Canadiens at Red Wings preview
Montreal looking for first win in seven games; Detroit trying for second victory in 10
by Dave Hogg / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
CANADIENS (18-18-7) at RED WINGS (10-30-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV
The Game
The Montreal Canadiens will try for their first win in seven games when they play the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday.
Montreal is coming off a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets at Bell Centre on Monday and is 0-5-1 in its past six games.
The Red Wings are 1-8-0 in their past nine games but 2-0-0 against the Canadiens this season. Each of those games was in Montreal.
Players to watch
Canadiens forward Max Domi has 12 points (six goals, six assists) in his past 10 games.
Red Wings center Dylan Larkin has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past five games.
They said it
"We feel like we're playing the right way for the most part, just obviously not scoring as many goals as we need to. We're doing the right things, we're just not finishing around their net. So that's going to have to come by committee right now, and we're going to have to dig around their net a little harder." -- Canadiens defenseman Ben Chiarot
"The two wins we've had against them have been very different. The first time we played really, really well and caught them on a back-to-back, just like tonight. The more recent time, I'd say we played a good game but not one of our best. (Goalie Jonathan Bernier) was really the difference." -- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill on Detroit's two wins against the Canadiens this season
Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Ilya Kovalchuk
Artturi Lehkonen -- Max Domi -- Nick Suzuki
Ryan Poehling -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Nick Cousins
Jordan Weal -- Nate Thompson -- Dale Weise
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Marco Scandella -- Jeff Petry
Victor Mete -- Cale Fleury
Carey Price
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Christian Folin, Brett Kulak, Lukas Vejdemo
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (concussion), Paul Byron (upper body), Joel Armia (hand), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Matthew Peca (knee)
Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Robby Fabbri
Filip Zadina -- Valtteri Filppula -- Luke Glendening
Darren Helm -- Frans Nielsen -- Adam Erne
Christoffer Ehn -- Brendan Perlini -- Givani Smith
Patrik Nemeth -- Mike Green
Alex Biega -- Filip Hronek
Brian Lashoff -- Madison Bowey
Jonathan Bernier
Jimmy Howard
Scratched: Justin Abdelkader
Injured: Danny DeKeyser (back), Anthony Mantha (upper body), Jonathan Ericsson (face), Andreas Athanasiou (lower body), Trevor Daley (lower body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not skate Tuesday morning after playing Monday, while the Red Wings held an optional morning skate. … Gallagher made the trip to Detroit but will not play. … Daley will miss the game after an injury sustained blocking a shot against Chicago.
Stat pack
Tatar has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in seven games against the Red Wings. He played his first 407 NHL games with Detroit before being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights on Feb. 26, 2018. … Bernier is 3-3-0 with a .943 save percentage in his past seven games.