New York at Montreal

Montreal has won seven of the last nine meetings, but this is the first meeting this season. New York had lost five in a row before winning its last two games against the Devils and Rangers, but the Islanders still are near the bottom of the Metropolitan Division standings and have allowed 31 goals their last seven games. The Canadiens had a two-game winning streak snapped in a 4-3 shootout loss to Boston on Saturday. Brad Marchand scored in the fourth round of a shootout to beat the Canadiens, who got 29 saves from Carey Price. The Montreal goalie has a 2.88 goals-against average with a .911 save percentage, and is in better form than Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak, who has allowed 23 goals his last six starts. Montreal is 40-19 its last 59 home games against teams with road winning percentages of less then .400. Play the Canadiens.