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Kane - McDavid - Yamamoto Foegele - Draisaitl - Puljujarvi Hyman - Nugent-Hopkins - Kassian Shore - McLeod - Ryan Nurse - Bouchard Keith - Ceci Lagesson - Russell Skinner Lehkonen - Suzuki - Toffoli Pitlick - Evans - Anderson Dauphin - Poehling - Hoffman Pezzetta - Vejdemo - Paquette Chiarot - Petry Kulak - Clague Romanov - Wideman Montembeault

8-32 Habs vs 24-13 Wild Zuccarello 10pts last 5gms, hav won 5 of last 6, a good 'test' for Habs. Lehkonen and Suzuki, along with Christian Dvorak and Tyler Toffoli, have all registered at least one point in the last three games. Monday, January 24 Morning skate LW C RW 62 - Artturi Lehkonen 14 - Nick Suzuki 73 - Tyler Toffoli 45 - Laurent Dauphin 28 - Christian Dvorak 68 - Mike Hoffman 32 - Rem Pitlick 71 - Jake Evans 17 - Josh Anderson 55 - Michael Pezzetta 25 - Ryan Poehling 13 - Cedric Paquette 42 - Lukas Vejdemo LD RD G 8 - Ben Chiarot 58 - David Savard 30 - Cayden Primeau 77 - Brett Kulak 26 - Jeff Petry 70 - Michael McNiven 27 - Alexander Romanov 20 - Chris Wideman 15 - Sami Niku 43 - Kale Clague 64 - Corey Schueneman Tale of the Tape Canadiens Statistics Wild 8-25-7 Record 24-10-3 46.9% (25th) Scoring-chances-for % 50.1% (17th) 2.18 (32nd) Goals per game 3.70 (3rd) 3.65 (31st) Goals against per game 2.97(17th) 13.3% (31st) PP% 17.7% (21st) 73.0% (29th) PK% 79.7% (16th) 1-1-0 (19-20) H2H Record 1-1-0 (19-20)

Let's do the one GDT for both games since it's a back-to-back in Texas. Bourque - Dea - Ylonen Harvey-Pinard - Beaudin - Belzile Martel - Abbandonato - Roy Baddock - Fortin - Teasdale Ouellet - Paquette-Bisson Fairbrother - Belpedio Schueneman - Dello Poulin Lines based on last game's +/- data. Merchant - Dellandrea - Caamano Tufte - Back - Melnick McKenzie - Gardner - Felhaber Louis - Gregoire - Karlstrom Petrovic - Harley Cecconi - Shea Gleason - Rosburg Khudobin Puck drop is at 8 PM ET for both games.

To save Don from doing what he "shouldn't" ... but don't think I can delete that thread (as he requested): Thursday, January 27 Optional morning skate A D G 41 - Paul Byron (no-contact) 43 - Kale Clague 35 - Sam Montembeault 45 - Laurent Dauphin 27 - Alexander Romanov 71 - Jake Evans 11 - Brendan Gallagher (no-contact) 55 - Michael Pezzetta 32 - Rem Pitlick 25 - Ryan Poehling 42 - Lukas Vejdemo So that tells us little if anything In his pregame press conference, head coach Dominique confirmed that Lukas Vejdemo would be back in the lineup to replace Christian Dvorak, who was injured in the game against the Minnesota Wild ... That'll be Ducharme's lone lineup change for Thursday. Cayden Primeau will be making a third consecutive start in goal.

(Lines are from last game) Toffoli - Suzuki - Evans Dauphin - Dvorak - Hoffman Drouin - Pitlick - Anderson Pezzetta - Poehling - Lehkonen Chiarot - Savard Clague - Petry Romanov - Wideman Primeau (Lines are from last game) Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen Burakovsky - Kadri - O'Connor Aube-Kubel - Newhook - Compher Jost - Maltsev - Sherwood Toews - Makar J. Johnson - Girard MacDermid - E. Johnson Kuemper

THE man https://twitter.com/i/status/1484342367150694406 Thursday, January 20 Morning skate LW C RW 73 - Tyler Toffoli 14 - Nick Suzuki 71 - Jake Evans 92 - Jonathan Drouin 32 - Rem Pitlick 17 - Josh Anderson 45 - Laurent Dauphin 28 - Christian Dvorak 68 - Mike Hoffman 55 - Michael Pezzetta 25 - Ryan Poehling 62 - Artturi Lehkonen 13 - Cedric Paquette 42 - Lukas Vejdemo

Early game 7-29 Habs vs 8-28 Arizona...who the heck knows what kind of game this will be. Sunday, January 16 Practice LW C RW 68 - Mike Hoffman 14 - Nick Suzuki 17 - Josh Anderson 32 - Rem Pitlick 28 - Christian Dvorak 92 - Jonathan Drouin 62 - Artturi Lehkonen 71 - Jake Evans 40 - Joel Armia 55 - Michael Pezzetta / 45 - Laurent Dauphin 25 - Ryan Poehling 22 - Cole Caufield 13 - Cedric Paquette (No contact) 42 - Lukas Vejdemo 73 - Tyler Toffoli (No contact)

No place to put this, so why not jinx us big time. Drouin-Pitlick-Anderson;Toffoli-Suzuki-Evans;Pezzetta-Poehling-Lehkonen;Dauphin-Dvorak-Hoffman;Chiarot-Savard;Clague-Petry;Romanov-Wideman. Montembeault.

(Lines are from last night's game) Martel - Gignac - Roy Baddock - Dea - Bourque Ducharme - Beaudin - Fortin Abbandonato - Hillis - St. Amant Amorosa - Dello Paquette-Bisson - Belpedio Galipeau - Beaudoin Poulin (Lines are guesses based on +/- data) Whelan - Khodorenko - Pajuniemi O'Leary - Richards - DiGiacinto Luchuk - Fritz - Rueschoff Pecararo - Hayhurst - Elmer Robertson - Lundkvist Bitetto - Skinner Taylor - Giuttari Kinkaid (the Rangers sent him down today to make this start) No TV coverage for this one but the game can be watched for free on AHLTV.

Martel - Gignac - Roy Bourque - Dea - Abbandonato Baddock - Beaudin - Fortin Ducharme - Hillis -Smith-Pelly Amorosa - Dello Belpedio - Beaudoin Paquette-Bisson - Neill Poulin Anyone else find it concerning that even in spite of all these injuries, Hillis is on the fourth line? (They numbered their lines this way, yes, it's odd...) McGing - Peca - Anas MacEachern - Kaspick - Washkurak Balmas - Laferriere Christensen - Shea - Crinella Cross - Kim Tucker - Wesley Luce - Santini Kallen Ellis

I'll take this one, hoping to shake the avatar: But since I am now more and more of a troll than anything, here is what may happen instead:

MONTREAL CANADIENS Lehkonen - Suzuki - Hoffman Drouin - Dvorak - Armia Dauphin - Poehling - Caufield Paquette - Vejdemo - Pezzetta Chiarot - Savard Kulak - Petry Niku - Romanov Montembeault Primeau Scratched: Jake Evans Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Josh Anderson (upper body), Tyler Toffoli (hand), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Jake Allen (lower body) Suspended: Chris Wideman COVID-19 protocol: Alex Belzile, Kale Clague CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS DeBrincat - Toews - Connolly Kubalik - Reichel - Kane Entwistle - Kurashev - Dach Khaira - Borgstrom - Carpenter de Haan - Mitchell Jones - Murphy Galvas - Stillman Fleury Lankinen Scratched: Kurtis Gabriel, Sam Lafferty, Brandon Hagel Injured: Reese Johnson (clavicle), Tyler Johnson (neck) COVID-19 protocol: Seth Jones, Erik Gustafsson, Jake McCabe

Koepke - Dumont - Barre-Boulet Fortier - Somppi - Ryfors Goncalves - Hudon - Cajkovic Labrie - Elie - Walcott Jones - Raddysh Garrison - Green Hora - Lees Lagace Martel - Gignac - Roy Bourque - Dea - Abbandonato Ducharme - Beaudin - Fortin Smith-Pelly - Valentini - St.-Amant Amorosa - Dello P.-Bisson - Neill Galipeau - Beaudoin McNiven If you're counting, Dea and McNiven are the only players on NHL contracts in the lineup.

The Florida Panthers scored nine goals on Thursday night. The Montreal Canadiens scored none. The Panthers have the most home wins in the NHL (16-3-0), and they are a top-four team in the league overall. The Canadiens have the worst road record in the NHL (2-12-3), and they are last in the Eastern Conference with 18 points.

(Lines are from last game and are likely to change with 2 more COVID protocol placements today) Drouin - Suzuki - Gallagher Harvey-Pinard - Poehling - Caufield Belzile - Evans - Ylonen Pezzetta - Paquette - Vejdemo Romanov - Savard Kulak - Clague Schueneman - Niku Montembeault Niederreiter - Aho - Teravainen Svechnikov - Trocheck - Necas Kotkaniemi - Staal - Jarvis Fast - Stepan - Lorentz Slavin - DeAngelo Skjei - Pesce Cole - Bear Andersen

Montembeault is starting. Hope Covid lineups make for some interesting hockey at least. https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/pregame-lines-defense-pairings-and-updates-december-28/c-329248172

Hughes - Fogarty -Senyshyn Asselin - Koppanen - Wagner Tralvaks - Voyer - Brazeau D'Aoust - Hall Moore - Ness Vaakanainen - Wolff Ahcan - Lewington Lyle Bourque - Dea - Beaudin Harvey-Pinard - Vejdemo - Belzile Martel - Gignac - Roy Baddock - Hillis - Abbandonato Amorosa - Belpedio Fairbrother - Dello Schueneman - Paquette-Bisson McNiven Puck drop is at 7 PM on RDS.

Will the Habs stop the losing streak? Will Gorton see them win for the first time since he joined? Players drafted by Montreal highlighted Montreal Canadiens Hoffman-Suzuki-Perreault Drouin-*Evans (game-time decision)-Armia Lehkonen-Poehling-Caufield Pezzetta-Paquette-Dauphin Chiarot-Savard Romanov-*Petry (game-time decision) Kulak-Clague *Wideman (back home with family) Allen (Montembeault) Pittsburgh Penguins Rodrigues-Crosby-Kapanen Zucker-Carter-Heinen AstonReese-Blueger-McGinn O'Connor-Boyle-Simon Dumoulin-Letang Pettersson-Marino Matheson-Ruhwedel Jarry (DeSmith) Lineups from https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/ ===============================

(Lines are from last game) Bourque - Dea - Ylonen Harvey-Pinard - Vejdemo - Belzile Martel - Gignac- Roy Baddock - Hillis- Fortin Amorosa - Belpedio Paquette-Bisson - Neill Dello - Beaudoin Primeau Poulin (While Dauphin and Schueneman were sent down yesterday, they will not catch up with the team in time to play.) (Lines are from last game) Seney - Der-Arguchintsev - Anderson Steeves - Abramov - Ho-Sang McMann - Douglas - Gabriel Kopacka - Chyzowski - Clune Hellickson - Dahlstrom Rubins - Duszak Hoefenmayer - Biega Mrazek (conditioning assignment) Puck drop is at 4 PM.

Bourque - Dea - Beaudin Harvey-Pinard - Vejdemo - Belzile Martel - Gignac - Roy Baddock - Hillis - Abbandonato Amorosa - Belpedio Norlinder - Dello Fairbrother - Paquette-Bisson Primeau (Lines are from last game) Snively - Pilon - Jonsson-Fjallby Gersich - Vecchione - Moulson Kessy - Morelli - Clark Dmowski - Rymsha - Wittchow Kempny - Nardella Alexeyev - Franson Geisser - McIlrath Fucale Puck drop is at 5 PM.

NOTE: The above is 6:00 CST

https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/pregame-canadiens-blues-what-you-need-to-know-december-11/c-328864130?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=CHCcontent&utm_content=EN-1211-SkipPreview Armia and Petry skating this morning

(Lines are from last game) Bourque - Dea - Fortin Harvey-Pinard - Vejdemo - Belzile Martel - Gignac - Roy Baddock - Abbandonato - Beaudin Amorosa - Belpedio Norlinder - Dello Paquette-Bisson - Neill Primeau (Lines are from last game) Krebs - Malone - Peterka Warren - MacInnis - Mersch Ruotsalainen - Biro - Jobst Scarfo - Franco - Pekar Teves - Prow Samuelsson - Fitzgerald Tischke - Laaksonen Robson Puck drop is at 7:30.

(Lines are from last game) Perfetti - Gustafsson - Poganski Malott - Suess - Reichel Eyssimont - Maier - Burgess Caron - Meireles - Egle Samberg - Kovacevic Heinola - Oligny Chisholm - Gawanke Holm (Lines are from last game) Bourque - Dea - Fortin Harvey-Pinard - Vejdemo - Belzile Martel - Gignac - Roy Baddock - Abbandonato - Beaudin Amorosa - Belpedio Norlinder - Dello Paquette-Bisson - Neill Primeau McNiven Puck drop is at 7:30 on RDS.