Game Day: Lightning vs Canadiens – Game 2 Preview, Lines, Goalies, TV

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Pre-game Notes and Quotes
  • Matt Carle: “I think we can really take a stranglehold on this series. We have a really good opportunity to go up 2-0 and grab two wins out of their building.”
  • Michel Therrien: “We know what we’re facing. Our focus is only on one game. And I think from the team’s standpoint, we did a lot of good things to be really upbeat and confident for [Sunday] night’s game.”
  • Alex Galchenyuk: “When you don’t get the bounces for a couple of games, you know they’ll eventually come when you keep working. That’s where my head is right now.”
  • Alex Galchenyuk has only scored two goals in his last 25 games.
  • Michel Therrien: “Game 1 was a tough game for [Alex Galchenyuk], whether it was in terms of possessing the puck or his penalties, but we want him to continue developing. You have to make mistakes in order to get better. We don’t want them to happen, but that’s the reality with young players. We’ve got that philosophy. We want him to get better. We’re working with him. We’re meeting with him. He’s a guy with a lot of potential.”
  • Tomas Plekanec: “I’ve told [Alex Galchenyuk] not to watch TV, not to read the news and not to listen to what people are saying. Stay positive as much as you can. He’s doing that. We’re different people, though. I was hard on myself. He’s hard on himself too, but he doesn’t show it as much. It will click with Alex. He’ll be back on his game soon and he’ll help us win.”
  • The Canadiens’ powerplay is still running at a brutal 4.3 per cent (1 for 23), while the Lightning’s isn’t much better at only 5.9 per cent.
  • Montreal outshot (44-35), outhit (43-32) and won more faceoffs (55-34) than the Lightning in game one.
Matchup – Playoff Statistics
Game 2 | Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. | May 3, 6:00 PM ET | TV: CBC, TVA, NBCSN | Lightning lead the series 1-0

Eastern Conference Semi-final
LIGHTNING CANADIENS
108 (5th) Points (Eastern Conference Position) 110 (2nd)
5-3 Record 4-3
2-2 Home 2-2
3-1 Road 2-1
5-3 Last 10 4-3
2.38 G/G 1.86
2.00 GA/G 2.00
5.9 PP% 4.4
84.4 PK% 79.2
10.8 PIM/G 12.1
29.4 S/G 38.3
26.5 SA/G 33.3
51.2 FO% 53.2
50.7 CF% 51.7
53.1 FF% 53.0
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Killorn – Stamkos – Callahan
Palat – Johnson – Kucherov
Boyle – Filppula – Paquette
Morrow – Namestnikov – J.T. Brown 		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: 5-3
GAA: 1.68
Sv%: .933
SO: 1
Alternate: Andrei Vasilevskiy		 2014-2015 Playoffs:
Record: 4-3
GAA: 1.85
Sv%: .940
SO: 1
Alternate: Dustin Tokarski
Expected scratches: Joey MacDonald, Mike Condon
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