GAME DAY | Canadiens – Blue Jackets: Preview, Prediction, Lines, Goalies, TV

Sam Gerber

March 12, 2018

GAME DAY | Canadiens – Blue Jackets: Preview, Prediction, Lines, Goalies, TV

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game: MTL 2 TBL 3 (SO)

The Habs played a strong road game doing their best to limit the Lightning’s potent offense for most of the game. A strong fore-check by Tampa and a bad defensive play led to the tying goal. Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov beat Antti Niemi for the shootout win.

For a complete recap: Kucherov Leads Bolts Past Habs

Players to watch

Alex Galchenyuk
Galchenyuk scored his 16th of the year and continues to be the Habs most skilled forward. It’s puzzling that Galchenyuk has not received another chance at center.
Boone Jenner
Jenner is an underrated forward for the Jackets, he competes on a nightly bases and can drive defense crazy with his fore-checking.
Sergei Bobrovsky
Bobrovsky always plays well against the Habs. Montreal Habs needs to get to him early, not allowing him to take over the game.

Keys to Victory

Get traffic in front of Bob
It’s crucial for the Canadiens to take away the eyes of a very good goaltender.
Execute breakouts
Habs need to keep it simple on the breakout to avoid being pinned in their own zone.
Use transition game
Habs need to create offense off the transition..

Matchup by All Habs staff
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH \| March 12, 7:00 PM ET \| TV: TSN2, RDS, FS-O
	2017-18 statistics
BLUE JACKETS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
77 (19th)	Points (rank)	62 (27th)
36-28-5	Record	25-31-12
22-11-2	Home/Away	9-21-4
7-3-0	Last 10	3-2-5
2.64	GF/G	2.51
2.74	GA/G	3.06
14.5	PP%	20.0
77.4	PK%	76.3
51.82	CF%	50.98

eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Panarin – Dubois – Atkinson Milano – Foligno – Bjorkstrand Calvert – Dubinsky – Letestu Vanek – Wennberg – Jenner	Byron – Drouin – Gallagher Galchenyuk – De La Rose – Hudon Lehkonen – Scherbak – A. Shaw Deslauriers – Froese – Carr
Defensemen
Werenski – Jones Murray – Johnson Cole – Savard	Reilly – Petry Alzner – Juulsen Benn – Lernout
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Chorney, Harrington, Hannikainen, Sedlak, Nutivaara Injured: Kukan, Anderson	Scratched: L. Shaw Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Price, Pacioretty, Mete, Schlemko, Valiev, Danault
Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky	Charlie Lindgren

Record: 29-21-5 GAA: 2.43 Sv%: .920 SO: 4 Alternate: Joonas Korpisalo	Record: 4-6-2 GAA: 2.78 Sv%: .914 SO: 2 Alternate: Antti Niemi

What to Expect by Sam Gerber

Prediction: Canadiens 1 Blue Jackets 4

After a high effort game against the Lightning the Habs need to bring that compete level again. The Jackets have a talented defensive group that love to be a part of the offense, keeping them in check will be important for the Habs.

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2017-18 statistics