• Brendan Gallagher on his return to the lineup and reuniting with Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk on the top line “In our first game together, I got hurt, so hopefully we’ll be able to stay together for a little while now. They’ve been playing really good hockey so I’ll come in and try not to mess that up. We’ll just go out there and have some fun and work as hard as we can. There are four games left so there’s still time to play some good hockey and come back and contribute.”
• Max Pacioretty on Nathan Beaulieu‘s injury Thursday night, and the long list of injuries that have come up over the season: “Obviously it was tough to see a guy go down last game, especially a guy who could benefit from playing big minutes and someone who was playing well and eating lots of minutes and gaining confidence. That’s the way the season has gone and we can’t get frustrated. When guys come back we have to make sure we build on our game. We see a bright future so we have to make sure we play the right way and have the right mindset to build a winning culture.”
• Much to the peril of fans, Carey Price had this to say about his long-standing injury: “I’d like to play tomorrow, but I don’t have a set time to come back yet. Every day, I come in and see how I feel. I feel like it’s more of a day-to-day thing now,”
• Mike Condon recorded his first career shutout against the Lightning on Thursday night.
• The schedule for the Canadiens is simple over the next week, as they play every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday until the season wraps up.
• While the Canadiens have a 29-18-3 record versus teams in the Eastern Conference this season, the Panthers have a 31-12-6 record against teams from the East.
• So far this season, the Canadiens have a 17-9-1 record versus teams in the Atlantic division, while the Panthersg have a 17-8-1 record versus teams coming from the Atlantic.
• The Canadiens have maintained their place in the standings for the goals against category, as they are currently in 23rd in the league in goals against, with 224 in 78 games. The Panthers have allowed 191 goals in 77 games and find themselves in 5th in the league.
• The Canadiens have maintained their place in the standings for the goals scored category as they are currently in 17th place in the NHL, with 208 over their first 78 games. The Panthers are 8th in this category with 221 goals scored in their first 77 games.

2015-16 statistics

• Top scorers for the Panthers at home this season are:

1. Jaromir Jagr (with 39 points in 37 games)
2. Vincent Trochek* (with 31 points in 38 games)
3. Jussi Jokinen (with 29 points in 39 games)

• Top scorers for the Canadiens on the road this season are:

1. Max Pacioretty (with 29 points in 39 games)
2. Alex Galchenyuk and Andrei Markov (both with 27 points in 39 games)
3. P. K. Subban* (with 25 points in 35 games)

* – Currently injured

Player stats from War-on-Ice, NHL.com and Yahoo Sports.

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