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There is nothing on Twitter about a morning skate/line-up ... but per Habs website "it is likely that Sam Montembeault will get the nod between the pipes".

GO get em! https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2022/12/23/23523689/canadiens-stars-game-preview-start-time-tale-of-the-tape-and-how-to-watch-tv-listings Tale of the Tape Canadiens Statistics Stars 15-15-3 Record 19-9-6 45.2% (26th) Scoring-chances-for % 52.7% (8th) 2.70 (28th) Goals per game 3.56 (5th) 3.45 (24th) Goals against per game 2.79 (11th) 13.6% (32nd) PP% 25.7% (9th) 78.8% (16th) PK% 83.1% (4th) 0-1-0 H2H Record 1-0-0

Montreal (15-16-3) - 33 pts Tampa Bay (20-11-1) - 41 pts Caufield - Suzuki - Armia Drouin - Dach - Hoffman Anderson - Dvorak - Slafkovsky Pezzetta - Evans - Richard/Dadonov Edmundson - Guhle Xhekaj - Kovacevic Harris - Barron Allen Hagel - Point - Kucherov Stamkos - Paul - Colton Killorn - Cirelli - Maroon Namestnikov - Bellemare - Perry Hedman - Bogosian Cole - Cernak Sergachev - Perbix Vasilevskiy Gallagher practiced with a regular jersey. Barron called up from Laval.

Projected lines from yesterday’s practice: Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Slafkovsky - Drouin - Anderson Dadonov - Dvorak - Hoffman Richard - Evans - Armia Edmundson - Guhle Harris - Kovacevic Xhekaj - Wideman Allen

Wideman likely draws in for the injured Matheson tonight. Go tank Go

Matheson returns Dadonov and Wideman sit Dach back to centre Anderson back with CC&NS Drouin moves up (?) Pezzetta steps in

Henrique - Zegras - Terry Vatrano - Strome - Silfverberg Comtois - McTavish - Leason Carrick - Megna Fowler - Kulikov Benoit - Klingberg Vaakanainen - Shattenkirk Beaulieu Dostal Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Dadonov - Dvorak - Hoffman Slafkovsky - Evans - Anderson Pitlick - Drouin - Armia Harris - Kovacevic Edmundson - Guhle Xhekaj - Wideman Allen

Montreal (14-12-2) - 32 pts Ottawa (12-14-2) - 26 pts Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Dadonov - Dvorak - Hoffman Slafkovsky - Evans - Anderson Pezzetta - Drouin - Armia Edmundson - Guhle Harris - Kovacevic Xhekaj - Wideman Montembeault Tkachuk - Brassard - Giroux DeBrincat - Pinto - Batherson Kelly - Kastelic - Watson Luccini - Chartier - Gambrell Chabot - Zaitsev Sanderson - Hamonic Brannstrom - Holden Talbot Thanks for the Canadiens lineup @dlbalr. Stutzle is out for a week for Ottawa. I can't seem to find a certain source for the starting goalie for Ottawa, best I found is from sportsnet.

Calgary (13-11-4) - 30 pts Montreal (13-12-2) - 28 pts Huberdeau - Lindholm - Toffoli Dube - Kadri - Mangiapane Ruzicka - Backlund - Phillips Coleman - Zohorna - Lewis Hanifin - Andersson Zadorov - Tanev Mackey - Stone Markstrom Caufield - Suzuki - Anderson Dadonov - Dvorak - Armia Slafkovsky - Dach - Hoffman Pitlick - Evans - Pezzetta Edmundson - Guhle Harris - Kovacevic Xhekaj - Wideman Allen No lineup changes for the Canadiens as per St. Louis.

Lines based on conjecture as Matheson is questionable. Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Hoffman - Dvorak - Armia Slafkovsky - Evans - Anderson Dadonov - Drouin - Pezzetta/Pitlick Edmundson - Guhle Harris - Kovacevic Xhekaj - Wideman Allen Will update lines as they are available after Saturday morning skate. EDIT TO ADD REAL LINES Dach back at centre

Lines are from last game. Reinhardt - Chartier - Lodin Crookshank - Lucchini - Sokolov Saulnier - Cassels - Sabourin Boucher - Betts - Lukosevicius Larsson - Thomson Breton - Guenette Bernard - Dougherty Bibeau Richard - Gignac - Simoneau Harvey-Pinard - Belzile - Ylonen Abbandonato - Stephens - Bourque Teasdale - Condotta Beaudin - Schueneman Trudeau - Leskinen Norlinder - Dello Galipeau Poulin

No lines posted by the usual reporters but will update when they appear. I suspect Allen in net and Monahan is likely not playing. Perhaps Dach moves back to centre tonight. A Slafkovsky hat trick would be super

I'll be there with Mrs. Cucumber, wearing my Howie Morenz jersey. Or maybe my Doug Harvey. It'll be a last-second mood decision. The Canucks are missing their ace goalie Thatcher Demko, and, of course, are one of the most haplessly mismanaged NHL squads of the past decade. Their D has exactly one bona-fide top-4 player on it (the sublime Quinn Hughes). Nonetheless, they have some good players, and Petterson and Horvat have been in beast mode. Line combos courtesy Team Line Combinations - Daily Faceoff LW C RW COLE CAUFIELD NICK SUZUKI KIRBY DACH EVGENII DADONOV CHRISTIAN DVORAK JOEL ARMIA JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY SEAN MONAHAN JOSH ANDERSON MICHAEL PEZZETTA JAKE EVANS REM PITLICK DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS MICHAEL MATHESON DAVID SAVARD JOEL EDMUNDSON KAIDEN GUHLE ARBER XHEKAJ JOHNATHAN KOVACEVIC LW C RW J.T. MILLER BO HORVAT NILS HOGLANDER ANDREI KUZMENKO ELIAS PETTERSSON ILYA MIKHEYEV BROCK BOESER SHELDON DRIES CONOR GARLAND CURTIS LAZAR NILS AMAN JACK STUDNICKA DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS OLIVER EKMAN-LARSSON ETHAN BEAR QUINN HUGHES LUKE SCHENN RILEY STILLMAN TYLER MYERS

Allen starting, Gallagher not dressing. Harris & Wideman sit Kovacevic is back in. Tale of the Tape Canadiens Statistics Oilers 12-10-1 Record 13-11-0 45.8% (24th) Scoring-chances-for % 50,5% (17th) 2,78 (26th) Goals per game 3,42 (9th) 3,39 (22nd) Goals against per game 3,63 (7th) 15,7% (29th) PP% 27,6% (5th) 82,3% (6th) PK% 71,6% (27th) 1-1-0 H2H Record ('21-22) 1-1-0 https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2022/12/3/23490862/canadiens-oilers-game-preview-start-time-tale-of-the-tape-and-how-to-watch-tv-listings

EDIT: Today's lines

What idiot in marketing thought it was a good idea to use Armia rather than Dach for this?

Harris Wideman will play-72-26 will sit. https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2022/11/22/23470895/canadiens-vs-sabres-game-preview-start-time-tale-of-the-tape-and-how-to-watch-tv-listings Tale of the Tape Canadiens Statistics Sabres 9-8-1 Record 7-11-0 45.8 (25th) Scoring-chances-for % 52.3 (8th) 3.06 (19th) Goals per game 3.44 (9th) 3.50 (26th) Goals against per game 3.67 (29th) 18.0% (27th) PP% 23.3% (10th) 81.4% (8th) PK% 70.2% (29th) 1-0-0 H2H Record 0-0-1 Tuesday, November 22 Morning skate LW C RW 22 - Cole Caufield 14 - Nick Suzuki 77 - Kirby Dach 20 - Juraj Slafkovsky 28 - Christian Dvorak 11 - Brendan Gallagher 63 - Evgenii Dadonov 91 - Sean Monahan 17 - Josh Anderson 55 - Michael Pezzetta 71 - Jake Evans 40 - Joel Armia LD RD G 21 - Kaiden Guhle 58 - David Savard 34 - Jake Allen 8 - Mike Matheson 44 - Joel Edmundson 35 - Sam Montembeault 54 - Jordan Harris 6 - Chris Wideman 72 - Arber Xhekaj 26 - Johnathan Kovacevic

Poor Jordan sitting Saturday, November 19 Morning skate LW C RW 22 - Cole Caufield 14 - Nick Suzuki 77 - Kirby Dach 68 - Mike Hoffman 28 - Christian Dvorak 11 - Brendan Gallagher 63 - Evgenii Dadonov 91 - Sean Monahan 17 - Josh Anderson 55 - Michael Pezzetta 71 - Jake Evans 20 - Juraj Slafkovsky LD RD G 21 - Kaiden Guhle 58 - David Savard 34 - Jake Allen 8 - Mike Matheson 44 - Joel Edmundson 35 - Sam Montembeault 72 - Arber Xhakaj 26 - Johnathan Kovacevic 54 - Jordan Harris 6 - Chris Wideman Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET at the Bell Centre.

Lines are from last game. Tatar - Hischier - Zetterlund Haula - Hughes - Bratt Sharangovich - Mercer - Boqvist Wood - McLeod - Bastian Siegenthaler - Hamilton Graves - Marino Smith - Severson Vanecek I'm guessing where Slafkovsky will slot in, these lines aren't official. Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Hoffman - Dvorak - Gallagher Dadonov - Monahan - Anderson Slafkovsky - Evans - Pezzetta Guhle - Savard Edmundson - Xhekaj Harris - Kovacevic Allen

Lines are from last game. Guentzel - Crosby - Rust Zucker - Malkin - Rakell McGinn - Carter - Heinen Hallander - Poehling - Archibald Pettersson - Letang Joseph - Petry Dumoulin - Rutta Jarry Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Hoffman - Dvorak - Gallagher Dadonov - Monahan - Anderson Drouin - Evans - Armia Guhle - Savard Edmundson - Xhekaj Harris - Kovacevic Allen

UP 1-0 mid 1st https://theahl.com/stats/game-center/1024048 1st 8:19 Gabriel Bourque (6) Peter Abbandonato (4), Otto Leskinen (6)

Lines are based on practice with a bit of guessing Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Hoffman - Dvorak - Gallagher Drouin - Monahan - Armia Slafkovsky - Evans - Pezzetta* Guhle - Savard Edmundson - Harris Xhekaj - Kovacevic Allen * - While Dadonov was practicing yesterday, it doesn't look like the Habs back-dated his IR placement. Unless they did, he's not eligible to be activated to play tonight. Suter - Larkin - Raymond Kubalik - Copp - Perron Erne - Rasmussen - Czarnik Soderblom - Veleno - Luff Chiarot - Seider Maatta - Hronek Oesterle - Lindstrom Husso

Pearson - Miller - Boeser Kuzmenko - Pettersson - Mikheyev Podkolzin - Horvat - Garland Joshua - Aman - Studnicka Ekman-Larsson - Myers Hughes - Schenn Rathbone - Bear Demko Caufield - Suzuki - Dach Dadonov - Monahan - Drouin Hoffman - Dvorak - Gallagher Slafkovsky* - Evans - Armia *-pending the outcome of his disciplinary hearing Guhle - Savard Edmundson - Xhekaj Harris - Kovacevic Montembeault

Hoffman in for Pitick, Wideman in for Kov... Allen starting

Willman - O'Reilly - Hodgson Wilson - Desnoyers - Foerster Lycksell - Cates - Wisdom Barratt - Bellerive - Kile York - Belpedio Connauton - Attard Hogberg - Karashik Ersson Harvey-Pinard - Gignac - Ylonen Richard - Simoneau - Teasdale Condotta - Abbandonato - Bourque Martel - Mysak - Stephens Schueneman - Barron Norlinder - Bowey Beaudin - Dello Poulin Puck drop is at 3 PM ET and can be listened to here. The game can also be seen on RDS.