The Canadiens (15-11-3) will start rookie goaltender Jacob Fowler against the Pittsburgh Penguins (14-7-7) on Thursday night at PPG Paints Arena.

Puck drop was originally set for 7 p.m., but was pushed back 30 minutes because of a traffic accident in Pittsburgh . (TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) .

Here’s what you need to know:

Schedule quirk: The Canadiens and Penguins play each other three times in the next 11 days, then won’t meet again for the rest of the season.

Fowler’s line in Laval before the call-up: 10-5, 2.09 GAA, three shutouts, .919 save percentage in 15 games.

Talk in preseason hovered around Sidney Crosby’s future in Pittsburgh , but he’s having an excellent season at age 38 (31 points in 28 games) and the Pens are in the playoff picture. He’s not going a

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