Hurricanes come into matchup with the Canadiens on losing streak

Carolina Hurricanes (47-18-9, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (30-40-6, eighth in the Atlantic Division)

Montreal, Quebec; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes, on a three-game losing streak, take on the Montreal Canadiens.

Montreal has a 16-18-3 record at home and a 30-40-6 record overall. The Canadiens have committed 324 total penalties (4.3 per game) to rank seventh in league play.

Carolina is 47-18-9 overall and 22-8-6 on the road. The Hurricanes are 42-4-5 in games they score three or more goals.

The teams play Saturday for the third time this season. The Hurricanes won 6-2 in the previous matchup.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nicholas Suzuki has 23 goals and 38 assists for the Canadiens. Rafael Harvey-Pinard has six goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

Martin Necas has 27 goals and 41 assists for the Hurricanes. Sebastian Aho has scored six goals with two assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Canadiens: 4-6-0, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.7 assists, 4.2 penalties and 11.4 penalty minutes while giving up 4.2 goals per game.

Hurricanes: 4-5-1, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.2 assists, 2.6 penalties and 5.5 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game.

INJURIES: Canadiens: David Savard: day to day (lower body), Christian Dvorak: out for season (lower body), Kaiden Guhle: out for season (lower body), Sean Monahan: out (foot), Josh Anderson: out (lower body), Carey Price: out (knee), Juraj Slafkovsky: out (lower-body), Arber Xhekaj: out for season (upper-body), Paul Byron: out (hip), Cole Caufield: out for season (shoulder), Joel Armia: day to day (illness), Kirby Dach: out (upper body).

Hurricanes: Ondrej Kase: out (concussion), Jake Gardiner: out (hip/back), Max Pacioretty: out (achilles), Stefan Noesen: day to day (lower body), Andrei Svechnikov: out for season (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.