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Montreal Canadiens (31-17-7, 69 pts) at Minnesota Wild (32-14-10, 74 pts)

Venue: Grand Casino Arena
Date: Monday, February 2
Time: 7:30 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/Prime/RDS/FDSNNO/FDSNWI
Radio: TSN 690/104.5 ESPN Radio

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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

The Canadiens picked up their third straight win on Saturday with a 4-2 win over the Sabres. They’re averaging 4.7 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game during their streak.

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild picked up their third straight win on Saturday with a 7-3 win over the Oilers. They’re on a five-game point streak, averaging 4.4 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach Texier
Slafkovsky-Kapanen-Demidov
Veleno-Evans-Bolduc
Anderson-Danault-Gallagher

Hutson-Dobson
Matheson-Guhle
Xhekaj-Carrier

Montembeault
Dobes

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Hartman-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Hinostroza-Yurov-Tarasenko
Foligno-Pitlick-Trenin

Hughes-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Hunt-Jiricek

Wallstedt
Gustavsson

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Players To Watch:

Montreal Canadiens

Lane Hutson had a goal and an assist in Montreal’s win over Minnesota last month.

Minnesota Wild

Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals in the Wild’s loss to the Canadiens back on January 20th.

Injury Report:

Montreal Canadiens

F Patrik Laine – IR
F Alex Newhook – IR
D David Reinbacher – Out
F Alexandre Texier – DTD

Minnesota Wild

D Zach Bogosian – IR
D Jonas Brodin – IR

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