GameDay: Habs vs Leafs Preview, Lineups, Puck’s Prediction
Steve Farnham
GameDay: Habs vs Leafs (Jan-18, 2014)
On this day in hockey history… 1958 – Boston’s Willie O’Ree skated onto the ice at Montreal and became the first player of African descent to appear in an NHL game.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON (AKA Enemy Territory) Jan 18, 7:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS, NHLN-US
Toronto
MAPLE LEAFS
59 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
53 Points / 4th (Atlantic)
27-16-5
Record
24-20-5
14-8-3
Home
16-10-1
13-8-2
Away
8-10-4
5-3-2
Last 10
6-4-0
2.50
G/G
2.59
2.33
GA/G
2.96
19.4
PP%
22.1
86.1
PK%
77.5
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Brandon Prust – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Michael Bournival – Lars Eller – Danny Briere
Travis Moen – Joonas Nattinen – George Parros
James van Riemsdyk – Tyler Bozak – Phil Kessel
Mason Raymond – Nazem Kadri – Joffrey Lupul
Carter Ashton – Peter Holland – Nikolai Kulemin
Troy Bodie – Jay McClement – Colton Orr
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
P.K. Subban – Josh Gorges
Douglas Murray – Nathan Beaulieu
Carl Gunnarsson – Dion Phaneuf
Cody Franson – Tim Gleason
Jake Gardiner – Morgan Rielly
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Jonathan Bernier(Confirmed)
Record: 22-12-4 GAA: 2.26 Sv%: 0.926 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 15-14-4 GAA: 2.58 Sv%: .926 SO: 1 Alternate: James Reimer
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), Ryan White (upper-body), Alex Galchenyuk (broken hand), David Desharnais (game time), Raphael Diaz (flu), Rene Bourque (healthy scratch)
Dave Bolland (achilles), Frazer McLaren (undisclosed), David Clarkson (elbow)
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