Preview: Canadiens at Red Wings

CANADIENS (27-11-6) at RED WINGS (18-19-6)
3 p.m. ET; SNE, RDS, FS-D, NHL.TV

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Canadiens team scope

Despite playing an afternoon game Monday, the Montreal Canadiens had a full practice Sunday before flying to Detroit. "We have stuff that we need to work on, and quite honestly we don't have much time to work on different things, especially with a game on Monday at 3 p.m.," coach Michel Therrien said. "We have to make some adjustments and work with our schedule." Montreal has won its past three games against Detroit, including two in November, and 10 of the past 12. The Canadiens come to Joe Louis Arena after defeating the New York Rangers 5-4 at Bell Centre on Saturday. Montreal trailed 3-2 with 10 minutes to play, but scored three goals in 62 seconds. "The building exploded," said captain Max Pacioretty, who scored the second goal in the sequence. "It felt like a little bit of a playoff game and it was just a lot of fun and a lot of great energy from the group."

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Red Wings team scope

The Detroit Red Wings host Montreal after beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak (0-2-1). Detroit trailed 2-0 in the second period but scored three times in the period before scoring three more goals in the third. "It was a little sloppy at times, but it was big to get that win," captain Henrik Zetterberg said. Goaltender Jared Coreau practiced in the starter's net Sunday and was the first goalie off the ice. Normally, that would indicate he would start on Monday, but coach Jeff Blashill didn't reveal his lineup after practice.

Canadiens projected lineup

Max Pacioretty -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Alexander Radulov
Artturi Lehkonen -- Tomas Plekanec -- Paul Byron
Sven Andrighetto -- Phillip Danault -- Andrew Shaw
Brian Flynn -- Torrey Mitchell -- Daniel Carr
Alexei Emelin -- Shea Weber
Nathan Beaulieu -- Jeff Petry
Mark Barberio -- Zach Redmond
Carey Price
Al Montoya
Scratched: Michael McCarron, Ryan Johnston, Jacob de la Rose
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (hand), Andrei Markov (groin), David Desharnais (knee), Greg Pateryn (ankle)

Red Wings projected lineup

Gustav Nyquist -- Henrik Zetterberg -- Anthony Mantha
Thomas Vanek -- Frans Nielsen -- Andreas Athanasiou
Tomas Tatar -- Riley Sheahan -- Dylan Larkin
Drew Miller -- Luke Glendening -- Justin Abdelkader
Danny DeKeyser -- Mike Green
Alexey Marchenko -- Jonathan Ericsson
Xavier Ouellet -- Nick Jensen
Jared Coreau
Petr Mrazek
Scratched :Tomas Jurco, Steve Ott, Ryan Sproul
Injured: Darren Helm (upper body), Tyler Bertuzzi (ankle), Jimmy Howard (knee), Niklas Kronwall (groin), Brendan Smith (knee).

Status report

Montreal sent forward Chris Terry to St. John's of the American Hockey League and recalled de la Rose, who has played 55 games with the Canadiens in the previous two seasons, but hasn't played in the NHL this season. Carr skated with the fourth line at practice Sunday, replacing McCarron. … Helm and Kronwall practiced Sunday. Blashill said they're listed as day-to-day but that neither would play against the Canadiens.

Who's hot

Weber has a goal and seven assists in his past eight games. Danault has two goals and eight points in his past six games. … Vanek has four goals and four assists in his past five games. Nyquist has scored in back-to-back games