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

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GameDay: Habs vs Panthers (Dec-29, 2013)

On this day in hockey history 1955 – In a game between Montreal and Toronto, NHL officials wore new vertically striped black and white sweaters for the first time. Canadiens won the game 5-2.

 Matchup
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CANADIENS
BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL
Dec 29, 5:00 PM ET
TV: TSN, RDS
 Florida
PANTHERS
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49 Points / 3rd (Atlantic) Points/Position 33 Points / 7th (Atlantic)
23-13-3 Record 14-20-5
12-7-2 Home 7-9-3
11-6-1 Away 7-11-2
6-4-0 Last 10 6-4-0
2.44 G/G 2.23
2.10 GA/G 3.15
20.9 PP% 11.4
86.7 PK% 73.0
 Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Rene Bourque – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Alex Galchenyuk – Lars Eller – Daniel Briere
Brandon Prust – Ryan White – Travis Moen
Tomas Fleischmann – Nick Bjugstad – Jonathan Huberdeau
Sean Bergenheim – Aleksander Barkov – Brad Boyes
Shawn Matthias – Marcel Goc – Tomas Kopecky
Krys Barch – Drew Shore – Jimmy Hayes
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Francis Bouillon – Raphael Diaz 
Brian Campbell – Tom Gilbert
Alex Petrovic – Dylan Olsen
Dmitry Kulikov – Mike Weaver
Goalies
Peter Budaj (Confirmed)  Scott Clemmensen (Confirmed)
BudajPeter Record: 5-2-1
GAA: 1.94
Sv%: 0.928
SO: 1
Alternate: Carey Price
ClemmensenScottPanthers Record: 4-4-1
GAA: 3.10
Sv%: .889
SO: 0
Alternate: Tim Thomas
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch), Michael Bournival (healthy scratch) Ed Jovanovski (hip), Erik Gudbranson (orbital surgery), Scottie Upshall (lower-body), Scott Gomez (healthy scratch)
Featured Matchup 
14 – Tomas Plekanec
(C)
20 – Sean Bergenheim
(LW)

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

(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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: 205
Born: February 8, 1984
Birth Place: Helsinki, Finland
Draft: 2002 1ˢᵗ round (22ⁿᵈ pick) by the New York Islanders
Tomas Plekanec has 13 goals and 11 assists for 24 points on the season, and leads all Canadiens’ forwards in the latter category. Plekanec has 2 goals in his last 2 games. Sean Bergenheim has 7 goals and 3 assists for 10 points on the season. 5 of those 10 points have come in his last 5 games, including a 2-goal night on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings.
Highlights: Habs vs Lightning (Dec-28) – Game Recap Here

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