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CANADIENS (22-16-5) at RED WINGS (16-21-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV

The defenseman and captain missed the final two periods of a 1-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday after sustaining a facial injury. Weber made the trip to Detroit and coach Claude Julien was hopeful he would play against the Red Wings.
The Red Wings will be looking for their second win in nine games (1-5-2). They have allowed at least five goals in four of their past seven games.
Detroit center Dylan Larkin has 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists) in his past 17 games with at least one point in 15 of the 17.

Players to watch

Canadiens forward Tomas Tatar, who started his career with the Red Wings, has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past seven games.
Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou has five points, including four goals, in his past six games.

They said it

"It was a pretty tight game, and I would say we had a couple more scoring chances, but we made the kind of mistakes that have been costing us for some time. In tight games, like we could see tonight, those are very costly." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien on his team's defensive breakdowns against the Wild on Monday
"I'm not that surprised by the Canadiens, because they are a hard-working team with some very talented players. They've got four lines who work hard every shift, they've got good players on the blue line and they've got scorers like (Brendan) Gallagher, (Max) Domi and, obviously (Tatar)."-- Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall

Canadiens projected lineup
Red Wings projected lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Dylan Larkin -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Thomas Vanek -- Frans Nielsen -- Anthony Mantha
Darren Helm -- Luke Glendening -- Andreas Athanasiou
Christoffer Ehn -- Jacob de la Rose -- Justin Abdelkader
Niklas Kronwall -- Filip Hronek
Nick Jensen -- Dennis Cholowski
Jonathan Ericsson -- Luke Witkowski
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: Martin Frk, Brian Lashoff
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov (knee surgery), Danny DeKeyser (hand), Mike Green (lower body), Trevor Daley (foot), Michael Rasmussen (lower body)

Status report

Montreal did not skate Tuesday morning after playing Monday night. … Rasmussen will miss his second game with a lower-body injury.

Stat pack

Deslauriers will be playing in his 300th NHL game. … The Canadiens have lost two straight after going 5-1-0 in the previous six games. … Howard is 1-5-1 with an .899 save percentage in his past seven starts.