GameDay: Habs vs Sabres (Mar-16, 2014)
| On this day in hockey history… 1961 – Montreal’s Bernie Geoffrion became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season, in a 5-2 win over Toronto. His 50 goals tied a mark set in 1945 by Maurice Richard. |  |
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Montreal CANADIENS |
First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY Mar 16, 7:00 PM ET TV: RDS |
Buffalo SABRES |
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| 79 Points / 4th (Atlantic) | Points/Position | 46 Points / 8th (Atlantic) |
| 36-25-7 | Record | 19-40-8 |
| 19-11-5 | Home | 12-19-5 |
| 17-14-2 | Away | 7-21-3 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 4-6-0 |
| 2.46 | G/G | 1.88 |
| 2.52 | GA/G | 2.92 |
| 18.0 | PP% | 14.4 |
| 85.0 | PK% | 81.8 |
| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek Daniel Briere – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher Alex Galchenyuk – Lars Eller – Brian Gionta Travis Moen – Brandon Prust – Dale Weise |
Cory Conacher – Tyler Ennis – Drew Stafford Marcus Foligno – Cody Hodgson – Matt D’Agostini Nicolas Deslauriers – Brian Flynn – Ville Leino John Scott – Zenon Konopka – Matt Ellis |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Francis Bouillon – P.K. Subban Mike Weaver – Jarred Tinordi |
Rasmus Ristolainen – Christian Ehrhoff Chad Ruhwedel – Henrik Tallinder Jamie McBain – Mike Weber |
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| Goalies | |||
| Dustin Tokarski (Confirmed) | Jhonas Enroth (Likely) | ||
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Record: 1-0-0 GAA: 2.91 Sv%: .922 SO: 0 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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Record: 4-16-5 GAA: 2.81 Sv%: .911 SO: 0 Alternate: Michal Neuvirth |
| Scratches | |||
| Rene Bourque (healthy scratch), Michael Bournival (concussion), Carey Price (lower body), Josh Gorges (thumb), George Parros (healthy scratch), Douglas Murray(healthy scratch) | Chris Stewart (ankle), Zemgus Girgensons (lower-body), Tyler Myers (undisclosed), Alexander Sulzer (head) | ||
| Game Recap (full recap available here) | ||||||
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| FINAL (OT) Mar-15 |
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