GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins: Preview, TV, Start Time, Statistical Match-up, Projected Lines, Starting Goalies, Keys to Victory, Habs Tickets
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A Look BackThe Habs played a competitive game against the Islanders who needed a single point to secure their ticket to the playoffs. The Habs had plenty of high danger scoring chances early but the Islanders cleaned up their defensive game limiting the Habs in the later half. Nick Suzuki scored a highlight reel shorthanded goal. The win for the Islanders means that the Pittsburgh Penguins will miss the playoffs for only the third time in Sidney Crosby’s career. Last game: MTL 2 NYI 4 F For a complete game recap: Winding Down | RECAP: MTL @ NYI Players to Watch
Keys to Victory
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| Statistical Matchup for Game 82 | ||
| Bell Centre, Montreal, QC | April 13, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, ESPN+, NESN | ||
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2022-23 statistics |
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| BRUINS | CANADIENS | |
| 133 (1st) | Points (rank) | 68 (28th) |
| 64-12-5 | Record | 31-44-6 |
| W7 | Streak | L2 |
| 9-1-0 | Last 10 | 3-7-0 |
| 3.65 (2nd) | GF/G (rank) | 2.75 (26th) |
| 2.10 (1st) | GA/G (rank) | 3.70 (29th) |
| 22.7 (11th) | PP% (rank) | 16.3 (28th) |
| 87.1 (1st) | PK% (rank) | 72.1 (29th) |
| 54.5 | Faceoff % | 48.5 |
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Sam Montembeault on Nick Suzuki
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| Projected Forwards, Defense and Goaltenders (subject to change) | ||
| Forwards | ||
| Marchand – Bergeron – DeBrusk Bertuzzi – Zacha – Pastrnak Hall – Coyle – Foligno Greer – Frederic – Hathaway |
Drouin – Suzuki – Armia Gurianov – Tierney – Farrell Pitlick – Evans – Gallagher Pezzetta – Condotta – Teasdale |
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| Defensemen | ||
| Orlov – McAvoy Lindholm – Carlo Grzelcyk – Clifton |
Matheson – Barron Edmundson – Wideman Allard – Kovacevic |
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| Out of the lineup | ||
| Scratched: Lauko, Zboril Injured: Forbort, Krejci, Nosek |
Scratched: none Injured: Byron (hip), Price (knee), Monahan (lower-body), Slafkovsky (lower-body), Caufield (shoulder), Xhekaj (upper-body), Dvorak (lower-body), Guhle (lower-body), Anderson (lower-body), Dach (upper-body), Savard (lower-body), Belzile (lower-body), Harris (lower-body), Hoffman (undisclosed) |
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| Goalies | ||
| Jeremy Swayman | Sam Montembeault | |
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| Record: 23-6-4 GAA: 2.21 Sv%: .922 SO: 4 Alternate: Brandon Bussi |
Record: 16-18-3 GAA: 3.38 Sv%: .903 SO: 0 Alternate: Jake Allen |
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| Game Expectations |
All good things come to an end, and while there weren’t many good things for the Habs this season the best is yet to come. The injury bug got the Habs, as for a second straight year the Habs lead the league in man games missed and often played with several players playing above their experience level. The Habs did manage to be a much more competitive team this season not getting blown out as much and staying in games late. There were games that got away from them and the effort level wasn’t there as the offence wasn’t there to be found some nights. But as for tonight the Habs have nothing to worry about and can just go out and play hockey and come back even more prepared next season.
Bottom LineWhile everyone would love to see the Habs finish the season with a win just for some sentimental feeling, a win tonight and a Coyotes loss drops the Habs lottery percentage to 7.5. While it’s already a long shot to win the draft lottery the Habs need all the help they can get and a dream scenario would be both the Habs and Coyotes win tonight.
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