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

Sam Gerber

March 26, 2018

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

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game: MTL 4 WSH 6

Price stood his ground but his team did not. The Canadiens took too many penalties leading to the Capitals taking and holding the momentum.

For a complete recap: Too Many Weapons

Players to watch

Tyler Bertuzzi
Bertuzzi plays tough and mean like his uncle, but also has the talent to put the puck in the net. The 23-year-old plays on the first line with Henrik Zetterberg, which gives Bertuzzi plenty of chances.
Brendan Gallagher
Gallagher is having a career year even with the Canadiens being near the bottom of the standings for most of the season.
Dylan Larkin
Larkin plays hard and with speed. He is a promising player for the Wings who will be a hard match-up for Habs centres.

Keys to Victory

Have penalty-kill success
The Canadiens are going up against another bottom tier power-play. It will be beneficial to take advantage of this matchup.
Empty the tank
With only two games this week, the Habs need to leave it all out on the ice..
Push the pace
Playing with energy and emotion is something the Canadiens need to do every game until the end of the season.

Matchup by All Habs staff
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC \| March 26, 7:30 PM ET \| TV: TSN2, RDS, FS-D+
	2017-18 statistics
RED WINGS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
65 (27th)	Points (rank)	66 (26th)
27-37-11	Record	27-37-12
17-15-5	Away/Home	17-13-8
1-8-1	Last 10	2-7-1
2.49	GF/G	2.50
3.09	GA/G	3.12
17.2	PP%	20.3
78.4	PK%	74.4
48.96	CF%	50.25

eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Bertuzzi – Zetterberg – Nyquist Helm – Larkin – Mantha Athansiou – Nielsen – Abdelkader Frk – Glendening – Svechnikov	Byron – Drouin – Gallagher Galchenyuk – De La Rose – Lehkonen Scherbak – L. Shaw – Hudon Deslauriers – McCarron – Froese
Defensemen
Ericsson – Daley DeKeyser – Jensen Kronwall – Ouellet	Reilly – Petry Alzner – Juulsen Benn – Lernout
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Booth, Witkowski Injured: Green	Scratched: Carr Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Pacioretty, Mete, Schlemko, Valiev, Danault, A. Shaw
Goalies
Jared Coreau	Carey Price

Record: 0-3-0 GAA: 4.46 Sv%: .856 SO: 0 Alternate: Jimmy Howard	Record: 15-24-6 GAA: 3.10 Sv%: .901 SO: 1 Alternate: Antti Niemi

What to Expect by Sam Gerber

Prediction: Canadiens 3 Red Wings 2

This game features two teams battling for nothing but a better draft spot. With both teams playing their youth, it will be interesting to see the standouts.

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2017-18 statistics