GameDay: Islanders vs Habs (Apr-9, 2014)
| On this day in hockey history… 2002 – After battling cancer, Saku Koivu returned to the Habs’ lineup and received an eight-minute standing ovation. |
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Montreal CANADIENS |
Bell Centre Montreal, QC Apr 9, 7:30 PM ET TV: RDS, TSN |
New York ISLANDERS |
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| 98 Points / 2nd (Atlantic) | Points/Position | 73 Points / 8th (Metropolitan) |
| 45-27-8 | Record | 31-37-11 |
| 22-12-5 | Home | 13-19-9 |
| 23-15-3 | Away | 18-18-2 |
| 7-2-1 | Last 10 | 5-3-2 |
| 2.60 | G/G | 2.65 |
| 2.49 | GA/G | 3.24 |
| 17.6 | PP% | 16.8 |
| 85.5 | PK% | 77.6 |
| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek Brian Gionta – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher Rene Bourque – Daniel Briere – Dale Weise Michael Bournival – Ryan White – George Parros |
Anders Lee – Frans Nielsen – Josh Bailey John Persson – Brock Nelson – Ryan Strome Matt Martin – Casey Cizikas – Colin McDonald Brett Gallant – Johan Sundstrom – Mike Halmo |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban Douglas Murray – Mike Weaver |
Thomas Hickey – Travis Hamonic Kevin Czuczman – Scott Mayfield Matt Donovan – Matt Carkner |
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| Goalies | |||
| Carey Price (Confirmed) | Evgeni Nabokov (Confirmed) | ||
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Record: 33-19-5 GAA: 2.37 Sv%: .925 SO: 5 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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Record: 14-14-8 GAA: 2.82 Sv%: .903 SO: 3 Alternate: Anders Nilsson |
| Scratches | |||
| Brandon Prust (ribs), George Parros (healthy scratch), Travis Moen (concussion), Lars Eller (flu), Jarred Tinordi (healthy scratch), Alex Galchenyuk (upper-body) | John Tavares (MCL), Kyle Okposo (lower-body), Lubomir Visnovsky (upper-body), Brian Strait (upper-body), Calvin de Haan (lower-body), Michael Grabner (upper-body) | ||
| Game Recap (full recap available here) | ||||||
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| FINAL (OT) Apr-8 |
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