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

Sam Gerber

7 years ago

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game: MTL 0 FLA 2

Jacob De La Rose answered back quickly for the Canadiens after they gave up the first goal, unfortunately it was overturned due to offside. The Habs were unable to generate much offense after that handing a victory to a desperate Panther team making a run for the playoffs.

For a complete recap: Habs Shutout for Team-Record 12th Time

Players to watch

Carey Price
Claude Julien claims that Price is 100 percent healthy. Price is a competitor and wants to be playing. His presence on the ice and in the dressing room should do wonders for his team.
Brett Lernout
Lernout is making the best of his opportunity playing solidly and bringing needed physicality to the Habs back end. That should put him in good position to make the team next season.
Patric Hornqvist
Hornqvist was a big factor the last time these two teams met. Expect him to be dangerous again.

Keys to Victory

Be disciplined on defense
The Habs defense should not relax just because Carey Price is back in goal. And they must clear the crease sending a message that no one is allowed to touch their franchise player.
Play with energy
Montreal should play with tempo taking advantage of a Penguins team that played on Tuesday night.
Don’t tense up
Without the pressure of a playoff run, the Canadiens can focus on playing their best hockey and set a good tone in moving on to next season.

Matchup by All Habs staff
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA \| March 21, 7:00 PM ET \| TV: SN, RDS, ATTSN-PT
	2017-18 statistics
PENGUINS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
87 (11th)	Points (rank)	64 (27th)
41-27-5	Record	26-35-12
26-8-1	Home/Away	9-23-4
5-4-1	Last 10	2-6-2
3.23	GF/G	2.47
3.01	GA/G	3.10
25.7	PP%	20.5
80.3	PK%	75.2
52.12	CF%	50.50

eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Guentzel – Crosby – Rust Hagelin – Malkin – Hornqvist Sheary- Brassard – Kessel Kuhnhackl – Sheahan – Jooris	Byron – Drouin – Gallagher Galchenyuk – De La Rose – Lehkonen Scherbak – L. Shaw – Carr Deslauriers – McCarron – Hudon
Defensemen
Dumoulin – Letang Oleksiak – Schultz Maatta – Ruhwedel	Reilly – Petry Alzner – Juulsen Benn – Lernout
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Hunwick Injured: Simon, Aston-Reese, Rowney	Scratched: Froese Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Pacioretty, Mete, Schlemko, Valiev, Danault, A. Shaw
Goalies
Casey DeSmith	Carey Price

Record: 4-4-1 GAA: 2.58 Sv%: .914 SO: 0 Alternate: Matt Murray	Record: 15-22-6 GAA: 2.98 Sv%: .904 SO: 1 Alternate: Antti Niemi

What to Expect by Sam Gerber

Prediction: Canadiens 2 Penguins 0

Carey Price’s name will be said over 100 times during the broadcast as it should be. The Canadiens brass made the decision not to shut him down for the rest of the season despite their position in the standings. I have no doubt that Price will have a strong effort against the Pens.

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2017-18 statistics