Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the Pittsburgh Penguins (24-10-6, 54 points) and Montreal Canadiens (26-12-2, 55 points) face-off for the third and final time this season live from the Bell Centre in Montreal. The game can be live streamed here.
Pittsburgh has won two straight games and has slipped to second place in the Metropolitan Division while Montreal had a lengthy winning streak snapped last time out and sits in second place in the Atlantic Division.
These teams have split decisions thus far this season as the Penguins blanked the Canadiens 4-0 on Nov. 16 while Montreal got a measure of revenge last Saturday, notching a 4-1 victory over Pittsburgh.
The Penguins are coming off of a 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday and will look to round into form in tonight's game.
Evgeni Malkin has paced the Penguins with 45 points off of 16 goals and 27 assists while Sidney Crosby has 11 markers and 32 helpers for 43 points and Patric Hornqvist has found the back of the net 13 times and added 16 assists for 29 points.
The Canadiens are coming off of a 4-2 loss in a big game to their division rival Tampa Bay Lightning and will look to beat the Penguins for the second time in a week.
Max Pacioretty has lit the lamp 17 times and added 15 assists to pace the Canadiens with 32 points while Alex Galchenyuk (10 goals, 17 assists) and P.K. Subban (eight tallies, 19 helpers) each have 27 points thus far.
Montreal turns to Carey Price in net and he is 22-10-1 with a 2.20 goals-against average and a .927 save percentage thus far this season.
Pittsburgh is slated to counter with Marc-Andre Fleury, who is 20-7-4 with a 2.20 GAA and a .925 save percentage on the campaign.
The Penguins and Canadiens meet for the final time this season when the puck drops tonight live from the Bell Centre in Montreal.
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