Flyers at Canadiens preview

FLYERS (18-23-5) at CANADIENS (27-17-5)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SNE, SNO, NBCSP, ESPN+, NHL.TV

Montreal is playing the second of back-to-back games after extending its winning streak to a season-long four games with a 4-1 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
Canadiens goaltenders Carey Price and Antti Niemi, who will start, have stopped 155 of 159 shots for a combined save percentage of .975 during the streak.
Montreal, which last won five straight from Nov. 25-Dec. 2, 2017, has allowed two goals or fewer in eight of its past 10 games.
Rookie goaltender Carter Hart is expected to make his fifth consecutive start for Philadelphia, which will look for a third straight win. The Flyers are 3-1-0 in their past four games after an eight-game losing streak (0-7-1).

Players to watch

Flyers forward Sean Couturier has nine points (four goals, five assists) during a five-game point streak.
Canadiens forward Max Domi has four points (one goal, three assists) in a three-game point streak.

They said it

"Obviously that was tough for us there, it just seemed like we were finding ways to lose. And coming off that now it seems like we've got a little bit of confidence going and hopefully we can keep that going tonight into the break." -- Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk on Philadelphia's 3-1-0 record since their eight-game losing streak.
"It starts with (goaltenders Carey Price and Antti Niemi). Those two have been really solid recently and our defense has been hard on the puck and launched our offense."-- Canadiens forward Phillip Danault

Flyers projected lineup

James van Riemsdyk -- Claude Giroux -- Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom -- Sean Couturier -- Jakub Voracek
Scott Laughton -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Jori Lehtera -- Phil Varone -- Michael Raffl
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Andrew MacDonald
Robert Hagg -- Radko Gudas
Carter Hart
Mike McKenna
Scratched:Christian Folin, Dale Weise
Injured: Corban Knight (collarbone), Brian Elliott (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Michal Neuvirth (lower body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Tomas Tatar -- Max Domi -- Artturi Lehkonen
Charles Hudon -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Joel Armia
Kenny Agostino -- Michael Chaput -- Nicolas Deslauriers
Victor Mete -- Shea Weber
Mike Reilly -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Jordie Benn
Antti Niemi
Carey Price
Scratched: Karl Alzner, Matthew Peca
Injured: Andrew Shaw (neck)
Suspended: Paul Byron

Status report

The Flyers are using five forwards (van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Simmonds, Giroux and Voracek) on their first power-play unit. … The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. Montreal coach Claude Julien has not named his starting goaltender. … Byron will serve the second game of a three-game suspension for his hit to the head of Florida Panthers defenseman MacKenzie Weegar on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Giroux has four assists in his past two games. … Konecny needs one point for 100 in the NHL. … Danault has five points (one goal, four assists) during a four-game point streak. … Tatar scored twice Friday and has three points (two goals, one assist) in his past two games.