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Coach Dominique Ducharme will stick with the same lineup that beat the Jets 4-2 Monday night as Habs wrap up six-game road trip.
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Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme won’t make any changes to his lineup for Wednesday night’s game against the Jets in Winnipeg (9 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).
That means Carey Price will start in goal for the third straight game and the sixth time in the last seven games. Price has allowed only nine goals in his last six games while posting a 4-1-1 record. Price made 34 saves in Monday night’s 4-2 win over the Jets.
For the season, Price has a 9-5-4 record with a 2.59 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.
Forward Paul Byron, who was placed on NHL waivers on Tuesday and wasn’t claimed by another team, will also be in the lineup, while Artturi Lehkonen will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game and the eighth time this season. Victor Mete will be a healthy scratch on defence.
The Canadiens are in fourth place in the all-Canadian North Division with a 13-8-7 record, while the Jets are in second place with a 17-9-2 record.
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This Game Day notebook will be updated.
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The lines
Here’s how the Canadiens’ forward lines and defence pairings looked at Wednesday’s morning skate in Winnipeg:
Drouin – Kotkaniemi – Anderson
Toffoli – Suzuki – Gallagher
Tatar – Danault – Armia
Byron – Evans – Perry
Lehkonen – Frolik – Dauphin
Edmundson – Weber
Kulak – Petry
Ouellet – Romanov
Mete
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What’s next?
The Canadiens will fly back home after Wednesday night’s game and are scheduled to arrive in Montreal at 3:50 a.m.
The Canadiens will open a six-game homestand with back-to-back games against the Vancouver Canucks at the Bell Centre on Friday (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) and Saturday (7 p.m., CBC, CITY, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) at the Bell Centre.
Next week, the Edmonton Oilers will be at the Bell Centre for three games against the Canadiens on Monday (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM), Wednesday (7:30 p.m., SN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) and Friday (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM). After a rare Saturday off, the Canadiens will then wrap up their home stand on Sunday, March 28 against the Ottawa Senators (7 p.m., SN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).
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