Canadiens at Hurricanes preview

CANADIENS (40-28-7) at HURRICANES (41-26-7)
7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SN, FS-CR, RDS, NHL.TV

The Hurricanes hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the East. They're 10-3-1 in their past 14 games and two points ahead of the Canadiens with one game in hand after a 5-1 win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.
Goalie Carey Price is expected to start for the Canadiens, who defeated the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Saturday for their third win in a row and hold the second wild card, three points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Players to watch

Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in 12 games against the Hurricanes.
Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen has 18 points (two goals, 16 assists) in his past 14 games.

They said it

"We had everyone going (Saturday) night. We'll enjoy it. But the best part of the League is you get to play so much, and we've got a huge, huge game against Carolina. So as far as we're concerned, we're just getting ready for that one now." -- Canadiens forward Max Domi
"The problem is you can't rest. It would be nice to have (Sunday) to show the guys the good stuff we did, but you can't. (Montreal) wins their game (Saturday). You've just got to keep pushing forward and answer the bell. Nobody is going to lose that's around us." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour

Canadiens projected lineup

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

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Justin Williams
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Teuvo Teravainen
Micheal Ferland -- Lucas Wallmark -- Jordan Martinook
Brock McGinn -- Greg McKegg -- Warren Foegele
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Brett Pesce -- Justin Faulk
Calvin de Haan -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Curtis McElhinney
Petr Mrazek
Scratched:Saku Maenalanen
Injured:None

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate.

Stat pack

Price is 4-2-0 with a 1.68 goals-against average, .942 save percentage and one shutout in his past six starts. … Aho has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in his past 14 games.