Detroit Red Wings at Montreal Canadiens, Projected Lineup, How to Watch

7:00p ET, Bell Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

TV: FSD

Radio: 97.1 FM The Ticket // 1270 AM CBS Sports Radio

Canadiens Blog: Eyes on the Prize

The good news is that the Red Wings have strung two wins together on the back of some spectacular play in goal by Jimmy Howard. The other good news, Anthony Mantha has been recalled to the team and will make his season debut tonight. Mantha has two NHL goals, and both of them came against the Canadiens. It is not all good news though.

If the Red Wings want to extend their winning ways to three games they are going to have to do it against the team with the best record in the NHL right now. The 10-0 drubbing from Columbus aside, the Canadiens have been very difficult to play against in the early part of the season with Carey Price back in goal and the additions of Shea Weber, Andrew Shaw and Alexander Radulov over the summer. The worse news for the Wings though is that the reason Mantha is up is because they had to place Andreas Athanasiou on IR with a sprained knee. This will be another chance for the Red Wings to test themselves against one of the best teams in the NHL and a real chance for Mantha to grab a hold of a roster spot and not let go.

Red Wings Lineup

Forwards

Dylan Larkin	Henrik Zetterberg	Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar	Frans Nielsen	Anthony Mantha
Riley Sheahan	Darren Helm	Justin Abdelkader
Tyler Bertuzzi	Luke Glendening	Steve Ott

Defensemen

Danny DeKesyer	Mike Green
Niklas Kronwall	Brendan Smith
Jonathan Ericcson	Alexey Marchenko

Goaltenders

Jimmy Howard (Starting)

Petr Mrazek

Scratches: Drew Miller, Ryan Sproul, Xavier Ouellet

Injuries: Andreas Athansiou (sprained knee), Tomas Vanek (mid-body injury), Tomas Jurco (back), Johan Franzen (concussion), Joe Vitale (concussion)

Canadiens Lineup

Forwards

Paul Byron	Alex Galchenyuk	Alexander Radulov
Sven Andrighetto	Tomas Plekanec	Brendan Gallagher
Max Pacioretty	Phillip Danault	Andrew Shaw
Daniel Carr	Torrey Mitchell	Brian Flynn

Defensemen

Alexei Emelin	Shea Weber
Andrei Markov	Jeff Petry
Nathan Beaulieu	Joel Hanley

Goaltenders

Carey Price

Al Montoya

RED WINGS	THE MATCHUP	CANADIENS
8-6-1 (17 pts, t2nd in Atlantic)	Record	12-1-1 (25 pts; 1st in Atlantic)
2.57 (19th in NHL)	Goals Per Game	3.23 (4th in NHL)
2.64 (17th)	Goals Against Per Game	2.23 (4th)
16.7% (19th)	Power Play %	18.6% (14th)
80.4% (t18th)	Penalty Kill %	78.9% (23rd)
Dylan Larkin (5)	Goals Leader	Alex Galchenyuk (6)
Zetterberg/Green/Nyquist  (10)	Points Leader	Alex Galchenyuk (14)

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