Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Anaheim Ducks (7-2-0) and Montreal Canadiens (5-4-0) take the ice against one another live from the Bell Centre. The game can be live streamed here. Anaheim fans can hear all the action on KLAA-AM 830 while Montreal fans can do the same on TSN Radio 690.
Ducks center Saku Koivu returns for just his second game in Montreal since leaving the team he captained for 10 years back in 2009 when he signed with Anaheim out of free agency. He enters what could prove to be his final game in Montreal with a goal and two assists for three points.
Anaheim enters the game in second place in the Pacific Division, just three points behind the leading San Jose Sharks while Montreal sits in fifth place in the Atlantic Division, four points behind the first place Toronto Maple Leafs. Anaheim is coming off of a 4-2 loss to Toronto on Saturday and enters its second game of a season-long eight-game road trip. Montreal is coming off of a 4-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
The Ducks went 0-for-4 on their power play last game and are just 3-for-36 on the season.
"I didn't think our power play was very good at all tonight. At all," coach Bruce Boudreau said after their last game, according to NHL.com. "It's just something we have to continually work on and make the process get it right."
Montreal, meanwhile, blew a 2-0 first period lead against the Oilers and eventually lost the game.
We opened the door for them, and it was unnecessary," center Lars Eller said Wednesday per NHL.com. "I can't tell you why, but we took our foot off the gas."
Eller is second on the team with eight points off of five goals and three assists and is tied with Brendan Gallagher for the team-lead in goals as Gallagher also has five tallies to go along with two helpers for seven points. Defenseman P.K. Subban leads the team with 11 points off of a team-high nine assists and two goals.
For Anaheim, Corey Perry (five goals, four assists), Mathieu Perreault (four goals, five assists) and Ryan Getzlaf (three goals, six assists) pace the team with nine points each.
In between the pipes, Carey Price has played eight of nine games for the Canadiens posting a 4-4-0 record with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage. For Anaheim, Jonas Hiller is 4-1-0 with a 2.39 GAA and a .921 save percentage on the season.
The Ducks look to keep pace with San Jose in the Pacific Division and to work on its power play while Montreal looks to work on sustaining leads when these two teams hit the ice at Bell Centre tonight.
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