Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the Montreal Canadiens (34-22-7, 75 points) and Anaheim Ducks (43-14-5, 91 points) skate against each other for the second and final time this season live from the Honda Center in Anaheim. The game can be live streamed here. Montreal fans can hear all of the action on TSN 690 while Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA 830.
Anaheim enters the game on the top of the Western Conference while Montreal is in second place in the Atlantic Division. The first time these two teams met, the Canadiens defeated the Ducks 4-1 in Montreal on Oct. 24.
The Ducks were busy leading up to the NHL trade deadline Wednesday, dealing goalie Viktor Fasth to the Edmonton Oilers and trading forward Dustin Penner to the Washington Capitals.
The Ducks will hope to have Stephane Robidas back by the time the playoffs come around.
"I'm hoping to be ready in a couple weeks," Robidas said per NHL.com. "March 14 is the date I set with my rehab, and everything is going really well."
The Canadiens picked up Thomas Vanek from the New York Islanders just before the deadline kicked in. The team is still without Carey Price (lower-body), but Peter Budaj has filled in nicely in the crease.
"I'm just taking things one game at a time. I know it's a cliché but we have to look at the next task ahead of us and we have to see what we did right and what we did wrong today and fix the mistakes to get ready for next game," Budaj said via NHL.com. "I try to prepare myself physically and mentally for when I get a chance to play and so far I feel great. My energy levels are really good and hopefully it stays that way."
Budaj is 8-5-2 with a 2.20 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season. He'll likely be opposed by Jonas Hiller, who is 26-9-4 for the Ducks this season with a 2.28 GAA and a .918 save percentage.
Anaheim has been led offensively by Ryan Getzlaf (29-39-68), Corey Perry (32-31-63) and Nick Bonino (16-24-40) while Max Pacioretty (29-13-42), P.K. Subban (10-32-42) and David Desharnais (11-25-36) have paced the Canadiens.
The Canadiens and Ducks clash for the final time this season when the lights come up tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
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