The Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to return to the win column tonight following two straight losses to start their current road trip.
The Lightning won't have an easy path to victory tonight though, as they'll be heading to the Bell Centre in Montreal to take on one of the hottest teams in the NHL at the moment, the Montreal Canadiens.
The Canadiens have won nine of their last ten games, with the only loss coming to the New Jersey Devils. Due to their strong run of play, Montreal has tied themselves with the Lightning with 102 points on the season. As a result, tonight's game will have a major impact on the playoff picture moving forward.
The game will be broadcast on The Spot, TSN2, and RDS.
Projected Lines (Per NHL.com)
Montreal Canadiens
Cole Caufield - Nick Suzuki - Juraj Slafkovsky
Alexandre Texier - Alex Newhook - Ivan Demidov
Josh Anderson - Jake Evans - Kirby Dach
Joe Veleno - Phillip Danault - Oliver Kapanen
Mike Matheson - Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble - Lane Hutson
Adam Engstrom - Arber Xhekaj
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Tampa Bay Lightning
Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves - Anthony Cirelli - Corey Perry
Zemgus Girgensons - Yanni Gourde - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jakob Pelletier - Nick Paul - Scott Sabourin
J.J. Moser - Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh - Erik Cernak
Charle-Edouard D'Astous - Emil Lilleberg
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson