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

Sam Gerber

7 years ago

Game Preview by Sam Gerber, Staff Writer

Last game: MTL 3 CBJ 1

Carey Price played another solid game and the Canadiens held on as the Blue Jackets dominated for 40 minutes.

For a complete recap: Blue Jackets – Canadiens: Price Does it Again for the Habs

Players to watch

Carey Price
Expect Price to be dominant once again but the Habs will need to do their part to ensure that their franchise player doesn’t wear down.
Matt Duchene
The new center for the Senators is still building chemistry with the new club. Duchene gives the Sens a lot of strength down the middle.
Erik Karlsson
Karlsson was embarrassed against the Habs last time they played and will want to give a little bit of pay back.

Keys to Victory

Be hard on the puck
The Senators are great at takeaways and creating turnovers. The Canadiens must be hard on the puck and make smart plays.

Move your feet
Force the Senators on their heels and to be taking penalties by being aggressive.

Execute with the man advantage
Montreal should get a few chances on the power-play and must make them count.

Matchup
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC \| November 29, 7:30 PM ET \| TV: SN, RDS
	2017-18 statistics
SENATORS	2017-18 statistics	CANADIENS
22 (27th)	Points (rank)	23 (25th)
8-8-6	Record	10-12-3
4-3-1	Away/Home	6-5-2
3-6-1	Last 10	4-4-2
3.00	GF/G	2.36
3.18	GA/G	3.20
16.3	PP%	15.9
79.4	PK%	77.4
47.92	CF%	52.14


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

Record: 1-0-3 GAA: 2.85 Sv%: .909 SO: 0 Alternate: Craig Anderson	Record: 5-7-1 GAA: 3.44 Sv%: .890 SO: 1 Alternate: Antti Niemi

What to Expect

These teams do not like each other and are fighting to get into the playoff race, expect that kind of fight on the ice tonight. The Senators should come out flying to grab the early momentum.

Prediction: Canadiens 4 Senators 0

The key will be the ability of Price to shut down Ottawa early. An amazing save at one end usually produces a good scoring chance the other way.

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2017-18 statistics