On this day in hockey history… 1955 – In a game between Montreal and Toronto, NHL officials wore new vertically striped black and white sweaters for the first time. Canadiens won the game 5-2.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL Dec 29, 5:00 PM ET TV: TSN, RDS
Florida
PANTHERS
49 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
33 Points / 7th (Atlantic)
23-13-3
Record
14-20-5
12-7-2
Home
7-9-3
11-6-1
Away
7-11-2
6-4-0
Last 10
6-4-0
2.44
G/G
2.23
2.10
GA/G
3.15
20.9
PP%
11.4
86.7
PK%
73.0
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Rene Bourque – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Alex Galchenyuk – Lars Eller – Daniel Briere
Brandon Prust – Ryan White – Travis Moen
Tomas Fleischmann – Nick Bjugstad – Jonathan Huberdeau
Sean Bergenheim – Aleksander Barkov – Brad Boyes
Shawn Matthias – Marcel Goc – Tomas Kopecky
Krys Barch – Drew Shore – Jimmy Hayes
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Francis Bouillon – Raphael Diaz
Brian Campbell – Tom Gilbert
Alex Petrovic – Dylan Olsen
Dmitry Kulikov – Mike Weaver
Record: 4-4-1 GAA: 3.10 Sv%: .889 SO: 0 Alternate: Tim Thomas
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch), Michael Bournival (healthy scratch)
Ed Jovanovski (hip), Erik Gudbranson (orbital surgery), Scottie Upshall (lower-body), Scott Gomez (healthy scratch)
Featured Matchup
14 – Tomas Plekanec (C)
20 – Sean Bergenheim (LW)
(Photo by Jen Fuller/Getty Images)
(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Height: 5-11 Weight: 196 Born: October 31, 1982 Birth Place: Kladno, Czechoslovakia Draft: 2001 3ʳᵈ round (71ˢᵗ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens
Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 Born: February 8, 1984 Birth Place: Helsinki, Finland Draft: 2002 1ˢᵗ round (22ⁿᵈ pick) by the New York Islanders
Tomas Plekanec has 13 goals and 11 assists for 24 points on the season, and leads all Canadiens’ forwards in the latter category. Plekanec has 2 goals in his last 2 games.
Sean Bergenheim has 7 goals and 3 assists for 10 points on the season. 5 of those 10 points have come in his last 5 games, including a 2-goal night on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings.
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