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RED WINGS (10-11-5) at CANADIENS (12-12-3)
7 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, FS-D, NHL.TV

Montreal defenseman Shea Weber will be a game-time decision after missing the past six games because of a lower-body injury. The Canadiens won 6-3 at Detroit on Thursday to extend their longest winning streak of the season to four games.
The Red Wings have lost six straight (0-3-3) for the second time this season. They were 0-5-1 from Oct. 16-26.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Anthony Mantha has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past three games.
Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher has four points (three goals, one assist) in his past three games, including two goals and one assist Thursday.

They said it

"Obviously we gave them two points and we want to get two points ourselves here, and it's a good way to put the last game behind us and move forward. But it's a big game. Hopefully we can play a full 60 (minutes). I thought we were good in the first period and then kind of gave them a few goals there and kind of fell back a bit." -- Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader
"Shea Weber's not an easy guy to replace but I think as a six-man D-corps, they've been able to do that, take a little bit on, every single guy, and it's been huge for our play." -- Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher

Red Wings projected lineup
Canadiens projected lineup

Max Pacioretty -- Phillip Danault -- Andrew Shaw
Charles Hudon -- Tomas Plekanec -- Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk --
Jacob de la Rose
-- Paul Byron
Nicolas Deslauriers
--
Byron Froese
--
Daniel Carr
Jordie Benn -- Shea Weber
Karl Alzner -- Jeff Petry
Victor Mete -- David Schlemko
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: Jakub Jerabek](https://www.nhl.com/player/jakub-jerabek-8480143?season=20172018), Joe Morrow
Injured: Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Al Montoya (concussion), Artturi Lehkonen (lower body), Nikita Scherbak (knee), Ales Hemsky (concussion-like symptoms)

Status report

Frk returns after missing eight games because of a groin injury. ... Drouin alternated with Froese at the morning skate and is questionable to return after not playing Thursday. ... Weber was paired with Benn at the morning skate. ... Jerabek will play if Weber is not ready not return. ... The Canadiens placed defenseman Brandon Davidson on waivers.

Stat pack

The Red Wings have not lost seven in a row since going 0-2-5 from Nov. 4-19, 2013. ... Price has allowed five goals while winning four straight starts since returning Nov. 25 from a lower-body injury that sidelined him for 10 games.