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| Game Preview by Sam Gerber | |
| Last game : MTL 1 MIN 7 Montreal was embarrassed in Minnesota. From the start, the Habs failed to play their style and found themselves chasing the game. To make matters worse, the Canadiens took bad penalties, and the penalty-kill didn’t do its job. Antti Niemi did not have a strong performance either. He has struggled since the pre-season. It was a surprise to see him get pulled in the third when the game was out of reach. Carey Price came in and stopped every shot he faced. It was likely Price who made the decision to come into the game to bail out his goaltending partner.
For a complete game recap: Minny Special Teams are Dominant in Rout of Habs
Keys to Victory
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| Matchup by All Habs staff | ||
| Bell Centre, Montreal, QC | December 13, 7:30 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, FS-CR | ||
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2018-19 statistics |
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| HURRICANES | CANADIENS | |
| 30 (23rd) | Points (rank) | 35 (15th) |
| 13-12-4 | Record | 15-11-5 |
| 6-7-1 | Away/Home | 8-6-2 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 4-5-1 |
| 2.45 | GF/G | 3.13 |
| 2.76 | GA/G | 3.13 |
| 16.0 | PP% | 13.6 |
| 80.0 | PK% | 79.0 |
| 57.22 | CF% | 53.81 |
| eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon | ||
| Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders | ||
| Forwards | ||
| Martinook – Aho – Teravainen Svechnikov – Wallmark – Williams Kuokkanen – Rask – McGinn Foegele – Bishop – Di Giuseppe |
Drouin – Domi – Shaw Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Byron – Kotkaniemi – Lehkonen Agostino – Chaput – Peca |
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| Defensemen | ||
| Slavin – Pesce De Haan – Faulk Fleury – Hamilton |
Kulak – Weber Reilly – Petry Juulsen – Benn |
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| Out of the lineup | ||
| Scratched: van Riemsdyk Injured: Staal, Ferland, McElhinney |
Scratched: Hudon, Deslauriers, Schlemko Injured: Armia |
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| Goalies | ||
| Petr Mrazek | Carey Price | |
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| Record: 4-5-2 GAA: – 2.55 Sv%: – .895 SO: 0 Alternate: Scott Darling |
Record: 11-8-4 GAA: – 2.89 Sv%: – .904 SO: 1 Alternate: Antti Niemi |
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| What to Expect by Sam Gerber |
| The Habs have tweaked the lines once again. It’s a minor swap with Matthew Peca coming into the lineup for Nicolas Deslauriers. On the defense side, David Schlemko will be a healthy scratch with another opportunity going to Mike Reilly. Reilly needs to take advantage of this chance. He has the talent to be a top six defenseman on the Habs but he needs much better decision-making. The Habs have also made a change to their power-play, going back to two defensemen. The power-play has been dreadful all season and the Habs are desperate to find a solution. The Hurricanes struggle to score goals and the Habs can’t make it easy for them. After an embarrassing game against the Wild, the Habs have to have a strong start and come out flying. |
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