Canadiens at Hurricanes preview

CANADIENS (18-15-6) at HURRICANES (23-14-2)
7 p.m. ET; FS-CR, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV

Domi has five goals during his goal streak, the longest active streak in the NHL, and nine points (five goals, four assists) during a six-game point streak. His goal streak is the longest by a Montreal player since Max Pacioretty scored seven goals during a six-game streak from Jan. 2-15, 2015.
Goalie Charlie Lindgren will make his season debut for the Canadiens, who are 1-3-0 in four games since going 5-1-0 in the previous six.
The Hurricanes are 1-3-0 in their past four games after going 6-0-1 in their previous seven.

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Players to Watch

Canadiens forward Nick Suzuki has eight points (one goal, seven assists) during a five-game point streak.
Hurricanes forward Lucas Wallmark has eight points (four goals, four assists) during a six-game point streak.

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They said it

"He's here because we feel he's capable of being here and doing the job, so it's his chance tonight to help us win a hockey game." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien on goalie Charlie Lindgren
"Montreal to me is kind of a fun team to watch actually. They play fast and fire a lot of pucks at the net. Some real good skill on that team. We're going to have to be on our toes like every night." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour

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Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen -- Max Domi -- Nick Suzuki
Ryan Poehling -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Nick Cousins
Lukas Vejdemo -- Nate Thompson -- Jordan Weal
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Victor Mete -- Cale Fleury
Charlie Lindgren
Carey Price
Scratched: Christian Folin, Mike Reilly, Riley Barber
Injured:Paul Byron (upper body), Joel Armia (hand), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Matthew Peca (knee)

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Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov -- Jordan Staal -- Warren Foegele
Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Ryan Dzingel -- Erik Haula -- Martin Necas
Brock McGinn -- Lucas Wallmark -- Jordan Martinook
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Jake Gardiner -- Brett Pesce
Haydn Fleury -- Joel Edmundson
Petr Mrazek
James Reimer
Scratched: Trevor van Riemsdyk
Injured: None

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Status report

Vejdemo will make his NHL debut. … Haula did not skate for a second straight day but he is expected to play.

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Stat pack

Tatar has five points (three goals, two assists) during a three-game point streak. … Niederreiter has five points (one goal, four assists) during a four-game point streak.