GameDay: Habs vs Penguins Preview, Lineups, Puck’s Prediction
Steve Farnham
GameDay: Habs vs Penguins (Jan-22, 2014)
On this day in hockey history… 1987 – A snowstorm in New Jersey delayed the game between the Devils and Flames for two hours. When it finally started, only 334 fans were on hand to see the Devils beat the Flames 7-5. The game ended at 11:44 PM.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA Jan 22, 7:00 PM ET TV: TSN, RDS
Pittsburgh
PENGUINS
59 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
70 Points / 1st (Metropolitan)
27-17-5
Record
34-13-2
14-8-3
Home
20-4-0
13-9-2
Away
14-9-2
4-4-2
Last 10
7-2-1
2.51
G/G
3.12
2.39
GA/G
2.45
19.6
PP%
24.2
85.6
PK%
87.9
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Lars Eller – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Rene Bourque – Danny Briere – Brandon Prust
Louis Leblanc – Michael Bournival – Travis Moen
Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – Chuck Kobasew
Jussi Jokinen – Evgeni Malkin – James Neal
Tanner Glass – Brandon Sutter – Taylor Pyatt
Craig Adams – Zach Sill – Jayson Megna
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – P.K. Subban
Nathan Beaulieu – Josh Gorges
Douglas Murray – Francis Bouillon
Paul Martin – Brooks Orpik
Rob Scuderi – Kris Letang
Olli Maatta – Matt Niskanen
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Marc-Andre Fleury(Confirmed)
Record: 22-13-4 GAA: 2.30 Sv%: 0.924 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 27-11-1 GAA: 2.33 Sv%: .915 SO: 3 Alternate: Jeff Zatkoff
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), Ryan White (upper-body), Alex Galchenyuk (broken hand), David Desharnais (game time), Raphael Diaz (flu)
Beau Bennett (wrist), Tomas Vokoun (blood clot), Chris Conner (hand), Brian Gibbons (lower-body), Pascal Dupuis (knee)
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