Canucks at Canadiens preview

CANUCKS (16-19-6) at CANADIENS (17-20-4)
7 p.m. ET; SN, RDS, NHL.TV

Price, who missed practice Saturday, made 44 saves in a 2-1 shootout win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday that ended the Canadiens' five-game losing streak. Montreal, which has scored one goal or less in six consecutive games, has scored five goals while going 1-5-0.
Vancouver is on a three-game losing streak (0-2-1) after beginning its seven-game road trip with a 3-2 shootout loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The Canucks are 3-0-0 in the second of back-to-back games this season but are 2-9-2 in their past 13 games.

Players to watch

Canucks forward Brock Boeser has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past seven games.
Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin has no points in his past seven games, and one (one assist) in his past 11.

They said it

"We're playing good hockey, it's just we're finding ways to lose instead of the other way." -- Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom
"We played with passion last game. It was fun to get a big win like that in front of our fans. We have to build on that." -- Canadiens forward Phillip Danault

Canucks projected lineup

Thomas Vanek -- Sam Gagner -- Brock Boeser
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Sven Baertschi
Nic Dowd -- Markus Granlund -- Loui Eriksson
Brendan Gaunce
--
Michael Chaput
-- Jake Virtanen
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Chris Tanev
Derrick Pouliot -- Erik Gudbranson
Anders Nilsson
Jacob Markstom
Scratched:Alex Biega, Ben Hutton, Nikolay Goldobin
Injured:Bo Horvat (broken ankle), Brandon Sutter (groin)

Canadiens projected lineup

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

Status report

Baertschi will return after missing the past 11 games with a broken jaw. ... Tanev left at 3:22 of the first period and did not return Saturday after he was struck in the mouth by a shot by Toronto defenseman Roman Polak. .... Canucks coach Travis Green said Tanev "ost some teeth and would make the trip to Montreal and be checked for fractures … The Canucks reassigned forward Reid Boucher to Utica of the American Hockey League. ... Defenseman Victor Mete will rejoin the Canadiens on Friday after winning a gold medal with Canada at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo.

Stat pack

Vanek has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past seven games. … Pacioretty, whose goal Thursday was his first in 14 games, has two in his past 23.