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GAME DAY | Senators – Canadiens: Preview, Lines, Goalies, TV

Rick Stephens
Pre-game Notes and Quotes
  • Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty will finally be reunited. Michel Therrien said, “When Pacioretty and Plekanec are together, at this point that’s when they have been the most productive. Your best players have to be your best players and we rely on them to contribute. Pacioretty and Galchenyuk did not score in two games, so we decided to go back to that combination that worked so well at the beginning of season.”
  • Nathan Beaulieu will be back in the lineup after spending a game in the press box. He’ll take the spot of Greg Pateryn. Beaulieu said, “I think I can improve all parts of my game from the way I played last couple games.  Just as a defensive core we haven’t been good enough. All areas can improve. We were generating more offense at the beginning of the season. So I think we just need to get back to basics. We need to get pucks through and get bodies to the net. I have time to think and regroup. Obviously my play hasn’t been up to standard so they gave me a night off to think about it.”
Matchup 
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. | December 12, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TVA, CITYM, CBC

2015-16 statistics
SENATORS CANADIENS
35 (7th) Points (Eastern Con. rank) 41 (1st)
15-9-5 Record 19-8-3
7-4-4 Home 10-4-2
8-5-1 Road 9-4-1
6-4-0 Last 10 5-4-1
3.03 G/G 3.20
2.90 GA/G 2.27
21.4 PP% 21.2
77.3 PK% 86.4
 46.2  CF%*  53.8
49.9 CF60*  56.8
58.1 CA60* 48.9
*Advanced statistics: Score adjusted, even strength. CF%: Corsi for percentage of total  CF60: Corsi For/60 minutes  CA60: Corsi Against/60 minutes (via War on Ice)
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Hoffman – Turris – Ryan
Smith – Zibanejad – Stone
Dziurzynski- Pageau – Chiasson
Borowiecki – Lazar – Neil
 Pacioretty – Plekanec – Byron
Eller – Galchenyuk – Weise
Fleischmann – Desharnais – Carr
Hudon – Flynn – Andrighetto
Expected scratches: Thomas
Defensemen
Methot – Karlsson
Wiercioch – Ceci
Cowen – Marchenko
 Markov – Subban
Emelin – Petry
Gilbert – Beaulieu
Expected scratches: Pateryn, Tinordi
Goalies
Craig Anderson (Confirmed) Dustin Tokarski (Confirmed)
2015-’16 regular season:
Record: 13-8-0
GAA: 2.76
Sv%: .916
SO: 2
Alternate: Chris Driedger		 2015-’16 regular season:
Record: 0-1-0
GAA: 3.84
Sv%: .881
SO: 0
Alternate: Mike Condon
Fantasy Outlook
  • Fantasy analysis will return next game.
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