{"id":529072,"date":"2026-03-29T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529072\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:32:25","slug":"lines-notes-goalies-and-how-to-watch-vs-canadiens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529072\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines, Notes, Goalies, and How to Watch vs. Canadiens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes will close out their back-to-back homestand, facing the Montreal Canadiens for the second time in less than a week, and just 24 hours after their game with the New Jersey Devils. The game will not only be one of the four remaining home games of the regular season, but will also honor veterans for their annual Military Appreciation Night.<\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled for 5:00 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>In the Hurricanes\u2019 last game, they completed their season sweep up the Devils, defeating them 5-2 with a return from injury for Shayne Gostisbehere, a goal for the third game in a row for Nikolaj Ehlers, and the 30th goal of the season for Seth Jarvis. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/exorcising-devils-hurricanes-complete-season-sweep-of-metro-rivals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can catch the recap here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Canadiens are in the midst of a five-game road trip, which opened Saturday against the Nashville Predators. In that game, the Canadiens scored four goals in a row (including assist number 300 from captain Nick Suzuki), with the Predators only getting on the board towards the end of the third period, stripping Jacob Fowler of what would have been his second career NHL shutout.<\/p>\n<p>In the Crease<\/p>\n<p>With Brandon Bussi having played Saturday, Frederik Andersen is all but certain to start against the Canadiens Sunday. Andersen\u2019s near-perfect record against the Canadiens <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/the-habs-and-hab-nots-hurricanes-play-strong-still-lose-to-canadiens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took some smudging<\/a> in the previous game \u2013 a 5-2 loss \u2013 but even still, he has won nine of the 11 games he\u2019s played against them outright in his career. Andersen\u2019s save percentage this season is .871, with a goals against average of 3.15 across a 13-12-5 record.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the ice, the Canadiens will undoubtedly opt to have Jakub Dobes in net, as Fowler covered the game against the Predators. In his last game against Carolina, he put up one of the best performances of his young career, making the most saves he ever had in an NHL game. This season, his save percentage is .898, with a goals against average of 2.83 across a 24-8-4 record.<\/p>\n<p>Expected Carolina Hurricanes Lines<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Svechnikov \u2013 Sebastian Aho \u2013 Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p>Nikolaj Ehlers \u2013 Jordan Staal \u2013 Jordan Martinook<\/p>\n<p>William Carrier \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Eric Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Jaccob Slavin \u2013 Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p>Shayne Gostisbehere \u2013 Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Frederik Andersen \/ Brandon Bussi<\/p>\n<p>Expected Montreal Canadiens Lines<\/p>\n<p>Cole Caufield \u2013 Nick Suzuki \u2013 Juraj Slafkovsky<\/p>\n<p>Alex Newhook \u2013 Oliver Kapanen \u2013 Ivan Demidov<\/p>\n<p>Zack Bolduc \u2013 Jake Evans \u2013 Josh Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Joe Veleno \u2013 Phillip Danault \u2013 Brendan Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Defense<\/p>\n<p>Mike Matheson \u2013 Noah Dobson<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Struble \u2013 Lane Hutson<\/p>\n<p>Kaiden Guhle \u2013 Alexandre Carrier<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders<\/p>\n<p>Jakub Dobes \/ Jacob Fowler<\/p>\n<p>Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Hurricanes power play: 23.6% (8th, moved up two spots from previous game)<br \/>Carolina Hurricanes penalty kill: 80.3% (13th, moved up one spot from previous game)<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens power play: 24.5% (5th)<br \/>Montreal Canadiens penalty kill: 76.7% (26th)<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes Game Notes<\/p>\n<p>After missing nine games straight, Shayne Gostisbehere returned to the lineup Saturday for a two-point game (1G, 1A).<\/p>\n<p>With the shorthanded, empty net goal in the game against the Devils, Seth Jarvis notched his third 30-goal season in a row. He is only the sixth player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes have just four more home games remaining in the regular season, and three of them are theme nights (Military Appreciation Night, Grateful Dead Night, Fan Appreciation Night).<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch<\/p>\n<p>TV: FanDuel Sports Network South<br \/>Streaming: ESPN+<br \/>Radio: 99.9 The Fan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774776742_709_ab783896b73f675bc93cb7c5b0a070ee9f363e9b6b751c7e80dcfd1fd7431eb5.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tRachel  Barkley  is  a  beat  writer  covering  the  Carolina  Hurricanes  for  Carolina  Hockey  Now  on  Sportsnaut.  Painting  stories  with  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/rbarkley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Barkley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes will close out their back-to-back homestand, facing the Montreal Canadiens for the second time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,29,1239,5,264,21,5147,4,794],"class_list":{"0":"post-529072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","10":"tag-frederik-andersen","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-montreal","13":"tag-montreal-canadiens","14":"tag-montrealcanadiens","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nikolaj-ehlers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116311775785804506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}