After losing Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais in back to back games, the Montreal Canadiens were starting to lack firepower among the forwards. They attempted to rectify this issue by calling up Sven Andrighetto.
Although Andrighetto has been playing as a winger this year in the AHL, he does possess the ability to play as a centre. However the Canadiens do not have a lack of players who have played the position. Andrew Shaw, Paul Byron, Phillip Danault, and Brian Flynn have played down the middle at the NHL level, whereas Artturi Lehkonen and Alexander Radulov have played there at times in other leagues.