All Habs GameDay: Saturday December 17, 2011

On this day in hockey history… 1964 – Montreal’s Gilles Tremblay broke his leg when checked into the boards by Leafs’ rookie Ron Ellis, and missed the remainder of the 1964-65 season. Montreal tied Toronto 2-2 at the Forum.

GAMEDAY: Habs hockey tonight!

NEW JERSEY DEVILS (17-13-1) vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS (13-12-7)

Last 10: New Jersey 5-5-0; Montreal 3-3-4

Bell Centre,  7:00 p.m. EST

TV: RDS, CBC, MSG PLUS

Projected line combinations (updated following morning skate)

MONTREAL CANADIENS

Forwards
Mike Cammalleri – Tomas Plekanec – Andrei Kostitsyn
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Erik Cole
Mathieu Darche – Lars Eller – Louis Leblanc
Mike Blunden – Petteri Nokelainen – Yannick Weber

Defenseman
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Hal Gill – Chris Campoli
Alexei Emelin – Tomas Kaberle

Goaltenders
Carey Price (will start) – Peter Budaj

Scratches
Raphael Diaz

Injuries
Scott Gomez – Ryan White – Andrei Markov – Brian Gionta – Travis Moen

Power-play
Cammalleri – Plekanec – Kostitsyn- Kaberle – Subban
Pacioretty – Desharnais – Cole – Weber – Campoli

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

Forwards
Zach Parise – Adam Henrique – Ilya Kovalchuk
Dainius Zubrus – Patrik Elias – Petr Sykora
Mattias Tedenby – Travis Zajac – David Clarkson
Eric Boulton – Ryan Carter – Cam Janssen

Defensemen
Bryce Salvador – Kurtis Foster
Anton Volchenkov – Adam Larsson
Alexander Urborn – Mark Fayne

Goaltenders
Martin Brodeur (will start) – Johan Hedberg

Scratches

Injuries
Jacob Josefson – Andy Greene

GAMEDAY: All Habs Headlines

► Milbury assaults child: Mike Milbury the bombastic hockey commentator for CBC and NBC is famous for being one of the worst general managers in the history of the NHL and for his TV rants about the “pansification of hockey.” When his son got into an on-ice altercation, Milbury stepped in and allegedly roughed up the 12-year-old from the opposing team.

“Milbury is being charged with one count of assault and battery on a child, one count of threats to commit a crime, and disorderly conduct, police said. Milbury is an assistant coach of his son’s pee wee hockey team. The alleged victim was a player from an opposing team.” — WCVB TV Boston

Read more: Former Bruins Star Accused of Assaulting Child

► Kaberle + Emelin = KA-BOOM: 

Video tribute to this exciting new Habs defensive duo, Tomas Kaberle and Alexei Emelin is here.