Site icon Habs Hockey Report

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

Jordan Lambe
Pre-game Notes and Quotes
  • Steve Mason on his most recent injury and team scope: “I don’t think it’s anything too serious, we’re in a stretch where we have a little bit of time to take some rest. That’s what we’re doing. Hopefully come the end of the break here we’ll be ready to go.”
  • Both Sven Andrighetto and Lucas Lessio were recalled from St. John’s on Sunday and practiced with the Canadiens on Monday.
  • While the Canadiens have a 20-11-3 record versus teams in the Eastern Conference this season, the Flyers have a 14-10-5 record against teams from the East.
  • So far this season, the Canadiens have a 9-7-2 record versus teams in the Metropolitan division, while the Flyers have a 6-5-2 record versus teams coming from the Atlantic Division.
  • The Canadiens have dropped in their placing for the goals against category, they are currently in 20th in the league in goals against, with 134 in 50 games. The Flyers have allowed 127 goals in 47 games and find themselves in 12th in the league.
  • The Canadiens have maintained their place in the standings in the goals for category as they are currently in 9th place in the NHL, with 136 over their first 50 games. The Flyers are 29th in this category with 109 goals scored in 47 games.
Matchup 
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA. | February 2, 7:30 PM ET | TV: CSN-PH

2015-16 statistics
FLYERS CANADIENS
41 (16th) Points (Eastern Conf. rank) 52 (10th)
21-18-8 Record 24-22-4
11-7-5 Home 12-10-2
10-11-3 Road 12-12-2
6-3-1 Last 10 2-7-1
2.32 G/G 2.72
2.70 GA/G 2.68
17.5 PP% 17.4
78.0 PK% 84.3
 49.0  CF%*  53.4
52.5 CF60*  56.5
54.6 CA60* 49.3
*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
Voracek – Giroux – Simmonds
Raffl – Gagner – Schenn
Read – Laughton – Weal
VandeVelde – Bellemare – White
 Pacioretty – Desharnais – Weise
Galchenyuk – Plekanec – Gallagher
Fleischmann – Eller – Smith-Pelly
Lessio – Mitchell – Flynn
Expected scratches: Andrighetto
Defensemen
Del Zotto – Gudas
Schultz – Streit
Gostisbehere – Manning
 Markov – Subban
Beaulieu – Petry
Gilbert – Barberio
Expected scratches: Pateryn, Emelin
Goalies
Steve Mason (Confirmed) Mike Condon  (Confirmed)
2015-’16 regular season:
Record: 10-12-0
GAA: 2.72
Sv%: .914
SO: 3
Alternate: Anthony Stolarz		 2015-’16 regular season:
Record: 13-13-4
GAA: 2.44
Sv%: .904
SO: 0
Alternate: Ben Scrivens
Fantasy Outlook
  • Top scorers for the Flyers on the road this season are:
  1. Jakub Voracek (with 17 points in 23 games).
  2. Claude Giroux (with 16 points in 23 games)
  3.  Brayden Schenn (with 15 points in 23 games)
  • Top scorers for the Canadiens at home this season are:
  1. Max Pacioretty (with 21 points in 26 games)
  2. P. K. Subban (both with 20 points in 26 games)
  3. Tomas Plekanec (with 18 points in 26 games)

* – Currently injured

Player stats from War-on-Ice, NHL.com and Yahoo Sports.
Recap: Canadiens vs Blue Jackets (January 26) – Click for Game report, 3-stars, Post-game quotes

//
Quick Links from Rocket Sports Media publications
[wp_rss_multi_importer category=”3″ thisfeed=”8″ showdate=”0″]
[wp_rss_multi_importer category=”4″ showdate=”0″]
[wp_rss_multi_importer category=”2″ showdate=”0″]
[wp_rss_multi_importer category=”6″ showdate=”0″]
[wp_rss_multi_importer category=”5″ showdate=”0″]
Tickets and Highlights
All Habs Rewind – Hot Plays of the Week
Get Habs Tickets
  • Need tickets for an upcoming Canadiens game? Click the following link for the best prices on available tickets: Montreal Canadiens Tickets

Follow @jlamber6 and @AllHabs on Twitter

 

Exit mobile version