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(Sports Network) – If the Carolina Hurricanes played in the Northeast Division,
they might be a playoff club. Vick Ballard Jersey . The Hurricanes look to
continue their dominance of the division this evening as they host the Montreal
Canadiens. You can see the action on TSN Habs at 7pm et/4pm pt.  The game can
also be heard live on TSN Radio 990 and TSN.ca/Montreal. Carolina was last in
action on Tuesday against Ottawa and picked up a 2-1 win over the Northeast
Divisions second-place club. The victory gave the Hurricanes a 12-3-4 record
versus the division this season, including an 8-0-2 mark in the last 10. Just
one of those wins have come against the Canadiens, who took their first two
meetings with the Canes before Carolina came through with a 5-3 win at Montreal
on Feb. 13. The Hurricanes have points in 11 of their last 16 versus the Habs
(8-5-3) and nine of the last 15 meetings have been decided by one goal. Cam Ward
came within 13 seconds of logging his sixth shutout of the season on Tuesday
versus the Senators, but instead settled for a 38-save win. His effort helped
Carolina improve to 6-3-1 over its past nine games. “I felt like I was seeing
the puck really well, I felt comfortable in there,” Ward said. “For the most
part I was really happy with the way I controlled my rebounds and guys were
there for me most of the night.” Brandon Sutter and Tuomo Ruutu scored for the
Hurricanes, who had dropped four of their previous five coming in. Jussi Jokinen
logged an assist on Ruutus goal to give him five points in his last five games.
Carolina will end its season on Saturday with a road matchup against the Florida
Panthers. Montreals last loss to Carolina ended a four-game winning streak and
the club has won consecutive games just once since, doing so on Feb. 8-10. The
Canadiens will look to do so again tonight after snapping a four-game slide with
last nights 5-2 in over the Lightning. Max Pacioretty and former Cane Erik Cole
both scored two goals, while Alexei Emelin added a goal and Pacioretty also
posted an assist to give him a club- leading point total of 63. He is also
second on the club with 32 goals, trailing Coles 34. “It was fun to get a couple
of goals here,” said Pacioretty, who hadnt scored in his previous 11 games.
“Goal-scoring is a big part in your mind and when youre not scoring, it tends to
block things up in there. But once you get the first one, it all comes back. We
want to leave a good impression here at the end of the season.” Peter Budaj had
to make only 14 saves to earn the win on the same day it was announced that
starter Carey Price will miss the rest of the season due to a concussion.
Montreals starting goaltender had been suffering from headaches since his last
start on March 30. Montreal, set to miss the postseason for the first time since
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DaQuan Bowers has torn his right Achilles tendon during an off-season workout
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