GameDay: Panthers vs Habs Preview, Lineups, Puck’s Prediction
Steve Farnham
GameDay: Panthers vs Habs (Dec-15, 2013)
On this day in hockey history… 1917 – The first exhibition game in NHL history was played (four days before the league officially began) when the Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Wanderers played in a benefit game for victims of the Halifax Fire (which had occurred 10 days earlier).
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC Dec 15, 6:00 PM ET TV: RDS
Florida
PANTHERS
2nd (Atlantic)
Position
7th (Atlantic)
20-11-3
Record
11-17-5
11-6-2
Home
7-7-3
9-5-1
Away
4-10-2
7-2-1
Last 10
5-4-1
2.50
G/G
2.18
2.06
GA/G
3.15
21.4
PP%
10.8
86.5
PK%
74.0
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Alex Galchenyuk – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Michael Bournival – Lars Eller – Danny Briere
Travis Moen – Brandon Prust – Ryan White
Jonathan Huberdeau – Nick Bjugstad – Scottie Upshall
Jimmy Hayes – Aleksander Barkov – Sean Bergenheim
Tomas Kopecky – Marcel Goc – Tomas Fleischmann
Brad Boyes – Shawn Matthias – Jesse Winchester
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – P.K. Subban
Josh Gorges – Alexei Emelin
Douglas Murray – Raphael Diaz
Brian Campbell – Tom Gilbert
Erik Gudbranson – Dylan Olsen
Dmitry Kulikov – Mike Weaver
Record: 1-2-1 GAA: 3.42 Sv%: .870 SO: 0 Alternate: Jacob Markstrom
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Francis Bouillon (healthy scratch), Rene Bourque (shoulder)
Tim Thomas (groin), Ed Jovanovski (hip)
Featured Matchup
27 – Alex Galchenyuk (Centre)
16 – Aleksander Barkov (Centre)
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
(Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)
Height: 6-1 Weight: 196 Born: February 12, 1994 Birth Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Draft: 2012 1ˢᵗ round (3ʳᵈ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens
Height: 6-3 Weight: 209 Born: September 2, 1995 Birth Place: Tampere, Finland Draft: 2013 1ˢᵗ round (2ⁿᵈ pick) by the Florida Panthers
Alex Galchenyuk has 9 goals and 12 assists on the season, ranking him third amongst all Canadiens’ players in total points, behind Tomas Plekanec and leader P.K. Subban. Galchenyuk has 2 goals in his last 4 games.
Aleksander Barkov has 5 goals and 7 assists for 12 points, playing as an 18-year old on a team struggling for offensive production. He has a goal and an assist in his last 2 games.
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