Cayden Primeau will make his second start of the season as the thee-headed goalie rotation continues for the Montreal Canadiens.
GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens (5-5-2) vs Detroit Red Wings (7-5-1)
Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red WingsGame Preview
Roster News
Rafael Harvey-Pinard participated in practice on Wednesday .
Cayden Primeau will make the second start of his season in the state of his birthplace.
Last Game
The Canadiens were unprepared to meet the Lightning as they have been so many times. Tampa scored four goals in the first period and did not look back.
Last game: MTL 3 TBL 5
For a complete game recap: Bad Start Sinks Canadiens | RECAP: TBL @ MTL
Players to Watch
- Cayden Primeau - Primeau comes into this game looking to rebound from a shaky start to his season. Primeau gave up four goals on 33 shots against the New Jersey Devils for a 4.15 goals against average and a .879 save percentage.
Matchup for Game 13, Away Game 6
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI. | November 9, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, BSDET, ESPN
Pre-Game
Marty St. Louis on Cayden Primeau
- "It’s been a long time since he played and we want to give him a start."
Projected Canadiens Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
15 Alex Newhook - 14 Nick Suzuki - 17 Josh Anderson
22 Cole Caufield - 28 Christian Dvorak - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
70 Tanner Pearson - 91 Sean Monahan - 11 Brendan Gallagher
55 Michael Pezzetta - 71 Jake Evans - 40 Joel Armia
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 52 Justin Barron
21 Kaiden Guhle - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
72 Arber Xhekaj - 54 Jordan Harris
Goaltenders
Starter: 30 Cayden Primeau
Alternate: 34 Jake Allen
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Jesse Ylonen, Sam Montembeault
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), David Savard (hand), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower-body)
Visiting Bench
The Red Wings are unbeaten in regulation against the Canadiens in the past five games (4-0-1) at Little Caesars Arena.
Detroit has scored 48 goals in 13 games this season, good enough for fifth best in the league.
Dylan Larkin leads the Red Wings with five goals, 12 assists for 17 points.
Former Canadiens Ben Chiarot and Jeff Petry will play together on the second pair.
James Reimer (2-2-0 / 1.52 GAA / .944 SV%) is the confirmed starter for the Red Wings.
Game Expectations
The Canadiens are looking to end a four-game losing streak (0-3-1). The Canadiens have allowed the first goal in six games straight. They must change that in Detroit.
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