FLA@MTL: What you need to know

MONTREAL - The Canadiens return to the Bell Centre to open a four-game homestand starting with the Florida Panthers on Thursday night.

Here's everything you need to know heading into tonight's matchup:
1. The Canadiens (30-39-6) kick-started their week with back-to-back games on the road in Buffalo and Philadelphia. Following a shootout win over the Sabres on Monday night, the Habs dropped Tuesday's contest 3-2 to the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. Sean Farrell made his NHL debut in Philly, after signing a three-year, entry-level contract with the Canadiens on March 26. The 21-year-old forward was inserted into the lineup alongside Jonathan Drouin and Denis Gurianov.

For his part, goaltender Cayden Primeau made 24 saves on 26 shots in his first start of the season with the Canadiens. Forwards Brendan Gallagher and Rafael Harvey-Pinard found the back of the net for the visitors, but it wasn't enough to catch the Flyers who opened a two-goal lead late in the third period.

2. The Panthers (37-31-7) visit the Bell Centre to wrap up their eastern Canada road swing. Florida dropped a 5-2 decision to the Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Monday but found better fortune in Toronto where they knocked off the Leafs 3-2 in overtime last night. The Cats come to Montreal to close out the tail end of a back-to-back. Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe and Aleksander Barkov lead the team in scoring with 97, 66 and 66 points, respectively. Verhaeghe and Tkachuk pace the team in the goal department with 36 and 35, respectively. Sam Reinhart rounds out the top-three with 27.
3. Calling all collectors: Thursday's contest is the final Bobblehead Night presented by RONA this season. For the occasion, the first 5,000 fans to enter the Bell Centre will receive a figurine of Habs captain Nick Suzuki.
Juraj Slafkovsky was the first to receive a Suzuki bobblehead, courtesy of the captain himself. The gift was an early birthday present for the rookie who turns 19 years old today.

4.The Canadiens and Panthers cross paths for the fourth and final time this season. Montreal will be looking to flip the narrative on their season series with Florida thus far, having suffered losses of 7-2, 6-2 and 9-5 to the Cats this year. In their most recent meeting at FLA Live Arena on March 16, a total of 10 goals were scored in the first period.
5. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. Catch all the action on TV on TSN2 and RDS or tune in to the radio on TSN 690 and 98,5 fm.