GameDay: Habs vs Senators Lineups, Subban, Budaj, Anderson

Steve Farnham

12 years ago

All Habs GameDay: Wednesday January 30, 2013

On this day in hockey history… 1990 – L.A.’s Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record by scoring his 100th point of the season for the 11th straight season; the milestone came with an assist in a 5-2 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils.

GAMEDAY: Guillaume, LATENDRESSE.

Ottawa Senators (3-1-1)	vs.	Montreal Canadiens (3-1-0)
	Scotiabank Place, Kanata, ON. 7:00 p.m. EST TV: RDS

Projected line combinations (updated – no game day skate for Habs today)

MONTREAL CANADIENS

Forwards

Lars Eller – David Desharnais – Erik Cole
Rene Bourque – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Brandon Prust – Alex Galchenyuk – Brendan Gallagher
Travis Moen – Ryan White – Colby Armstrong

Defensemen

Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Josh Georges – Raphael Diaz
Tomas Kaberle – Francis Bouillon

Scratches

P.K. Subban, Yannick Weber, Mike Blunden, Petteri Nokelainen (back), Max Pacioretty (appendectomy)

OTTAWA SENATORS

Forwards

Milan Michalek – Peter Regin – Jakob Silfverberg
Guillaume Latendresse – Kyle Turris – Daniel Alfredsson
Colin Greening – Zack Smith – Chris Neil
Erik Condra – Mika Zibanejad – Jim O’Brien

Defensemen

Marc Methot – Erik Karlsson
– Mark Borowiecki
Patrick Wiercioch – Chris Phillips

Scratches

Sergei Gonchar, Mike Lundin (finger), Jared Cowen (hip), Jason Spezza (back)

PROJECTED GOALTENDERS

Craig Anderson (Confirmed)	vs.	Peter Budaj (Confirmed)

Anderson is off to a great start this season with a record of 4-0-1, a 0.98 GAA and Sv% of .967 per cent.		This will be Budaj’s first start of the season, and he has zero career starts against the Senators. Last season, he was 5-7-0, with a 2.55 GAA and a Sv% of .913 per cent.

(updated)

GAMEDAY: All Habs Headlines

► Subban watch:

P.K.Subban is scheduled to have a physical in Ottawa today and will meet with Marc Bergevin and Michel Therrien to discuss their team philosophy. Subban also had a chance to meet with the media saying “It’s not about me anymore. Its about the team.”
Subban is expected to play in at least one of the weekend games in Montreal after participating in practices. Subban was back in the Canadiens pre-game video montage last night — his image got a big cheer from Bell Centre fans but there was a contingent of boo-birds too.

► Budaj gets a start:

Peter Budaj is the scheduled starter tonight in Ottawa for his first game of the season. Carey Price gets a well-deserved rest after backstopping the Canadiens to a solid 4-1 start. Price’s stats have been stellar with a 1.98 GAA and a .924 SV%.

► Hot start for Anderson:

Manning the Senators cage will be Craig Anderson. The Ottawa goaltender has posted a 4-0-1 record with 0.98 GAA and .967 SV%.

► Scoring Leaders:

Senators:

Milan Michalek: 2G, 4A
Kyle Turris: 4G, 2A
Erik Karlsson: 2G, 4A
Jason Spezza: 2G, 3A

Canadiens:

Raphael Diaz: 7A
Andrei Markov: 4G, 3A
Alex Galchenyuk: 1G, 4A
Max Pacioretty: 4A
Tomas Plekanec: 3G, 1A
Brendan Gallagher: 2G, 2A

► Game Preview:

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► Puck’s take:

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(Feature Photo: John Morstad)