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It looks like the Canadiens have seen enough now of Jonathan Drouin trying to be a No. 1 centre in the NHL.

When the Canadiens hit the ice for practice Tuesday morning in Brossard, Drouin was at right wing on a line with Jacob de la Rose at centre and Alex Galchenyuk on the left. You can expect to see that trio together Wednesday night when the Canadiens visit the Boston Bruins (7:30 p.m., SN, RDS, TSN Radio 690).

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Drouin has struggled this season trying to adjust to playing centre after being used mostly as a winger with the Tampa Bay Lightning before the Canadiens acquired him last summer in exchange for defenceman Mikhail Sergachev.

Drouin scored a goal in the Canadiens’ 5-4 overtime loss to the New York Islanders Monday night at the Bell Centre, but the 22-year-old has only 6-15-21 totals in 39 games and is minus-19 while winning only 40.4 per cent of his faceoffs. Drouin’s goal against the Islanders ended a 13-game goal-less drought during which he had only three assists.