GameDay: Kings vs Habs Preview, Lineups, Puck’s Prediction

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GameDay: Tuesday December 10, 2013

On this day in hockey history 1975 – Before a Montreal game with Toronto, the Canadiens officially retired uniform #16 worn by Elmer Lach and Henri Richard. Canadiens tied 3-3 with the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs.

Happy Birthday: Rene Bourque


Game highlights: Sabres vs Habs (Dec-7)

 Sabres vs Habs Game Recap is here

GameDay: Longest winning streak of the season

 Match-up
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teamlogo_canadiensHabs Bell Centre, Montreal, QC
Dec 10, 7:00 p.m. EDT

TV: TSN, RDS
Radio: TSN-HABS
 Scratches
Canadiens:  Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (healthy scratch), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch), Rene Bourque (shoulder)
Kings:  Matt Greene (upper-body), Trevor Lewis (lower-body), Jonathan Quick (groin)


PROJECTED LINE COMBINATIONS AND GOALTENDERS

(Will be updated following game day skate.)

 Rosters
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– Projected lines, subject to change. – Projected lines, subject to change.
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Michael Bournival – Lars Eller – Danny Briere
Travis Moen – Brandon Prust – Ryan White
Dwight King – Anze Kopitar – Jeff Carter
Dustin Brown – Jarret Stoll – Justin Williams
Linden Vey – Mike Richards – Tyler Toffoli
Jordan Nolan – Colin Fraser – Matt Frattin
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – P.K. Subban
Josh Gorges – Alexei Emelin
Francis Bouillon – Raphael Diaz 
Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Robyn Regehr – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Willie Mitchell
Goalies
Carey Price (Unconfirmed) Ben Scrivens (Unconfirmed)
Carey_Price Record: 14-8-2
GAA: 1.95
Sv%: 0.938
SO: 1
BenScrivens Record: 7-2-4
GAA: 1.56
Sv%: .943
SO: 3 
 Alternate: Peter Budaj  Alternate: Martin Jones


Featured Matchup 
14 – Tomas Plekanec
(Centre)
23 – Dustin Brown
(Right Wing)

(Photo by Jen Fuller/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jen Fuller/Getty Images)

(Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Height: 5-11
Weight: 196
Born: October 31, 1982
Birth Place: Kladno, Czechoslovakia
Draft: 2001 3ʳᵈ round (71ˢᵗ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens
Height: 6-0
Weight: 212
Born: November 4, 1984
Birth Place: Ithaca, New York
Draft: 2003 1ˢᵗ round (13ᵗʰ pick) by the Los Angeles Kings
Tomas Plekanec leads the Canadiens in points with 22, and shares the lead in goals in Max Pacioretty, both having 11. 4 of his 11 goals were game winning goals. Plekanec has 3 goals and 5 points in his last 5 games. Dustin Brown has had a slow start to the season, having only accumulated 11 points in 30 games. He does however have a goal in each of his last two games.

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