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| Game Preview by Sam Gerber | |
| Last game : MTL 0 MIN 1 The game got of to a rocky start when Agostino got a 5-minute major for interference and a game. It was a late hit but the penalty was increased due to the player being injured after hitting his head off the top of the boards. Shortly after Weber blocked a shot that ramped up his stick and got him square in the mouth. He played the rest of the period but did not return afterwards and the Habs were down two players for the rest of the game. Price was strong once again and kept his team in it but the Habs weren’t hungry and failed to go to the dirty areas. The power-play failed them once again and the Habs lost their second in a row.
For a complete game recap: Habs Shooters Have Gone Silent
Keys to Victory
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| Matchup by All Habs staff | ||
| Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI | January 8, 7:30 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, FS-D | ||
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2018-19 statistics |
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| RED WINGS | CANADIENS | |
| 39 (26th) | Points (rank) | 49 (14th) |
| 16-21-7 | Record | 22-16-5 |
| 9-11-4 | Home/Away | 11-7-3 |
| 2-6-2 | Last 10 | 5-5-0 |
| 2.77 | GF/G | 3.00 |
| 3.32 | GA/G | 3.09 |
| 17.0 | PP% | 12.8 |
| 78.2 | PK% | 78.3 |
| 46.91 | CF% | 54.31 |
| Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders | ||
| Forwards | ||
| Nyquist – Larkin – Bertuzzi Vanek – Nielsen – Mantha Helm – Glendening – Athanasiou Ehn – De La Rose – Abdelkader |
Drouin – Domi – Armia Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi – Byron Agostino – Peca – Hudon |
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| Defensemen | ||
| Kronwall – Hronek Jensen – Cholowski Ericsson – Witkowski |
Mete – Weber Reilly – Petry Kulak – Benn |
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| Out of the lineup | ||
| Scratched: Frk, Lashoff Injured: Svechnikov, DeKeyser, Green, Daley, Rasmussen |
Scratched: Chaput, Deslauriers, Alzner Injured: Shaw |
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| Goalies | ||
| Jimmy Howard | Antti Niemi | |
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| Record: 11-11-5 GAA: – 2.78 Sv%: – .917 SO: 0 Alternate: Jonathan Bernier |
Record: 6-4-1 GAA: – 4.01 Sv%: – .881 SO: 0 Alternate: Carey Price |
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| What to Expect by Sam Gerber |
| The Wings are having the season that was expected. Montreal must take advantage. After two losses in a row and generating just one goal in those games, the Habs need to get their scoring touch back. The Wings are a young team who struggle to score and defend. The Canadiens must be wary of Dylan Larkin, who is able to break a game open with his speed. The Habs don’t have many players that compare to Larkin but they do have a team that has more depth and if they work together they should be able to overwhelm the Wings. |
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