The Vancouver Canucks (18-12-8) have a golden opportunity to put some cushion on the second wildcard in the Western Conference, even after a devastating 3-0 shutout loss to the Nashville Predators on Friday. They'll travel east to face the Montreal Canadiens (18-18-3) at Bell Centre at 4:30 p.m. on Monday night with a game in hand and a one-point advantage over the Calgary Flames.
The Canucks are 4-1-0 in their last five games against the Canadiens and 7-2-1 in their last 10. This is the first of two meetings between the Canucks and the Canadiens this season, Vancouver will host Montreal on March 11.
Canucks Game Lineup
Jake DeBrusk - J.T. Miller - Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander - Pius Suter - Conor Garland
Danton Heinen - Teddy Blueger - Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua - Max Sasson - Phil Di Giuseppe
Derek Forbort - Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy - Noah Juulsen
Guillaume Brisebois - Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen is expected to be the Canucks starting goalie as the team continues to be without Thatcher Demko. Rookie goalie Arturs Silovs will proceed as the backup goalie. Although they returned to practice, it is currently unclear whether Quinn Hughes or Elias Pettersson will return against the Canadiens on Monday night.
Canadiens Game Lineup
Cole Caufield - Nick Suzuki - Juraj Slafkovsky
Patrik Laine - Alex Newhook - Kirby Dach
Emil Heineman - Jake Evans - Joel Armia
Josh Anderson - Christian Dvorak - Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle - Mike Matheson
Lane Hutson - Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj - Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault is likely to be the Canadiens starting goalie for Monday night's game against the Canucks. Montembeault is 14-15-2 this season with a 2.91 GAA, .900 save percentage, and three shutouts.
How to watch the Canucks game
Monday night's Canucks game will be streamed on Amazon Prime and RDS. For fans unable to watch the Canucks game, Sportsnet 650 will be the radio broadcast available for your listening.