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GameDay: Habs vs Lightning (Dec-28, 2013)

On this day in hockey history 1967 – Jean Beliveau had four assists to move past Maurice Richard into second place on the NHL’s all time point scoring list (behind Gordie Howe) with 967 points, as the Canadiens beat the Minnesota North Stars, 6-2.

Jean Beliveau and Maurice Richard


 Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Times Forum, Tampa, FL
Dec 28, 7:00 PM ET
TV: CBC, RDS
 Tampa Bay
LIGHTNING
47 Points / 3rd (Atlantic) Points/Position 49 Points / 2nd (Atlantic)
22-13-3 Record 23-11-3
12-7-2 Home 14-3-1
10-6-1 Away 9-8-2
6-4-0 Last 10 7-1-2
2.47 G/G 2.73
2.13 GA/G 2.32
21.4 PP% 16.2
86.4 PK% 83.5
 Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Rene Bourque – Lars Eller – Daniel Briere
Michael Bournival – Brandon Prust – Travis Moen
Ondrej Palat – Tyler Johnson – Martin St. Louis
Alex Killorn – Valtteri Filppula – Teddy Purcell
Nikita Kucherov – Nate Thompson – J.T. Brown
Richard Panik – Tom Pyatt – B.J. Crombeen
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – P.K. Subban
Josh Gorges – Alexei Emelin
Francis Bouillon – Raphael Diaz 
Matt Carle – Andrej Sustr
Victor Hedman – Mark Barberio
Jean-Philippe Cote – Radko Gudas
Goalies
Carey Price (Confirmed) Ben Bishop (Confirmed)
Record: 17-11-2
GAA: 2.10
Sv%: 0.932
SO: 2
Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 20-5-2
GAA: 1.93
Sv%: .935
SO: 3
Alternate: Anders Lindback 
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch) Steven Stamkos (leg fracture), Mattias Ohlund (knee), Keith Aulie (hand), Ryan Malone (ankle), Eric Brewer (upper-body), Sami Salo (lower-body)
Featured Matchup 
76 – P.K. Subban
(D)
26 – Martin St. Louis
(RW)

(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

(AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Height: 6-0
Weight: 216
Born: May 13, 1989
Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario
Draft: 2007 2ⁿᵈ round (43ʳᵈ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens
Height: 5-8
Weight: 180
Born: June 18, 1975
Birth Place: Laval, Quebec
Draft: Undrafted. Signed by the Calgary Flames
P.K. Subban leads the Canadiens in points. His 5 goals and 22 assists for 27 points on the season rank him fourth in the league in points for defensemen, behind Erik Karlsson, Duncan Keith and Dustin Byfuglien. Subban has 3 points in his last 4 games including a goal in his last game against the Nashville Predators. Martin St. Louis has 16 goals and 21 assists for 37 points on the season and leads the Lightning in all these categories. St. Louis has 3 goals and 4 assists in his last 5 games, including 1 goal and 2 assists in his last game against the Florida Panthers.
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