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GameDay: Habs vs Canes Preview, Lineups, Puck’s Prediction

Steve Farnham

11 years ago

GameDay: Habs vs Canes (Feb-8, 2014)

On this day in hockey history… 1997 – Detroit Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman earned his 1,000th NHL win.

Matchup
	Montreal CANADIENS	PNC Arena Raleigh, NC Feb 8, 6:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS	Carolina HURRICANES

68 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)	Points/Position	61 Points / 5th (Metropolitan)
31-21-6	Record	26-21-9
17-10-4	Home	15-11-5
14-11-2	Away	11-10-4
4-5-1	Last 10	7-3-0
2.43	G/G	2.54
2.38	GA/G	2.70
19.2	PP%	14.4
85.9	PK%	80.1

Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher Daniel Briere – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta Rene Bourque – Lars Eller – Brandon Prust Dale Weise – Ryan White – Francis Bouillon		Jiri Tlusty – Eric Staal – Alexander Semin Jeff Skinner – Jordan Staal – Elias Lindholm Nathan Gerbe – Manny Malhotra – Pat Dwyer Drayson Bowman – Riley Nash – Tuomo Ruutu
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban Nathan Beaulieu – Douglas Murray		Justin Faulk – Andrej Sekera John-Michael Liles – Ron Hainsey Brett Bellemore – Jay Harrison
Goalies
Carey Price (Confirmed)		Anton Khudobin (Unconfirmed)
	Record: 25-17-5 GAA: 2.36 Sv%: 0.924 SO: 4 Alternate: Peter Budaj		Record: 13-5-0 GAA: 2.09 Sv%: .930 SO: 0 Alternate: Cam Ward
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), Travis Moen (lower-body), Alex Galchenyuk (broken hand), Michael Bournival (concussion), George Parros (healthy scratch)		Joni Pitkanen (broken left calcaneus (heel)), John-Michael Liles (questionable)

Game Recap (full recap available here)
	5		Vs.		2
Feb-6

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