Preview: Canadiens at Capitals

CANADIENS (19-7-4) at CAPITALS (19-7-3)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN-US, TVA Sports, CITY, CSN-DC, NHL.TV

Canadiens team scope

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price will try to win his 250th game Saturday after getting pulled in a 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Price was initially scheduled to have Saturday off but coach Michel Therrien changed those plans on Friday when he out Price, who allowed four goals on 18 shots. "Firstly, I didn't like the way the team was playing in front of him, and secondly, that allows us to come back with him [Saturday]," Therrien said about why he pulled Price on Friday.

Capitals team scope

The Washington Capitals won their sixth straight game on Friday, a 4-3 shootout victory against the Carolina Hurricanes. Backup goalie Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves. Braden Holtby, who will start in goal against the Canadiens, is 8-0-2 with two shutouts, a 1.66 GAA and a .944 save percentage in his NHL career against the Canadiens.

Canadiens projected lineup

Max Pacioretty -- Phillip Danault -- Alexander Radulov
Artturi Lehkonen -- Tomas Plekanec -- Michael McCarron
Paul Byron -- Torrey Mitchell -- Brendan Gallagher
Daniel Carr -- Brian Flynn -- Chris Terry
Alexei Emelin -- Shea Weber
Andrei Markov -- Jeff Petry
Nathan Beaulieu -- Zach RedmondCarey Price
Al Montoya
Scratched: Mark Barberio,
Injured:Alex Galchenyuk (knee), David Desharnais (knee), Greg Pateryn (ankle), Andrew Shaw (upper body), Sven Andrighetto (upper body)

Capitals projected lineup

Alex Ovechkin -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- Justin Williams
Marcus Johansson -- Nicklas Backstrom -- T.J. Oshie
Zachary Sanford -- Lars Eller -- Jakub Vrana
Daniel Winnik -- Jay Beagle -- Tom Wilson
Karl Alzner -- John Carlson
Matt Niskanen -- Dmitry Orlov
Brooks Orpik -- Nate Schmidt
Braden Holtby
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Andre Burakovsky, Taylor Chorney, Brett Connolly
Injured: None

Status report

Shaw did not play against the Sharks and did not travel with the team to Washington. Andrighetto, who sustained an upper-body injury in the first period on Friday and did not return, also did not travel. The Canadiens recalled Terry from St. John's of the American Hockey League on Friday. Washington recalled Sanford from Hershey of the AHL on Saturday. Capitals forward Andre Burakovsky will be a healthy scratch for a third consecutive game.

Who's hot

Pacioretty has six points in his past four games. Williams has five goals in his past five games…Niskanen has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in his past three games.