GameDay: Habs vs Lightning – Game 2, Lineups, Puck’s Predictions
Steve Farnham
GameDay: Habs vs Lightning – Game 2 (Apr-18, 2014)
On this day in hockey history… 1959 – The Montreal Canadiens won their 4th consecutive Stanley Cup, defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1.
Round 1
The Canadiens lead the series 1-0.
Canadiens
@
Lightning
1
MTL (5) @ TBL (4) [OT]
Apr 16, 7pm
2
MTL @ TBL
Apr 18, 7pm
3
TBL @ MTL
May 20, 7pm
4
TBL @ MTL
May 22, 7pm
*5
MTL @ TBL
May 24, 7pm
*6
TBL @ MTL
May 27, TBD
*7
MTL @ TBL
May 29, TBD
Game 2Times Forum – Tampa, FL Apr 18, 7:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS, CNBC
* if necessary
Matchup – Regular Season Stats
Montreal CANADIENS
The Lightning beat the Canadiens in three of the four match-ups these season. Other than a Lightning 3-1 win on April 1st, all other games went to overtime, two of which necessitated a shootout. The Canadiens only win against the Lightning was at Times Forum in Tampa.
Tampa Bay LIGHTNING
100 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
101 Points / 2nd (Atlantic)
46-28-8
Record
46-27-9
23-13-5
Home
25-10-6
23-15-3
Away
21-17-3
7-2-1
Last 10
7-3-0
2.55
G/G
2.83
2.45
GA/G
2.55
17.2
PP%
18.5
85.1
PK%
80.7
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek Brandon Prust – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher Rene Bourque – Lars Eller – Brian Gionta Michael Bournival – Daniel Briere – Dale Weise
Alex Killorn – Steven Stamkos – Tyler Johnson Richard Panik – Valtteri Filppula – Ryan Callahan Teddy Purcell – Nate Thompson – J.T. Brown Tom Pyatt – Cedric Paquette – Nikita Kucherov
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban Francis Bouillon – Mike Weaver
Matt Carle – Radko Gudas Victor Hedman – Andrej Sustr Eric Brewer – Sami Salo
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Anders Lindback(Unconfirmed)
Record: 1-0 GAA: 308 Sv%: .840 SO: 0 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Travis Moen (concussion), Ryan White (healthy scratch), Jarred Tinordi (healthy scratch), George Parros (healthy scratch), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch), Alex Galchenyuk (upper-body)
Cody Kunyk, Mike Kostka, Mattias Ohlund (knee), Ondrej Palat (lower-body), Ben Bishop (arm)
