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

Game Preview by Sam Gerber

Last game : MTL 4 PIT 1 F The Habs woke up after a sluggish first period scoring three goals in the second. The period was highlighted by Shea Weber scoring a back-hand wrap-around goal something certainly surprising. In the last two games, Carey Price has only given up one goal giving the Habs a great chance at winning and a promising start to December.

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Players to watch

Shea Weber
Weber is having a great season and that has continued no matter his defensive partner. When paired with Ben Chariot, the two are similar in size and strength with Chariot being comfortable as a stay home defenceman.
Ryan Poehling
Poehling is back up with the Canadiens once again. He has been on a roll in Laval and will look to keep that going with the Habs.
Max Domi
The Habs need more from Domi, much more. He put up a solid effort last season but the effort level has been lacking this year. Perhaps it is time to move him to the wing for good.

Keys to Victory

Start fast
The Habs need to have a strong effort right from the opening drop of the puck.
Show effort
The Sens can’t be taken lightly and are always ready for a fight. They need to play with the effort that Brendan Gallagher showed racing to the puck for an empty net goal against the Penguins.
Focus on defence
The Habs forwards can’t get caught too deep when the defence jump up and need to beat their man on the back-check.

Statistical Matchup by All Habs
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC \| December 11, 7:30 PM ET \| TV: SN, RDS
	2019-20 statistics
SENATORS	2019-20 statistics	CANADIENS
27 (28th)	Points (rank)	34 (18th)
13-17-1	Record	14-11-6
5-12-1	Away/Home	7-7-3
4-6-0	Last 10	3-5-2
2.71	GF/G	3.19
3.10	GA/G	3.29
9.3	PP%	20.0
82.3	PK%	75.8
48.23	CF%	53.79

Pre-game quotes
Claude Julien “Anytime you have a back-to-back game, the last thing you want to do as a team, as a coach, is shorten your bench. And when you’ve got everybody going it’s the best thing you can have in those circumstances, so you don’t overutilize certain players. And I think the guys did exactly that [Tuesday], I didn’t have to shorten the bench.”
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders by All Habs
Forwards
Tkachuk – Pageau – C. Brown Ennis – Anisimov – White Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair Paul – L. Brown – Davidsson	Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Lehkonen – Domi – Armia Cousins – Suzuki – Weal Poehling – Thompson – Barber
Defensemen
Chabot – Demelo Borowiecki – Zaitsev Hainsey – Goloubef	Chiarot – Weber Kulak – Petry Leskinen – Fleury
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Boedker, Lajoie Injured: Sabourin, Anderson	Scratched: Reilly, Folin Injured: Drouin, Byron, Mete, Peca, Kotkaniemi
Goalies
Anders Nilsson	Cayden Primeau

Record: 8-8-1 GAA: – 3.03 Sv%: – .913 SO: 0 Alternate: Marcus Hogberg	Record: 0-1-0 GAA: – 3.11 Sv%: – .914 SO: 0 Alternate: Carey Price

What to Expect by Sam Gerber

The Canadiens have won three of their last four. Two games that they should win are on tap against the Senators and Red Wings. That said, for a team that is rebuilding, the Senators aren’t far behind the Habs. The Atlantic division is tight with only nine points separating second from seventh.

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

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