Red Wings at Canadiens preview

RED WINGS (24-35-10) at CANADIENS (36-26-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; TSN2, RDS, FS-D, NHL.TV

Price is 314-221-67 in 12 seasons with Montreal and tied in wins with Jacques Plante, who was 314-133 with 107 ties from 1952-63. The NHL eliminated ties in favor of the shootout for the 2005-06 season.
The Canadiens, who have lost three of their past four games, were outscored 13-4 in consecutive losses to end a three-game road trip. They are tied in points (79) with the Columbus Blue Jackets, who hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
The Red Wings will try to avoid a third straight loss. They are 1-7-3 in their past 11 games and 15th in the Eastern Conference with 58 points.

Players to watch

Red Wings forward Thomas Vanek has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past four games.
Canadiens defenseman Shea Weber has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past three games.

They said it

"We need everybody playing as close to their A game as possible. We can't afford to have guys play their B or C game." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill
"At the end of the day our fate is in our hands. We control what we do. If we win hockey games it doesn't matter what happens elsewhere, and that's got to be our focus." -- Canadiens forward Paul Byron

Red Wings projected lineup

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Andreas Athanasiou -- Anthony Mantha
Thomas Vanek -- Frans Nielsen -- Filip Zadina
Justin Abdelkader -- Luke Glendening -- Darren Helm
Christoffer Ehn
-- Jacob de la Rose -- Michael Rasmussen
Danny DeKeyser -- Filip Hronek
Niklas Kronwall -- Madison Bowey
Jonathan Ericsson -- Trevor Daley
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Scratched:Luke Witkowski
Injured:Dylan Larkin (neck), Mike Green (virus)

Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Paul Byron -- Max Domi -- Andrew Shaw
Jonathan Drouin -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nate Thompson -- Jordan Weal
Victor Mete -- Shea Weber
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Jordie Benn -- Christian Folin
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched:Charles Hudon, Nicolas Deslauriers, Matthew Peca, Dale Weise, Mike Reilly, Charlie Lindgren
Injured:None

Status report

Larkin will miss his fourth straight game and Blashill didn't say when he could return. "It looks like a soft tissue issue so from a long-term prognosis, that's great," he said. … Lindgren was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Monday and will remain with the Canadiens for the remainder of the regular season.

Stat pack

Mantha has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in his past 13 games. … Gallagher has eight points (seven goals, one assist) in his past nine games. ... Drouin has not had a point in 12 of his past 13 games. He had four assists in an 8-1 win in Detroit on Feb. 26.