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CANADIENS (26-35-12) at PENGUINS (41-27-5)
7 p.m. ET; SN, ATTSN-PT, RDS, NHL.TV
Goaltender Carey Price will return for the Montreal Canadiens when they play the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Wednesday.
Price backed up Antti Niemi in a 2-0 home loss to the Florida Panthers on Monday after missing 13 games with a concussion. He last played Feb. 20, when he took a shot off his helmet from Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere.
The Penguins lost 4-1 at the New York Islanders on Tuesday and are second in the Metropolitan Division, four points behind the first-place Washington Capitals. The Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets each have 87 points, but Pittsburgh has played one fewer game.
Penguins goalie Matt Murray could start for the second straight night after missing nine games with a concussion sustained during practice on Feb. 26. He made 36 saves in his return Tuesday.
Canadiens projected lineup
Paul Byron -- Jonathan Drouin -- Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk -- Jacob de la Rose -- Artturi Lehkonen
Daniel Carr -- Logan Shaw -- Nikita Scherbak
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Michael McCarron -- Charles Hudon
Mike Reilly -- Jeff Petry
Karl Alzner -- Noah Juulsen
Jordie Benn -- Brett Lernout
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched : Byron Froese
Injured : Ales Hemsky (concussion-like symptoms), Max Pacioretty (knee), Victor Mete (finger), David Schlemko (upper body), Rinat Valiev (lower body), Phillip Danault (upper body), Andrew Shaw (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin -- Evgeni Malkin -- Patric Hornqvist
Conor Sheary -- Derick Brassard -- Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl -- Riley Sheahan -- Josh Jooris
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Jamie Oleksiak -- Justin Schultz
Olli Maatta -- Chad Ruhwedel
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
Scratched : Matt Hunwick
Injured : Zach Aston-Reese (upper body), Dominik Simon (lower body), Carter Rowney (upper body)
The effort:
