GameDay: Jets vs Habs Preview, Lineups, Puck’s Prediction
Steve Farnham
GameDay: Jets vs Habs (Feb-2, 2014)
On this day in hockey history… 1994 – Defenseman Lyle Odelein tied a club record for assists in a game by a defenseman, with five as the Canadiens won 9-2 over the visiting Hartford Whalers. Hall of Famer Doug Harvey had five assists on Feb 19,1955.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Bell Centre
Montreal, QC Feb 2, 1:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS
Winnipeg
JETS
64 Points / 4th (Atlantic)
Points/Position
57 Points / 7th (Central)
29-20-6
Record
26-25-5
15-9-4
Home
14-11-4
14-11-2
Away
12-14-1
4-5-1
Last 10
7-3-0
2.42
G/G
2.75
2.44
GA/G
2.88
18.6
PP%
14.6
86.2
PK%
82.8
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Travis Moen – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Rene Bourque – Lars Eller – Christian Thomas
Brandon Prust – Daniel Briere – George Parros
Andrew Ladd – Bryan Little – Michael Frolik
Chris Thorburn – Mark Scheifele – Blake Wheeler
Devin Setoguchi – Olli Jokinen – Dustin Byfuglien
Eric Tangradi – James Wright – Anthony Peluso
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Nathan Beaulieu – Douglas Murray
Zach Bogosian – Tobias Enstrom
Mark Stuart – Jacob Trouba
Adam Pardy – Keaton Ellerby
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Ondrej Pavelec(Likely)
Record: 23-16-5 GAA: 2.43 Sv%: 0.921 SO: 3 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 17-21-4 GAA: 2.99 Sv%: .900 SO: 1 Alternate: Al Montoya
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), Ryan White (upper-body), Alex Galchenyuk (broken hand), Raphael Diaz (healthy scratch), Francis Bouillon (healthy scratch), Michael Bournival (game-time decision, flu)
Matt Halischuk (fractured forearm), Evander Kane (hand infection)