Petr Mrazek
Scott Darling
Scratched:Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured:Jordan Staal (concussion), Curtis McElhinney (lower body), Micheal Ferland (upper body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Max Domi -- Andrew Shaw
Paul Byron -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Artturi Lehkonen
Matthew Peca -- Michael Chaput -- Kenny Agostino
Brett Kulak -- Shea Weber
Mike Reilly -- Jeff Petry
Jordie Benn -- Noah Juulsen
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched:David Schlemko, Nicolas Deslauriers, Charles Hudon
Injured:Joel Armia (knee)

Status report

Kuokkanen was recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and will make his season debut. … Schlemko will be a healthy scratch after playing 15 consecutive games.

Stat pack

Aho has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past two games. … Petry has two goals and two assists during a three-game point streak. Domi has four points (three goals, one assist) in the past four games.