What – Game 58 (33-20-4)
When – 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25
Where – Bell Centre; Montreal, QC, Canada
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, TSN2, RDS

The Carolina Hurricanes look to shake off their rocky return to action as they take on the Montreal Canadiens (26-26-5) tonight.

The Canes are coming off of a 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday in what was their first game back from the 4 Nations break.

Carolina went down 4-0 in the first period before a later comeback brought them within a goal, but it just wasn’t enough in the end.

The Habs are coming off of a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday and they’re looking to try and battle their way back into a playoff spot in a tight Atlantic Division.

Streaks

Sebastian Aho (3g, 2a) and Andrei Svechnikov (1g, 4a) are on a three-game point streak.

Brent Burns (2a) and Jordan Staal (2a) have points in back-to-back games.

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Milestone Watch

Jack Roslovic is one goal shy of 100 career goals.

Shayne Gostisbehere is two points shy of 400 career points.

Mikko Rantanen is four assists shy of 400 career assists.

Jordan Staal is five goals shy of 300 career goals.

Game Notes

The Canes are 84-103-20-7 record all-time against the Habs.

Last season, Carolina went 3-0-0 and are now 16-1-1 in the last 18 meetings between the two teams and have an active 13-game point streak going.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi was drafted third overall in 2018 by Montreal. He had 22 goals and 62 points in 171 games before signing an offer sheet with Carolina.

Montreal captain Nick Suzuki is the older brother of Hurricanes prospect Ryan Suzuki.

Sebastian Aho (10g, 23pts in 20gp), Mikko Rantanen (7g, 14pts, 14gp) and Andrei Svechnikov (10g, 15pts, 14gp) are point-per-game players against the Canadiens.

Frederik Andersen has a 14-4-2 record all-time against the Habs with a 0.928 save percentage and two shutouts.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

Frederik Andersen: 6-3-0; 0.914 Sv%; 2.12 GAA

Jakub Dobes: 5-2-1; 0.908 Sv%; 2.71 GAA

Leading Scorers

Goals – Mikko Rantanen (26) / Cole Caufield (27)

Points – Mikko Rantanen (67) / Nick Suzuki (54)

Power Play

Penalty Kill

Hurricanes Projected Lineup
Seth Jarvis – Sebastian Aho – Mikko Rantanen
Taylor Hall – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Jackson Blake
Andrei Svechnikov – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook
Eric Robinson – Tyson Jost – Jack Roslovic

Jaccob Slavin – Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov – Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere – Sean Walker

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: Riley Stillman, William Carrier (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Canadiens Projected Lineup
Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook – Kirby Dach – Patrik Laine
Brendan Gallagher – Christian Dvorak – Josh Anderson
Emil Heineman – Jake Evans – Joel Armia

Lane Hutson – Jayden Struble
Mike Matheson – Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj – David Savard

Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault

Injuries and Scratches: Kaiden Guhle (quadricep), Michael Pezzetta (LBI)

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