Arena: Bell Centre
Time: 31 March, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Hurricanes 5-4-1; Canadiens 6-2-2
Can the Hurricanes make a big move? As the teams above them falter and are unable to pull away in the standings, Carolina has crawled within seven points of a playoff spot with six games to go.
Can the Canadiens keep their strong play going? They’ve won four of their last six at home and can vault past the Flyers and into sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a win.If Brandon Sutter can stay as disciplined as he’s been all season while scoring one more goal, he’ll become the first player in 10 years to reach 20 goals while accumulating just two penalty minutes. According to the Hurricanes’ Web site, the last player to accomplish the feat was Toronto’s Sergei Berezin in the 1999-2000 season.
Hurricanes forward Jussi Jokinen has 4 points in his last three games and is one goal shy of his first career 30-goal season. … Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec has points in three straight games, and in two games against Carolina this season, he has 5 assists.
This is the third of four meetings between the teams this season, with the Canadiens winning the first two. On Nov. 17, Maxim Lapierre scored the lone goal in a six-round shootout and Carey Price stopped 30 shots in a 3-2 Montreal win at the Bell Centre. On Dec. 23, Glen Metropolit scored a pair of power-play goals and Jaroslav Halak stopped 46 of 47 shots in a 5-1 win at the RBC Center. Highlights, live score and results will be available soon..