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

Sam Gerber

7 years ago

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game: MTL 0 PHI 1 (SO)

It was a goalie showdown between rookie Charlie Lindgren and new Flyers netminder Petr Mrazek. Each player earned a shutout.

For a complete recap: Habs Lindgren Earns Shutout in Shootout Loss

Players to watch

John Tavares
The Islanders will lean on Tavares to lead his team into the playoffs.
Matthew Barzal
Barzal is one of the favorites to win the Calder trophy. His speed makes him dangerous on every shift.
Mike Reilly
Reilly is likely to make his debut for the Habs after being acquired at the trade deadline. Reilly is a smooth skating defenseman that Julien compared to Victor Mete.

Keys to Victory

Push the pace
With the Habs playing for pride, they can afford to take chances with the puck to generate some offense.
Show some offense
Being shutout once again in their last game should be incentive to ramp up the tempo of their game to start generating offence.
Win battles
The Canadiens need to focus on winning every battle on the and the rest will take care of itself.

Matchup by All Habs staff
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC \| February 28, 7:00 PM ET \| TV: SN, RDS, MSG+
	2017-18 statistics
ISLANDERS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
65 (20th)	Points (rank)	56 (27th)
29-27-7	Record	23-29-10
13-16-3	Away/Home	15-10-8
3-5-2	Last 10	2-4-4
3.24	GF/G	2.50
3.54	GA/G	3.05
21.0	PP%	20.8
74.6	PK%	77.0
47.39	CF%	51.31

eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Lee – Tavares – Bailey Beauvillier – Barzal – Eberle Ladd – Nelson – Fritz Wagner – Cizikas – Clutterbuck	Pacioretty – Drouin – Lehkonen Galchenyuk – Danault – Hudon Byron – De La Rose – Gallagher Scherbak – Froese – A. Shaw
Defensemen
Leddy – Boychuk Hickey – Pulock Pelech – Davidson	Mete – Petry Alzner – Juulsen Reilly – Benn
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Aho, Johnston, Seidenberg Injured: de Haan, Prince, Kulemin, Greiss, Quine	Scratched: Deslauriers, L. Shaw, Schlemko, Carr Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Price
Goalies
Jaroslav Halak	Antti Niemi

Record: 18-20-5 GAA: 3.18 Sv%: .911 SO: 1 Alternate: Christopher Gibson	Record: 3-6-2 GAA: 3.76 Sv%: .890 SO: 0 Alternate: Charlie Lindgren

What to Expect by Sam Gerber

Prediction: Canadiens 2 Islanders 4

The Habs can play spoilers for the rest of the season, something that can motivate players to play a little bit harder. The Habs need to come out strong and shutdown the Isles centers for them to having a fighting shot.

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2017-18 statistics