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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Montreal 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Goalies | |||
| Peter Budaj (Confirmed) | Scott Clemmensen (Confirmed) | ||
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Record: 5-2-1 GAA: 1.94 Sv%: 0.928 SO: 1 Alternate: Carey Price |
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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) |
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| 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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