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

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game : MTL 3 DAL 4 F/OT The Habs battled the Stars right to the end after giving up an early lead. But rather than the Canadiens’ collapse, much of the focus after the game was on officiating. The Habs were visible displeased and head coach was fined for his post-game comments. Montreal’s playoff chances are likely over.

For a complete game recap: Habs Express Frustrations

Players to watch

Joel Armia
Armia is one of the strongest forwards for the Habs. He should have drawn a penalty in overtime last game but was a victim of inconsistent refereeing.
Brendan Gallagher
Gallagher was furious with the officiating and did not hold back at the end of the game. Now it is time for him to re-focus and get on with the job at hand. However, Gallagher is listed as questionable for tonight’s game.
Paul Byron
Byron is expected to play tonight after a long injury absence. The Habs have missed his speed and special teams play but it will be interesting to see if Byron can be the 20 goal scorer he was before battling injuries..

Keys to Victory

Win special teams
The Habs have lost a few times to the Wings already this season and need to be focused right from the start to not let it happen again. .
Score goals
After criticizing the refs you know the Habs won’t get many breaks but the Habs cant worry about the refs they just need to play their game..
Limit mistakes
The Wings give up a ton of goals and the Habs have a chance to light them up and they need to take advantage. .

Statistical Matchup by All Habs
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI \| February 18, 7:30 PM ET \| TV: TSN2, RDS, FS-D
	2019-20 statistics
RED WINGS	2019-20 statistics	CANADIENS
32 (31st)	Points (rank)	62 (22nd)
14-43-4	Record	27-26-8
9-18-2	Home/Away	14-11-3
2-8-0	Last 10	5-4-1
1.98	GF/G	2.95
3.74	GA/G	3.07
14.6	PP%	18.8
75.5	PK%	78.8
45.82	CF%	54.08

Pre-game quotes
Claude Julien “You never want to lose all four games to a team that’s below you in the standings, so that’s where we need to show some pride tonight. We’re not saying the Red Wings are a bad team, but they are below us, so we don’t want them to sweep us.”
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders by All Habs
Forwards
Fabbri – Larkin – Mantha Bertuzzi – Filppula – Athanasiou Helm – Glendening – Erne Abdelkader – Ehn – Perlini	Tatar – Danault – Weal Drouin – Suzuki – Armia Kovalchuk – Domi – Lehkonen Byron – Thompson – Cousins
Defensemen
Nemeth – Lindstrom Daley – Biega Bowey – Ericsson	Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Ouellet – Mete
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Smith Injured: Zadina, DeKeyser, Hronek	Scratched: Gallagher, Weise Injured:
Goalies
Jonathan Bernier	Carey Price

Record: 12-17-2 GAA: – 2.88 Sv%: – .909 SO: 1 Alternate: Jimmy Howard	Record: 24-21-5 GAA: – 2.74 Sv%: – .911 SO: 3 Alternate: Charlie Lindgren

What to Expect by Sam Gerber

This is a game the Habs have to win. Montreal has already lost to the Red Wings three times this season. The Wings goal difference is over 100 and if the Habs can’t find the back of the net several times tonight management needs to take a look and the roster.

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

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