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

Sam Gerber

7 years ago

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game: MTL 5 CAR 2

The Habs came out flying out of the gate and chased Miller early. The power-play was red hot and tallied three goals, two by Jeff Petry. Niemi was strong in goal making 43 saves for the win.

For a complete recap: Blame It on the D

Players to watch

Artturi Lehkonen
Lehkonen hasn’t put the numbers up like last year but he competes every shift and is due for a breakout game.
Mike Hoffman
Hoffman scored the shootout winner for the Senators yesterday with a highlight reel deke. Hoffman has been rumored in trade talks and his days in Ottawa may be numbered.
Matt Duchene
Duchene has started to produce for the Sens using his speed to get to the net and set up his teammates.

Keys to Victory

Win special teams
The Canadiens power-play put up three goals against the Ducks and should be put to the test again this afternoon.
Provide goal support
The Habs have not given Price a lot of goal support this season. After scoring five goals against the Ducks, Montreal needs to offer their superstar a little of that.
Don’t get caught
The Canadiens need to be aware of Ottawa’s ability to stretch out the ice.

Matchup by All Habs staff
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC \| February 4, 1:00 PM ET \| TV: SN, RDS
	2017-18 statistics
SENATORS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
43 (29th)	Points (rank)	48 (28th)
17-24-9	Record	21-25-6
7-13-4	Away/Home	13-10-5
3-7-0	Last 10	3-5-2
2.58	GF/G	2.56
3.34	GA/G	3.10
15.8	PP%	20.8
75.5	PK%	78.4
46.58	CF%	50.68

eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon

Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Hoffman – Duchene – White Dzingel – Brassard – DiDomenico Smith – Pageau – Pyatt Paajarvi – Thompson – Burrows	Pacioretty – Byron – Hudon Galchenyuk – Drouin (GTD) – Scherbak Lehkonen – Plekanec – Gallagher Deslauriers – Froese – L. Shaw
Defensemen
Oduya – Karlsson Phaneuf – Ceci Chabot – Borowiecki	Alzner – Petry Mete – Schlemko Morrow – Benn
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Claesson Injured: Wideman, Stone, Ryan, Chlapik, Dumont	Scratched: Jerabek, Carr, De La Rose Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Danault, A. Shaw
Goalies
Mike Condon	Carey Price

Record: 4-7-4 GAA: 3.26 Sv%: .903 SO: 0 Alternate: Craig Anderson	Record: 14-19-4 GAA: 2.97 Sv%: .906 SO: 1 Alternate: Antti Niemi

What to Expect

Prediction: Canadiens 3 Senators 1

With both teams coming off wins yesterday confidence will be high. The Habs and Sens have had seasons to forget and will be playing desperate hockey. These teams are not very fond of each other and the rough stuff should start early.

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2017-18 statistics