DON Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 8th place Habs 11-6-3 vs 17th place Caps 9-7-3 9 game point streak for Domi, enough said. Well; Backstrom, Ovi & Kuznetsov have 64pts between them and Carlson has 19pts...so pretty obvious who needs to be focus of close checking. Kuznetsov and Oshie both out for this game. Canadiens projected lineup Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher Jonathan Drouin -- Max Domi -- Andrew Shaw Kenny Agostino -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Artturi Lehkonen Nicolas Deslauriers -- Matthew Peca -- Charles Hudon Jordie Benn -- Jeff Petry David Schlemko -- Noah Juulsen Mike Reilly -- Victor Mete Carey Price Antti Niemi Scratched: Karl Alzner, Xavier Ouellet Injured: Shea Weber (knee), Joel Armia (lower body), Paul Byron (lower body), Nikita Scherbak (lower body) (from NHL.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 One lineup change for the Habs as Reilly's in for Ouellet. Braden Holtby still isn't 100% so Pheonix Copley gets the start in net while Washington's still without Oshie and Kuznetsov. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKross Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 2 hours ago, DON said: 8th place Habs 11-6-3 vs 17th place Caps 9-7-3 9 game point streak for Domi, enough said. Well; Backstrom, Ovi & Kuznetsov have 64pts between them and Carlson has 19pts...so pretty obvious who needs to be focus of close checking. No lineups yet. 8th overall and 4th or 5th in our own division--- tells me that we are in the toughest division in hockey-- as positive as the start has been we are still treading water-- Weber will help-- but still need to add 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 5 hours ago, BlueKross said: 8th overall and 4th or 5th in our own division--- tells me that we are in the toughest division in hockey-- as positive as the start has been we are still treading water-- Weber will help-- but still need to add Need to add? You mean trade youth, picks or prospects for a cup run in spring/summer of 2019? Hope you dont mean that, that is what i fear just might happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tomh009 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 45 minutes ago, DON said: It's all upstairs, as Price said himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbhatt Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 No Oshie...no Kuznetzov...backup getting the start = this is a must-win. You can't squander gifts like this when they are presented. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 So is Lehkonen the new Jan Bulis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 So is Reilly the new Andrei Markov? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 That was a frustrating period on a few counts. The defence was abysmal - they can't just keep giving the way the puck like that. The bounce on Connolly's goal was certainly an unfortunate one while it got annoying watching the linesman throw a centre (or two) out of every faceoff. They may as well start sending in the wingers to get tossed at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Down to 5 D for the rest of the night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 1:40 minutes into the second and we go from down by one to up by two ?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meller93 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 CoconutMiami with two apples, thats great for him. Loved seein the kid produce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Damn work ... missed all the fun at the beginning of the second! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Something tells me that the Habs will need to score at least one more to win tonight. Price hasn't been bad but with the state of the back end, I have a hunch it's going to cost them before the night's out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 That's the case every night. D zone is terrible I've only seen half the games, but you know what else is bad on this team. The 4th line is terrible. They don't hit, they don't score and they don't play D. Not sure what the hype was on Peca, he is a marginal 4th line center with some speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link67 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 The D is looking leaky as usual these days, i'm liking our transition game, but holy heck is it easy to get through the bodies in our zone, giving away scoring chances like food sampling at costco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 28 minutes ago, dlbalr said: Something tells me that the Habs will need to score at least one more to win tonight. Price hasn't been bad but with the state of the back end, I have a hunch it's going to cost them before the night's out. Is there anything else that something is telling you? Because it appears to be getting things right tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Even Ovie liked that save... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 So once again ... one goal is what we need. It's nice to know we'll come out with at least one point, but given that we scored four goals on Copley and drove him out, I might have hoped we could have won this one outright. Mais l'esprit de corps, c'est vraiment magnifique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Weak goal to lose it. Shame they were doing well in the overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Schlemko and Benn were just awful. Hopefully one or both is on the trade block shortly, I can’t count how many give aways both had this game. Such a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Gallagher had a chance to finish and he didn't The caps did. When you sit back in the third and try not to lose, you eventually lose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Maybe we should play Niemi at home and Price on the road? Is that the answer to the "upstairs problem"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 That game could have been 7-4 in regulation without Price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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