Senators at Canadiens preview

SENATORS (17-24-9) at CANADIENS (21-25-6)
1 p.m. ET; SN, RDS, NHL.TV

Canadiens goalie Carey Price will make his 26th start in 29 games in the second game of Montreal's traditional back-to-back Super Bowl weekend afternoon games.
Antti Niemi made 43 saves when the Canadiens ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Montreal is 3-5-2 since it last won two in a row.
Goalie Mike Condon will start for Ottawa, which has won consecutive games following a six-game losing streak. Craig Anderson made 33 saves in a 4-3 shootout win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Players to watch

Senators forward Matt Duchene has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 12 games.

Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry scored two power-play goals Saturday and has six points (three goals, three assists) in the past five games.

They said it

"I think when we had the puck on our stick a couple of times, we had time to make a play and threw it over our stick, feeling the pressure. That comes with experience, that comes with confidence. I think with us winning tonight, hopefully that can help us learn from those mistakes and not make them again." -- Senators goalie Craig Anderson
"I think our guys have been working hard to try and get those results, and hopefully we can move on from [Saturday] afternoon and think about [Sunday] and continue to do that work that we're looking to do and come up with the wins." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien

Senators projected lineup

Mike Hoffman -- Matt Duchene -- Colin White
Ryan Dzingel -- Derick Brassard -- Christopher DiDomenico
Zack Smith -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Tom Pyatt
Magnus Paajarvi -- Nate Thompson -- Alexandre Burrows
Johnny Oduya -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Thomas Chabot -- Mark Borowiecki
Mike Condon
Craig Anderson
Scratched: Fredrik Claesson
Injured: Bobby Ryan (finger), Mark Stone (lower body), Chris Wideman (hamstring), Gabriel Dumont (ankle), Filip Chlapik (upper body)

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Canadiens projected lineup

Max Pacioretty -- Paul Byron -- Charles Hudon
Alex Galchenyuk -- Jonathan Drouin -- Nikita Scherbak
Artturi Lehkonen -- Tomas Plekanec -- Brendan Gallagher
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Byron Froese -- Logan Shaw
Karl Alzner -- Jeff Petry
Victor Mete -- David Schlemko
Joe Morrow -- Jordie Benn
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched: Jakub Jerabek, Daniel Carr, Jacob de la Rose
Injured: Shea Weber (foot), Andrew Shaw (lower body), Phillip Danault (concussion-like symptoms), Ales Hemsky (upper body)

Status report

Ryan will not play and is doubtful to play next week, Senators coach Guy Boucher said. … Drouin is a game-time decision after he sustained an upper-body injury when he was hit by an Alzner shot Saturday.

Stat pack

The Senators have scored 13 goals in the past eight games. … Price is 1-5-0 with a 3.05 goals-against average in his past six starts.