GAME DAY | Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils: Preview, TV, Start Time, Statistical Match-up, Projected Lines, Starting Goalies, Keys to Victory, Habs Tickets

Game Preview

Last game : MTL 3 CBJ 4 F The Canadiens had another mistake-filled game with the top line being victimized most often. Once falling behind, Montreal had a difficult time making a comeback against a solid defensive team.

For a complete game recap: Habs Fall Short

Players to watch

Max Domi
On Sunday, Domi scored his first goal of 2020 after being blanked for the month of January. Domi has benefited from continuing excellent play by Artturi Lehkonen.
Tomas Tatar
Tatar scored his 20th goal for the sixth consecutive time in his career. Tatar will receive interest from playoff bound teams. Marc Bergevin will have an important decision to make given that Tatar has a year-and-a-half left on his contract.
Charlie Lindgren / Cayden Primeau
The Canadiens will be without Carey Price who stayed back in Montreal to combat flu symptoms. Primeau was recalled on an emergency basis on Monday. The announcement of the starter, Charlie Lindgren, came from Claude Julien at 4:45 pm.

Keys to Victory

Dictate play
The Habs must control the neutral zone and use their speed to set the pace of the game.
Be hard on the forecheck
The Devils have been prone to defensive miscues stemming from bad zone exits and committing turnovers. The Canadiens can exploit the defence by pressuring the puck.
Play a tight defensive game
With Carey Price, the Habs must be responsible in their own giving much needed support to Charlie Lindgren.

Statistical Matchup by All Habs
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ \| February 4, 7:00 PM ET \| TV: TSN2, RDS, MSG
	2019-20 statistics
DEVILS	2019-20 statistics	CANADIENS
45 (29th)	Points (rank)	55 (22nd)
18-24-9	Record	24-23-7
7-9-9	Home/Away	13-9-3
3-4-3	Last 10	6-4-0
2.63	GF/G	3.04
3.53	GA/G	3.06
14.8	PP%	20.1
79.3	PK%	79.5
47.60	CF%	54.14

Pre-game quotes
Claude Julien “There’s a flu going around the team. We’re taking precautions. We have a lot of games to play, and with the number of games coming up it’s important to give the players a chance to recover and be ready both mentally and physically.”
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders by All Habs
Forwards
Bratt – Hughes – Palmieri Coleman – Zajac – Gusev Wood – Zacha – Simmonds Hayden – Rooney – Anderson	Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Kovalchuk – Suzuki – Armia Lehkonen – Domi – Cousins Poehling – Thompson – Weise
Defensemen
Greene – Subban Butcher – Severson Mueller – Carrick	Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Scandella – Folin
Out of the lineup
Scratched: White Injured: Vatanen, Hischier	Scratched: Price (flu), Mete (flu), Weal (flu) Injured: Drouin, Byron
Goalies
Louis Domingue	Charlie Lindgren

Record: 3-6-1 GAA: – 3.57 Sv%: – .885 SO: 0 Alternate: MacKenzie Blackwood	Record: 0-3-0 GAA: – 3.39 Sv%: – .892 SO: 0 Alternate: Cayden Primeau

What to Expect

The Canadiens head to New Jersey riddled by a flu bug. As a preventative measure, they didn’t practice on Monday and didn’t have a morning skate on Tuesday. The Habs will have to make sure they don’t come out to flat start against a team that is aiming for the number one lottery pick in this summer’s NHL Entry Draft.

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GAME DAY | Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils: Preview, TV, Start Time, Statistical Match-up, Projected Lines, Starting Goalies, Keys to Victory, Habs Tickets

2019-20 statistics