GAME DAY | Canadiens – Golden Knights: Preview, Prediction, Lines, Goalies, TV

Sam Gerber

7 years ago

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game: MTL 2 ARI 5

Embarrassing is the only way to describe the loss to the last-place Coyotes. The Canadiens showed little life all game. The Habs comeback ended when their captain took a bad offensive zone penalty and the penalty-kill continued to struggle.

For a complete recap: Habs Road Woes Continue

Players to watch

William Karlsson
Karlsson has become a true number one center in the NHL after giving the opportunity with his third NHL team.
Karl Alzner
Alzner has yet to prove why he was highly sought after in the off-season. He may see his name pop-up in rumors before the deadline.
Reilly Smith
Smith is another player who has taken advantage of playing bigger minutes now playing to his full potential.

Keys to Victory

Skate with your opponent
The Canadiens will be at risk of Vegas skating circles around them.
Bounce back
The Habs need a good rebound game after being embarrassed by the Yotes, they need to show they have the fight to play at the NHL level.
Get to the net
The Habs have very few players that are willing to attack the net, it does not only generate offence but takes opponents attention away from the play.

Matchup by All Habs staff
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV \| February 17, 7:00 PM ET \| TV: SN360, TVAS, CITY
	2017-18 statistics
GOLDEN KNIGHTS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
80 (2nd)	Points (rank)	51 (26th)
38-15-4	Record	22-28-7
21-4-2	Home/Away	8-18-1
6-4-0	Last 10	3-6-1
3.40	GF/G	2.53
2.68	GA/G	3.09
21.1	PP%	21.1
81.7	PK%	77.6
51.62	CF%	51.31

eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Marchessault – Karlsson – Smith Perron – Haula – Neal Tuch – Eakin – Lindberg Carpenter – Bellemare – Nosek	Pacioretty – Byron – Lehkonen Hudon – Plekanec – Gallagher Galchenyuk – Drouin – Scherbak Deslauriers – Froese – L. Shaw
Defensemen
McNabb – Schmidt Theodore – Engelland Miller – Hunt	Alzner – Petry Morrow – Benn Mete – Schlemko
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Leipsic Injured: Sbisa, Subban, Carrier, Merrill	Scratched: Jerabek, Carr, De La Rose Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Danault, A. Shaw
Goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury	Antti Niemi

Record: 18-6-2 GAA: 2.03 Sv%: .933 SO: 2 Alternate: Maxime Legace	Record: 2-6-1 GAA: 3.92 Sv%: .887 SO: 0 Alternate: Carey Price

What to Expect

Prediction: Canadiens 2 Golden Knights 6

The Golden Knights are sitting pretty at the top of the NHL standings while the Habs most recently hit rock bottom. The Knights will be focused and determined to get the two points while the Habs will either rise to the occasion or sink even deeper than they already are. .

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2017-18 statistics