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Game Day: Lightning vs Canadiens – Game 1 Preview, Lines, Goalies, TV

Rick Stephens
Pre-game Notes and Quotes
  • Lightning coach Jon Cooper: “They’re underdogs? They had 110 points, won the division, have the Vezina candidate, Hart candidate and  Norris candidate. I guess if we had those, I’d say, ‘Yeah, he is the underdog.’ But we don’t have those.”
  • Jon Cooper: “I’ve used slogans (for motivation) but we don’t have one for Montreal. This (sweep) from last year… is enough.”
  • Michel Therrien: “This is a powerful team we’re playing. It’s going to be a hell of a challenge for us.”
  • Dale Weise: “One word to describe the Lightning? Explosive. We’ll have to be ready.”
  • Brendan Gallagher: “We’re happy to finally get things started.”
Matchup – Playoff Statistics
Game 1 | Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. | May 1, 7:00 PM ET | TV: CBC, NBCSN, TVA | Series 0-0

Eastern Conference Semi-final
LIGHTNING CANADIENS
108 (5th) Points (Eastern Conference Position) 110 (2nd)
4-3 Record 4-2
2-2 Home 2-1
2-1 Road 2-1
4-3 Last 10 3-2
2.43 G/G 2.00
2.14 GA/G 2.00
6.7 PP% 5.0
82.8 PK% 75.0
11.4 PIM/G 12.8
28.6 S/G 37.3
24.0 SA/G 33.0
54.0 FO% 51.3
51.4 CF% 51.5
53.1 FF% 52.2
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Killorn – Stamkos – Callahan
Palat – Johnson – Kucherov
Namestnikov – Filppula – Paquette
Morrow – Boyle – Nesterov
 Pacioretty – Plekanec – Gallagher
Galchenyuk – Desharnais – Weise
Prust – Eller – Parenteau
De La Rose – Mitchell – Smith-Pelly
Expected scratches: Malhotra, Parenteau, Carr, Thomas, Hudon, Flynn
Defensemen
Hedman – Stralman
Garrison – Coburn
Carle – Sustr
 Markov – Subban
Emelin – Petry
Pateryn – Gilbert
Expected scratches: Beaulieu (upper-body), Weaver, Gonchar, Lernout, Dietz
Goalies
Ben Bishop (Confirmed) Carey Price (Confirmed)
2014-2015 Playoffs:
Record: 4-3
GAA: 1.87
Sv%: .922
SO: 1
Alternate: Andrei Vasilevskiy		 2014-2015 Playoffs:
Record: 4-2
GAA: 1.94
Sv%: .939
SO: 1
Alternate: Dustin Tokarski
Expected scratches: Joey MacDonald, Mike Condon
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