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. |
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| Matchup | ||||
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Montreal CANADIENS |
Times Forum, Tampa, FL Dec 28, 7:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS |
Tampa Bay LIGHTNING |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Goalies | |||
| Carey Price (Confirmed) | Ben Bishop (Confirmed) | ||
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Record: 17-11-2 GAA: 2.10 Sv%: 0.932 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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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) |
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| 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. |
| Highlights: Habs vs Predators (Dec-21) – Game Recap Here |
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