Canadiens at Penguins preview

CANADIENS (0-0-1) at PENGUINS (1-0-0)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, CITY, TVAS, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV

The Game

The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to start their season with a second straight home win when they face the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday.
Despite winning 7-6 in overtime against the Washington Capitals on Thursday, the Penguins weren't happy with their play, particularly their 16 turnovers. Following that game, coach Mike Sullivan stressed the importance of playing cleaner against the Canadiens, who lost 3-2 in overtime to the Toronto Maple Leafs in their season opener Wednesday.
Penguins goalie Matt Murray will try to rebound from allowing six goals on 36 shots. He will play opposite Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who allowed three goals on 26 shots.
Montreal gave up five goals in each of its three losses to Pittsburgh last season. Price started one of the three, stopping 34 of 39 shots in a 5-3 loss on March 21.

Players to watch

Canadiens forward Max Domi, who has two points (one goal, one assist) in five games against the Penguins, had two assists in the opener.
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel scored twice against the Capitals in the opener. Including the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, he has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) in his past 13 games.

They said it

"[The Penguins are] a team with a very good power play and a lot of skilled offensive guys that can hurt you. It doesn't matter who you're on the ice against."-- Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher
"[The Canadiens] have a lot of guys who are trying to prove something. I think that team, as a whole, they're really hungry." -- Penguins forward Bryan Rust

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Canadiens projected lineup

Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Joel Armia
Paul Byron -- Max Domi -- Artturi Lehkonen
Charles Hudon -- Matthew Peca -- Andrew Shaw
Victor Mete -- Jeff Petry
Mike Reilly -- Noah Juulsen
Xavier Ouellet -- Jordie Benn
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: Tomas Plekanec, Karl Alzner, Nikita Scherbak
Injured: Nicolas Deslauriers (facial fracture), Jacob de la Rose (cardiac), Shea Weber (knee), David Schlemko (knee)

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Patric Hornqvist
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Phil Kessel
Dominik Simon -- Derick Brassard -- Bryan Rust
Matt Cullen -- Riley Sheahan -- Daniel Sprong
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Olli Maatta -- Jack Johnson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Justin Schultz
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel, Derek Grant, Juuso Riikola
Injured: None

Status report

Canadiens coach Claude Julien said he would not change the lineup from the season opener. ... The Penguins are expected to use the same lines and defense pairs from their opener.

Stat pack

Drouin needs one assist to reach 100 in the NHL. He has nine points (six goals, three assists) in nine games against Pittsburgh. ... Letang, who had three points (two goals, one assist) against the Capitals, is tied with Paul Coffey for most points by a defenseman in Penguins history (440).