CANADIENS (24-20-4) at BLUE JACKETS (17-27-5)
TV: FS-O, RDS, SNE
Season series: The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 at Bell Centre on Dec. 1. Forward Max Pacioretty scored the game-winning goal with 2:09 remaining. Canadiens forward Paul Byron scored early in the first period, and Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno tied it later in the first.
Canadiens team scope: Goaltender Mike Condon will start, coach Michel Therrien told the Canadiens website. Starting goalie Carey Price is expected to miss another three weeks with a lower-body injury that has kept him out since Nov. 25. The Canadiens are 7-16-2 since Price was injured. Montreal held an optional practice Sunday in Columbus after a 3-2 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The victory ended a five-game losing streak. "I think it's important just to build off that and know we have to be a little bit better," Pacioretty told the Canadiens website. "You take the two points and you don't talk about what happened in the past; you just look ahead."
Blue Jackets team scope: Columbus did not practice Sunday after losing 3-2 in a shootout at the Boston Bruins on Saturday. It was the Blue Jackets' third straight loss (0-2-1). Goaltender Sergei Bobrovksy is out indefinitely because of his third groin injury of the season. "It's tough to put this in words, because I've been assured that there was no way he came back too early either time," general manager Jarmo Kekalainen told The Columbus Dispatch on Sunday. "He was fully healed, with full strength, full range of motion ... everything was back to normal." Coach John Tortorella is expected to miss the home-and-home series against Montreal after breaking two ribs during practice Friday. Tortorella did not travel to Boston with the Blue Jackets.
| GP | Record | Home | Road | L10 | G/GP | GA/GP | PP% | PK% | PIM/GP | S/GP | SA/GP | FO% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 48 | 24-20-4 | 12-9-2 | 12-11-2 | 3-6-1 | 2.69 | 2.56 | 17.2 | 85.1 | 8.5 | 31.8 | 27.5 | 51.1 |
 | 49 | 17-27-5 | 8-11-4 | 9-16-1 | 3-5-2 | 2.47 | 3.20 | 17.2 | 81.1 | 12.7 | 28.7 | 30.7 | 48.8 |
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