GameDay: Avalanche vs Habs (Mar-18, 2014)
| On this day in hockey history… 1945 – In the 50th and final game of the 1944-45 season at Boston, Maurice Richard became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season. Montreal beat Boston 4-2. |  |
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Montreal CANADIENS |
Bell Centre Montreal, QC Mar 18, 7:30 PM ET TV: RDS |
Colorado AVALANCHE |
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| 81 Points / 3rd (Atlantic) | Points/Position | 93 Points / 2nd (Central) |
| 37-25-7 | Record | 44-19-5 |
| 19-11-5 | Home | 23-10-3 |
| 18-14-2 | Away | 21-9-2 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 7-3-0 |
| 2.45 | G/G | 3.03 |
| 2.48 | GA/G | 2.62 |
| 18.2 | PP% | 20.8 |
| 85.1 | PK% | 81.1 |
| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek Daniel Briere – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher Alex Galchenyuk – Lars Eller – Brian Gionta Travis Moen – Brandon Prust – Dale Weise |
Ryan O’Reilly – Matt Duchene – Jamie McGinn Gabriel Landeskog – Paul Stastny – Nathan Mackinnon Max Talbot – John Mitchell – Cody McLeod Patrick Bordeleau – Brad Malone – Marc-Andre Cliche |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Francis Bouillon – P.K. Subban Mike Weaver – Jarred Tinordi |
Jan Hejda – Erik Johnson Tyson Barrie – Nick Holden Andre Benoit – Nate Guenin |
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| Goalies | |||
| Carey Price (Confirmed) | Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Likely) | ||
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Record: 27-17-5 GAA: 2.36 Sv%: .924 SO: 4 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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Record: 10-5-0 GAA: 2.56 Sv%: .914 SO: 2 Alternate: Semyon Valarmov |
| Scratches | |||
| Rene Bourque (healthy scratch), Michael Bournival (concussion), Josh Gorges (thumb), George Parros (healthy scratch), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch) | Alex Tanguay (game time decision), P.A. Parenteau (knee) | ||
| Game Recap (full recap available here) | ||||||
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