Canadiens at Flyers preview

CANADIENS (22-25-6) at FLYERS (25-19-9)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV

Goaltender Brian Elliott will start for the Flyers; he made 27 saves in a 2-1 overtime win at the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in his first start after missing four games with a lower-body injury. Philadelphia is 1-3-1 in its past five games after going 8-1-0 in its previous nine.
The Canadiens look for their third straight victory after going 2-5-2 in their previous nine games.

Players to watch

Canadiens forward Artturi Lehkonen scored two goals in a 4-1 win against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday to end a 24-game goal drought.
Flyers forward Jakub Voracek has nine points (two goals, seven assists) in a six-game point streak. He leads the NHL with 52 assists.

They said it

"If I had to point to one thing, it would probably be our puck retrievals. … Whenever you can hem the penalty-killers in, the more opportunities you get to put the puck in the zone, the more chances you're going to have to score. It's been paying off." -- Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher on Montreal's power play, which is 5-for-10 in its past two games
"It's frustrating. Everybody want to play but the boys have been on a pretty good roll so that's good. It's a pretty big game for me, so I'm excited." -- Flyers forward Dale Weise, who will play after being scratched the past 13 games

Canadiens projected lineup

Max Pacioretty -- Paul Byron -- Charles Hudon
Artturi Lehkonen -- Tomas Plekanec -- Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk -- Jonathan Drouin -- Nikita Scherbak
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Byron Froese -- Logan Shaw
Karl Alzner -- Jeff Petry
Joe Morrow -- Jordie Benn
Victor Mete -- David Schlemko
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
Scratched:Daniel Carr, Jacob de la Rose, Jakub Jerabek
Injured: Shea Weber (foot), Andrew Shaw (lower body), Phillip Danault (concussion-like symptoms), Ales Hemsky (upper body)

Flyers projected lineup

Claude Giroux -- Sean Couturier -- Travis Konecny
Jakub Voracek -- Nolan Patrick -- Wayne Simmonds
Jordan Weal -- Scott Laughton -- Michael Raffl
Jori Lehtera -- Valtteri Filppula -- Dale Weise
Ivan Provorov -- Shayne Gostisbehere
Robert Hagg -- Andrew MacDonald
Brandon Manning -- Radko Gudas
Brian Elliott
Michal Neuvirth
Scratched:Taylor Leier, Mark Alt
Injured:None

Status report

The Super Bowl victory parade for the Philadelphia Eagles, which closed streets around Philadelphia, forced the Canadiens to cancel their morning skate. Flyers players who live in the city stayed in hotels Wednesday night so they could attend a morning skate at their practice site in Voorhees, New Jersey. … Canadiens coach Claude Julien said Weber felt good after skating before practice Wednesday. It was the defenseman's first time on the ice since Dec. 16 because of a foot injury. Danault skated with Weber on Wednesday, and Julien said he's making progress through the concussion protocol. … Weise's return means Leier is scratched after playing the previous three games. Leier had been on the second power play, but coach Dave Hakstol would not say who would take Leier's spot on that unit.

Stat pack

Pacioretty has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past eight games. … Petry has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Konecny has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past nine games.