What – Game 81 (47-28-5)
When – 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 16
Where – Centre Bell; Montreal, QC, Canada
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, Sportsnet, SN1, RDS
The Carolina Hurricanes could very well help determine the final playoff spot as they face the Montreal Canadiens (39-31-11) tonight in Canada.
The Canes, who are coming off of a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs are resting a plethora of starters including their entire top line, top two shutdown forwards and top two defensive defensemen.
The Canadiens, who are winless in their last three games, need just a single point to clinch the East’s final wild card spot and won’t have a better chance at it than facing a thin Canes squad.
However, if the Canes do win in regulation, it will open the door for the Columbus Blue Jackets to be able to leapfrog the Habs with a regulation win on Long Island.
It all comes down to tonight.
Streaks
Milestone Watch
Game Notes
Key Matchups
Projected Starting Goalies
Leading Scorers
Power Play
Penalty Kill
Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Andrei Svechnikov – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Taylor Hall
Eric Robinson – Mark Jankowski – Jack Roslovic
William Carrier – Skyler Brind’Amour – Logan Stankoven
Tyson Jost – Bradly Nadeau
Dmitry Orlov – Brent Burn
Shayne Gostisbehere – Sean Walker
Riley Stillman – Scott Morrow
Domenick Fensore
Pyotr Kochetkov
Frederik Andersen
Injuries and Scratches: Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, Jackson Blake, Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin, Jalen Chatfield, Jesper Fast (neck)
Canadiens Projected Lineup
Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Juraj Slafkovsky
Brendan Gallagher – Christian Dvorak – Josh Anderson
Patrik Laine – Alex Newhook – Ivan Demidov
Emil Heineman – Jake Evans – Joel Armia
Mike Matheson – Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle – Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble – David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Injuries and Scratches: Oliver Kapanen, Michael Pezzetta, Josh Roy, Kirby Dach (LBI)
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