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GAME DAY | Hurricanes – Canadiens: Preview, Lines, Goalies, TV, Fantasy

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GAME DAY | Hurricanes – Canadiens: Preview, Lines, Goalies, TV, Fantasy
Pre-game Notes and Quotes
  • P. K. Subban on last night’s game versus the Oilers: “We’ve played a lot of hockey games this year where we’ve played well, we’ve played the system exactly the way that we wanted to, we created scoring chances (and) it just didn’t happen for us, when the bounces aren’t going our way. But we worked really hard today and we got rewarded for it.”
  • Assistant Captain, Tomas Plekanec, had this to say about last night’s win: “We know where we’re at, we’re going to keep fighting. Hopefully, this is the start of a solid winning streak we need to put on and keep it going. When you have a good first period, you feel good. You play with confidence instead of chasing the game and trying to get something going.”
  • Last night’s win against the Oilers was the first time the Canadiens have scored more than 3 goals in regulation since their outdoor game against the Bruins on New Year’s Day (they also failed to score more than 3 goals in a game through the whole month of December)
  • While the Canadiens have a 20-13-3 record versus teams in the Eastern Conference this season, the Hurricanes have a 12-13-4 record against teams from the East.
  • So far this season, the Canadiens have a 9-8-2 record versus teams in the Metropolitan division, while the Hurricanes have a 5-5-1 record versus teams coming from the Atlantic.
  • The Canadiens have risen in their placing for the goals against category, they are currently in 20th in the league in goals against, with 143 in 53 games. The Hurricanes have allowed 142 goals in 53 games and find themselves in 21st in the league.
  • The Canadiens have maintained their place in the standings in the goals for category as they are currently in 10th place in the NHL, with 145 over their first 53 games. The Hurricanes are 23rd in this category with 129 goals scored in 53 games.
Matchup 
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. | February 7, 2:30 PM ET | TV: FS-SE

2015-16 statistics
HURRICANES CANADIENS
56 (18th) Points (NHL rank) 54 (22ed)
24-21-8 Record 25-24-4
12-9-5 Home 13-11-2
12-12-3 Road 12-13-2
6-3-1 Last 10 1-8-1
2.43 G/G 2.74
2.68 GA/G 2.70
16.4 PP% 18.0
81.1 PK% 83.1
 53.0  CF%*  53.2
53.4 CF60*  56.4
47.4 CA60* 49.5
*Advanced statistics: Score adjusted, even strength. CF%: Corsi for percentage of total  CF60: Corsi For/60 minutes  CA60: Corsi Against/60 minutes (via War on Ice)
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Versteeg – E. Staal – Lindholm
Nestrasil – J. Staal – Nordstrom
Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe
Gerbe – McClement – Nash
 Pacioretty – Desharnais – Weise
Galchenyuk – Plekanec – Gallagher
Fleischmann – Eller – Andrighetto
Flynn – Mitchell – Smith-Pelly
Expected scratches:
Defensemen
Hainsey – Faulk
Liles – Slavin
Hanifen – Jordan
 Markov – Subban
Emelin – Petry
Barberio – Gilbert
Expected scratches: Pateryn, Beaulieu
Goalies
Cam Ward (Confirmed) Ben Scrivens  (Confirmed)
2015-’16 regular season:
Record: 15-11-5
GAA: 2.43
Sv%: .905
SO: 1
Alternate: Eddie Lack		 2015-’16 regular season:
Record: 1-4-0
GAA: 3.26
Sv%: .887
SO: 0
Alternate: Mike Condon
Fantasy Outlook
  • Top scorers for the Sabres on the road this season are:
  1. Justin Faulk, Victor Rask, and Jeff Skinner (all with 17 points in 27, 26, and 27 games respectively).
  2. Jordan Staal (with 15 points in 27 games)
  • Top scorers for the Canadiens at home this season are:
  1. Tomas Plekanec (with 21 points in 26 games)
  2. P. K. Subban (with 20 points in 26 games)
  3.  Max Pacioretty (with 16 points in 26 games)

* – Currently injured

Player stats from War-on-Ice, NHL.com and Yahoo Sports.
Recap: Oilers vs Canadiens (February 6) – Click for Game report, 3-stars, Post-game quotes

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