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The Bulldogs (14-14-0-4) will look to sweep their 3-in-3 week as they travel to Utica to take on the league-worst Comets (10-6-1-1). Utica is now without their #1 goalie as he was just recalled to Vancouver yesterday. Projected Hamilton Lines: Holland - St. Pierre - Andrighetto Tarnasky - Dumont - Owens Leblanc - Macenauer - Thomas Courtnall - Nattinen - Fournier Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Dietz Chouinard - EllisCondon Projected Utica Lines: (based on +/- data from last game) Jensen - O'Reilly - Ferriero Archibald - Pelletier - Grenier De Fazio - Friesen - Marshall Stuart - Mallet - Lain Corrado - Sauve Biega - Andersson Huskins - Mullen CannataPuck drop is at 7:00 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play, click the banner below to listen.

It's a crucial home-and-home for Hamilton (12-14-0-4) as they look to close the 6-point game between them and the Marlies (16-9-1-1). Game one goes this afternoon in Toronto - at the ACC - while game two is tomorrow night in Hamilton. Let's use this as the GDT for both games. Blunden - St. Pierre - Andrighetto Holland - Macenauer - Leblanc Tarnasky - Dumont - Owens Courtnall - Nattinen - Fournier Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Dietz Chouinard - Ellis Tokarski (based on +/- data from previous games) Abbott - McKegg - Ashton MacLeod - Carrick - Biggs Broll - Crescenzi - Ryan Ross - Devane - Staubitz Brennan - Marshall Percy - Holzer Yeo - Granberg MacIntyre Puck drop is at 1:00 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

Projected Lines Montreal (21-13-3) Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Gionta Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Bourque - Eller - Briere Bournival - Prust - Moen Markov - Emelin* Bouillon - Subban Murray - Diaz* * May not dress if Gorges is healthy enough to play Price Nashville (16-16-3) Bourque - Legwand - Hornqvist Stalberg - Fisher - Nystrom Smith - Cullen - Spaling Clune - Hendricks - Gaustad Weber - Josi Jones - Bartley Ellis - Klein Mazanec

All that Hamilton (12-14-3) wants for Christmas is a win. That may be hard to come by today as they host Abbotsford (20-9-1-1) who sports the fourth best record in the league. The Bulldogs are catching them at the right time as the Heat have lost three straight. Projected Abbotsford Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) Reinhart - Street - Knight Baertschi - Olson - Granlund Hanowski - Jooris - Nemisz MacDermid - Eddy - Bancks Billins - Cundari Arsene - Ramage Lamb - Smith MacDonald Projected Hamilton Lines: Blunden - St. Pierre - Andrighetto Holland - Macenauer - Leblanc Tarnasky - Dumont - Owens Courtnall - Nattinen - Fournier Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Dietz Chouinard - Ellis Tokarski Puck drop is at 3:00 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

The Bulldogs (12-13-3) will once again look to get back into the win column as they travel to Iowa to take on the Wild (10-13-2), the new affiliate of, you guessed it, Minnesota. Projected Hamilton Lines: Andrighetto - Macenauer - Leblanc Tarnasky - Dumont - Blunden Owens - St. Pierre - Thomas Courtnall - Holland - Fournier Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Dietz Chouinard - Ellis Condon Projected Iowa Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) Veilleux - Peters - Phillips Foucault - Graovac - Zucker Bussieres - McMillan - Rau Matson - Caron - Hagel Connelly - Kampfer Blum - Landry Medvec - Baldwin Kuemper Puck drop is at 8:05 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

It's an early game so we get the early GDT. The Bulldogs (12-12-3) will look to score a goal...and perhaps win a game as they travel to Chicago to take on the Wolves (12-12-2). Courtnall, Thomas, and Andrighetto all skated Tuesday. At least one of them will play by the looks of it (meaning it probably won't be 11 forwards and 7 d-men)...we just don't know which one(s) will play yet. Projected Hamilton Lines: Andrighetto - St. Pierre - Thomas Tarnasky - Dumont - Holland Owens - Macenauer - Leblanc Courtnall - Nattinen - Blunden Beaulieu - Pateryn Tinordi - Dietz Schiestel - Ellis Tokarski Projected Chicago Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) Jaskin - Bolduc - Mancari Harper - Locke - Rattie Andronov - Cannone - Shattock Longpre - Hanson - Davies Chorney - Shields Hakanpaa - Oberg Edmundson - Regner Allen Puck drop is at 12:00 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

The Bulldogs (12-11-3) will look to get back into the win column tonight as they host St. John's (14-10-3). There's no word yet on whether or not either Thomas or Andrighetto (both DTD) will be ready to return...no word on Courtnall and Quailer either but no one cares about them anyway. Projected St. John's Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) Jaffrey - Gordon - O'Dell Mouillierat - Cormier - Samson Klingberg - Lowry - Lipon Schnell - MacKinnon - Riley Redmond - Chiarot O'Neill - Fredheim Kichton - Hill Olkinuora Projected Hamilton Lines: (These are a straight guess as with 11 forwards, the lines are forever getting mixed.) Holland - St. Pierre - Leblanc Owens - Macenauer - Blunden Tarnasky - Dumont - Nattinen Zurevinski - Fournier Beaulieu - Pateryn Tinordi - Dietz McIver - Ellis Chouinard Tokarski Puck drop is at 7:00 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

For the seventh (and mercifully final) time in this stretch, it's a North Division matchup. The Bulldogs (12-10-3) will look to hold onto 1st place as they host the recall-depleted Marlies (12-9-1). Projected Toronto Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) Ross - Crescenzi - Abbott Leivo - Carrick - Devane Nagy - Broll - Bodie Staubitz - Smithson - Biggs Brennan - Marshall MacWilliam - Granberg Holzer - Percy MacIntyre Projected Hamilton Lines: Owens - Dumont - Blunden Holland - St. Pierre - Nattinen Tarnasky - Macenauer - Leblanc Zurevinski - Fournier Beaulieu - Pateryn Tinordi - Dietz McIver - Ellis Chouinard Mayer Puck drop is at 7:30 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen. The game is also available on Cable 14 in Hamilton.

Montreal Canadiens (19-10-3) Projected Lineup Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Daniel Briere Brandon Prust - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta Alex Galchenyuk - Lars Eller - Brendan Gallagher Travis Moen - Ryan White - George Parros Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Josh Gorges - Alexei Emelin Douglas Murray - Raphael Diaz Carey Price Peter Budaj Team Leaders G Pacioretty/Plekanec (11) A P.K. Subban (20) PTS P.K. Subban (24) +/- Markov/Plekanec (+10) PIMS George Parros (37) Injuries: Rene Bourque, Davis Drewiske Scratches: Francis Bouillon, Michael Bournival Philadelphia Flyers (13-15-3) Projected Lineup Scott Hartnell - Claude Giroux - Jakub Voracek Michael Raffl - Brayden Schenn - Wayne Simmonds Matt Read - Sean Couturier - Steve Downie Jay Rosehill - Adam Hall - Zac Rinaldo Kimmo Timonen - Brayden Coburn Nicklas Grossmann - Mark Streit Andrej Meszaros - Luke Schenn Steve Mason Ray Emery Team Leaders G Lecavalier/Read (9) A Claude Giroux (16) PTS Claude Giroux (21) +/- Sean Couturier (+5) PIMS Zac Rinaldo (83) Injuries: Marc-Andre Bourdon, Vincent Lecavalier, Chris Pronger Scratches: Hal Gill, Erik Gustafsson, Chris VandeVelde Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST TV: RDS, TSN Habs Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5

Projected lines: Los Angeles (19-7-4) King - Kopitar - Carter Brown - Stoll - Williams Toffoli - Richards - Nolan Clifford - Fraser - Frattin Muzzin - Doughty Voynov - Regher Martinez - Mitchell Scrivens Montreal (19-9-3) Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Galchenyuk - Plekanec - Gionta Bournival - Eller - Briere Moen - Prust - Parros Markov - Subban Gorges - Emelin Murray - Diaz Price

Projected lines: Buffalo (6-21-2) Moulson - Hodgson - Stafford Leino - Ott - D'Agostini Adam - Girgensons - Ennis Foligno - McCormick - Scott McBain - Ehrhoff Pysyk - Weber Tallinder - Myers Enroth Montreal (18-9-3) Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Bournival - Plekanec - Gionta Galchenyuk - Eller - Briere Moen - Prust - Parros Markov - Subban Gorges - Emelin Murray - Diaz Price

These guys again? Yep, for the fourth time in nine games, the Bulldogs (10-9-3) take on Lake Erie (11-9-1) in a North Division battle. (And they'll see each other on Sunday as well, who do they think they are, the Marlies?) Projected Hamilton Lines: Blunden - Dumont - Nattinen Holland - St. Pierre - Thomas Tarnasky - Macenauer - Leblanc Owens - Duffy - MacAulay Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Ellis Schiestel - Dietz Tokarski Projected Lake Erie Lines: (based on +/- data from last game) van der Gulik - Olver - Wyman Lerg - Smith - Agozzino Carey - Hishon - Meurs Desbiens - Heard - Desjardins Elliott - Beaupre Hunwick - Tam Maggio - Lauridsen Aittokallio Puck drop is at 7:30 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

Projected lines: Boston (18-7-2) Lucic - Krejci - Iginla Eriksson - Bergeron - Marchand Smith - Kelly - Soderberg Thornton - Campbell - Paille Chara - Boychuk Hamilton - Seidenberg Krug - McQuaid Rask Montreal (17-9-3) Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Briere - Plekanec - Gionta Galchenyuk - Eller - Prust Moen - Bournival - Parros Markov - Subban Gorges - Emelin Murray - Diaz Price

Projected Lines: Montreal (16-9-3) Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Briere - Plekanec - Gionta Galchenyuk - Eller - Prust Moen - White - Bournival Markov - Subban Gorges - Emelin Bouillon - Diaz Budaj New Jersey (11-12-5) Jagr - Zubrus - Zajac Elias - Henrique - Bernier Loktionov - Brunner - Ryder Janssen - Josefson - Sestito Zidlicky - Volchenkov Greene - Fayne Gelinas - Merrill Schneider

The lo-fi version seemed to work last time, so here goes... Projected Lines: New Jersey (11-11-5) Jagr - Zubrus - Zajac Elias - Henrique - Bernier Loktionov - Brunner - Ryder Janssen - Josefson - Sestito Zidlicky - Volchenkov Greene - Fayne Gelinas - Merrill Brodeur Montreal (15-9-3) Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Briere - Plekanec - Gionta Galchenyuk - Eller - Bourque Moen - Bournival - Prust Markov - Subban Gorges - Emelin Murray - Diaz Price

Projected Lines: Toronto (14-9-3) van Riemsdyk - Bozak - Kessel Raymond - Kadri - Clarkson Kulemin - McClement - Smith Ashton - Smithson - Orr Phaneuf - Gunnarsson Ranger - Gardiner Fraser - Franson Bernier Montreal (14-9-3) Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher Briere - Plekanec - Gionta Galchenyuk - Eller - Prust Moen - White* - Parros Markov - Subban Gorges - Emelin Murray - Diaz Price * may not play Sorry for the lo-fi version, but I'm at work and the computers are older than I am.

Montreal Canadiens (14-9-2) Projected Lineup Daniel Briere - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta Alex Galchenyuk - Lars Eller - Brandon Prust Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Brendan Gallagher Michael Bournival - Ryan White - Travis Moen Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Josh Gorges - Alexei Emelin Francis Bouillon - Raphael Diaz Peter Budaj Carey Price Team Leaders G Brendan Gallagher (9) A P.K. Subban (18) PTS P.K. Subban (21) +/- Andrei Markov (+11) PIMS George Parros (32) Injuries: Davis Drewiske Scratches: Rene Bourque, Douglas Murray, George Parros Washington Capitals (12-11-2) Projected Lineup Marcus Johansson - Nicklas Backstrom - Alexander Ovechkin Eric Fehr - Mikhail Grabovski - Troy Brouwer Jason Chimera - Jay Beagle - Joel Ward Aaron Volpatti - Michael Latta - Tom Wilson Karl Alzner - John Carlson Nate Schmidt - Mike Green Alexander Urbom - Tyson Strachan Michal Neuvirth Braden Holtby Team Leaders G Alexander Ovechkin (20) A Nicklas Backstrom (19) PTS Alexander Ovechin (28) +/- Karl Alzner (+3) PIMS Tom Wilson (53) Injuries: John Erskine, Jack Hillen, Brooks Laich Scratches: Martin Erat, Steve Oleksy Puck Drop: 5:00 PM EST TV: RDS, TSN Habs, NHL N-US Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5

For the third time this week, it's an important divisional matchup. The Bulldogs (9-9-3) will be looking to avoid losing for the third time this week as they host Lake Erie (10-8-1), affiliate of Colorado. Projected Lake Erie Lines: (based on +/- data from last game) van der Gulik - Olver - Wyman Lerg - Smith - Agozzino Carey - Hishon - Meurs Desbiens - Heard - Desjardins Elliott - Beaupre Hunwick - Lauridsen Maggio - Tam Aittokallio Projected Hamilton Lines: Courtnall - Dumont - Blunden Tarnasky - Macenauer - Leblanc Quailer - St. Pierre - Thomas Owens - MacAulay - Nattinen Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Ellis McIver - Dietz Tokarski Puck drop is at 7:00 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

It's a battle for first place in the North Division as the Bulldogs (9-8-3) host the Marlies (10-7-1). Since Tokarski had a rough outing last game, Sylvain Lefebvre wasted no time in stating that Mayer will get the start in this one. Jordan Owens is also likely to make his Hamilton debut after signing a 25-game PTO yesterday. Projected Toronto Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) D'Amigo - McKegg - Abbott Leivo - Carrick - Ashton Broll - Crescenzi - Bodie Staubitz - Devane - Biggs MacWilliam - Holzer Brennan - Marshall Liles - Granberg MacIntyre Projected Hamilton Lines: Courtnall - Dumont - Blunden Tarnasky - Macenauer - Leblanc Quailer - St. Pierre - Thomas Owens - MacAulay - Nattinen Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Ellis McIver - Dietz Mayer Puck drop is at 7:30 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

I'm not going to be around in the morning on Wednesday so I'll post this a bit earlier than usual... Montreal Canadiens (13-9-2) Projected Lineup Daniel Briere - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta Alex Galchenyuk - Lars Eller - Brandon Prust Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Brendan Gallagher Michael Bournival - Ryan White - Travis Moen Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Josh Gorges - Alexei Emelin Douglas Murray - Raphael Diaz Carey Price Peter Budaj Team Leaders G Brendan Gallagher (8) A P.K. Subban (17) PTS P.K. Subban (20) +/- Andrei Markov (+10) PIMS George Parros (32) Injuries: Davis Drewiske Scratches: Francis Bouillon, Rene Bourque, George Parros Buffalo Sabres (5-19-1) Projected Lineup Matt Moulson - Cody Hodgson - Drew Stafford Tyler Ennis - Ville Leino - Steve Ott Zemgus Girgensons - Mikhail Grigorenko - Luke Adam Marcus Foligno - Brian Flynn - John Scott* Alexander Sulzer - Christian Ehrhoff Henrik Tallinder - Tyler Myers Brayden McNabb - Mark Pysyk Ryan Miller Jhonas Enroth Team Leaders G Hodgson/Moulson (8) A Matt Moulson (10) PTS Matt Moulson (18) +/- Brayden McNabb (+1) PIMS Cody McCormick (38) Injuries: Cody McCormick Scratches: Jamie McBain, Matt D'Agostini Corey Tropp*, Mike Weber Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST TV: RDS, TSN Habs Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5

Pittsburgh Penguins (15-8-0) Projected Lineup Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Matt D'Agostini James Neal - Evgeni Malkin - Pascal Dupuis Jussi Jokinen - Brandon Sutter - Brian Gibbons Tanner Glass - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin Oli Maatta - Kris Letang Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland Marc-Andre Fleury Jeff Zatkoff Team Leaders G Sidney Crosby (12) A Evgeni Malkin (20) PTS Sidney Crosby (30) +/- Chris Kunitz (+13) PIMS Tanner Glass (38) Injuries: Beau Bennett, Chuck Kobasew, Rob Scuderi, Tomas Vokoun Scratches: Rob Bortuzzo, Zach Sill Montreal Canadiens (12-9-2) Projected Lineup Daniel Briere - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta Alex Galchenyuk - Lars Eller - Brandon Prust Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Brendan Gallagher Michael Bournival* - Ryan White - Travis Moen Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Josh Gorges - Alexei Emelin Francis Bouillon - Raphael Diaz Carey Price Peter Budaj Team Leaders G Brendan Gallagher (8) A P.K. Subban (16) PTS P.K. Subban (19) +/- Andrei Markov (+9) PIMS George Parros (32) Injuries: Rene Bourque, Davis Drewiske Scratches: Douglas Murray, George Parros* Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST TV: RDS, CBC Radio: TSN 690 FM 98.5

While the Habs are in Buffalo to take on the Sabres, their farm teams are also in Buffalo (Rochester) tonight (who schedules these things?). Hamilton (9-7-3) have won four straight and are looking to get back on top of the North Division with a win over the Amerks (7-7-4), losers of four straight. Projected Hamilton Lines: Courtnall - Dumont - Blunden Tarnasky - Macenauer - Leblanc Quailer - St. Pierre - Thomas MacAulay - Duffy - Nattinen Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Ellis McIver - Schiestel Tokarski Projected Rochester Lines: (based on +/- data from previous games) Varone - Zigomanis - Catenacci Porter - Sundher - Tardif Schaller - Larsson - Armia Gillies - Hutchings - Gillies Ruhwedel - Ristolainen Bagnall - Gauthier-Leduc MacKenzie - Crawford Hackett Puck drop is at 7:05 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.

For reasons that defy logic, the Bulldogs (6-7-3) find themselves in Montreal tonight to take on Syracuse (9-4-2). I'm not sure whose idea it was to put Hamilton at the Bell Centre on the same night that the Habs are on the road, that's a terrible way to build up fan support. The rubber match of this home-and-home is in Syracuse tomorrow. Projected Syracuse Lines: (based on +/- data from last game) Gauthier - Namestnikov - Kucherov Paradis - Paquette - Rankin Tyrell - Angelidis - Walker Olson - Richard - Nielson Mormina - Witkowski Sergeev - Cote Henry - Landry Desjardins Projected Hamilton Lines: Nystrom - St. Pierre - Thomas Courtnall - Dumont - Blunden Tarnasky - Macenauer - Leblanc Quailer - MacAulay - Nattinen Tinordi - Pateryn Beaulieu - Ellis McIver - Schiestel Tokarski (I hope) Puck drop is at 7:30 PM, AM900 will have the play-by-play; click the banner below to listen.