October 29, 2022 - Canadiens at Blues 19h00 EST

[alfredoh2009]

GO HABS GO !

Lineups according to : https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/
Animated GIFs via : https://www.giphy.com/

Caufield - Suzuki - Hoffman Anderson - Dvorak - Gallagher Monahan - Dach - Slafkovsky Pezzetta - Evans - Armia Not playing Drouin/R. Pitlick/Dadonov     Guhle - Savard Harris - Kovacevic Xhekaj - Wideman   Allen - Montembeault	Schenn - O'Reilly - Tarasenko Neighbours - Thomas - Kyrou Toropchenko - Brown - Barbashev Walker - Acciari - T. Pitlick Not playing Buchnevich, Leivo   Mikkola - Parayko Leddy - Faulk Krug - Bortuzzo Not playing Rosen   Binnington - Greiss

 

Starting F-line or D-pair in bold

 

Edited October 29, 2022 by alfredoh2009
updated at 15h45

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

This will be a tough tough game for the Habs. The Blues have lost 3 in a row so Craig Berube is not a happy camper right now. I would be very surprised if the Habs come away with any points tonight. Jake Allen will have to stand on his head for the Habs to have a chance.

[johnnyhasbeen]

Go Habs Go

Hoping for a better result in the 2nd game of the season for me. Better start time for me, 9pm, headed to my winter hunting grounds, AKA the Carib. Thank you Sprots24Sea for your coverage of the Habs!!

[alfredoh2009]

32 minutes ago, johnnyhasbeen said:

Go Habs Go

Hoping for a better result in the 2nd game of the season for me. Better start time for me, 9pm, headed to my winter hunting grounds, AKA the Carib. Thank you Sprots24Sea for your coverage of the Habs!!

 

7Pm Eastern time, or 1900 hours military time or 19h00 in 24hour format

[johnnyhasbeen]

8 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:

 

7Pm Eastern time, or 1900 hours military time or 19h00 in 24hour format

Eastern time, AKA GMT-4. I am GMT-2 right now, in the middle of the Atlantic 9pm start for me

[GHT120]

21 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:

 

7Pm Eastern time, or 1900 hours military time or 19h00 in 24hour format

Time can be relative ... depending where you live

[GHT120]

The Canadiens skated at the Blues' practice facility, the Centene Community Ice Center, on Friday and will be running an off-ice session in lieu of a morning skate on Saturday. Head coach Martin St-Louis is slated to hold a pregame presser in the afternoon, so we'll have to wait until then to find out about any potential changes to the lineup.

 

 

 

 

Drouin and Dadonov likely(?) out of the line-up tonight? 

 

[DON]

22 minutes ago, GHT120 said:

Drouin and Dadonov likely(?) out of the line-up tonight? 

Armia is one new one in i assume drawing in? Pezzetta (hopefully)?

[alfredoh2009]

1 hour ago, johnnyhasbeen said:

Eastern time, AKA GMT-4. I am GMT-2 right now, in the middle of the Atlantic 9pm start for me

I thought you had misread the hour on your phone. I am prefer the 24hour format as less ambiguous than AM/PM

[dlbalr]

1 hour ago, DON said:

Armia is one new one in i assume drawing in? Pezzetta (hopefully)?

 

Armia has been activated off IR according to the Media site.  Looks like they'll have an active roster of 15 forwards/6 d-men which is how all of Drouin, Pitlick, and Dadonov can sit.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

I thought Drouin had a couple of decent games in a row so it’s curious that he is sitting. 
 

Please no more Hoffman on the first line

[tomh009]

40 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

I thought Drouin had a couple of decent games in a row so it’s curious that he is sitting. 
 

Please no more Hoffman on the first line

It looks to me like St-Louis is doing a rotation rather than sitting out people who played poorly -- possibly in order to better evaluate the players who are on the bubble.

[GHT120]

7 minutes ago, tomh009 said:

It looks to me like St-Louis is doing a rotation rather than sitting out people who played poorly -- possibly in order to better evaluate the players who are on the bubble.

Or maybe the Blues want a look at Armia ... LOL ... kidding

[GHT120]

Per 98,5 Sports

 

Caufield - Suzuki - Hoffman
Anderson - Dvorak - Gallagher
Dach - Monahan - Slafkovsky
Pezzetta - Evans - Armia

 

Guhle - Savard
Harris - Kovacevic
Xhekaj - Wideman

 

Allen/Montembeault

[Prime Minister Koivu]

1 hour ago, tomh009 said:

It looks to me like St-Louis is doing a rotation rather than sitting out people who played poorly -- possibly in order to better evaluate the players who are on the bubble.

This makes sense. 
 

I guess I am still used to the merit/mistakes based system of old. It makes sense to rotate. 
 

 

[DON]

Great that #20 is back.

Dont think many will miss Drouin-Dadonov, but at least Drouin had shown a tiny bit of effort lately.

[GHT120]

7 minutes ago, DON said:

Great that #20 is back.

Dont think many will miss Drouin-Dadonov, but at least Drouin had shown a tiny bit of effort lately.

Dadonov is the third most used forward on the PK (2:12, behind Dvorak 2:29 and Evans 2:24) on the 8th best PK in the NHL currently ... so he has been useful

[GHT120]

 

 

If I know my numbers (decided not to double-check):

 

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach

Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Hoffman-Monahan-Armia

Pezetta-Evans-Slafkovsky

 

Guhle-Savard

Harris-JK26
Xhekaj-Wideman

 

Allen

Montembeault
 

[DON]

Will be interesting how Dach meshes.

[IN THE HEARTS OF MEN]

Gallagher and now Hoffman with open cages and they shoot wide... to be fair blues missed an open cage as well

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Watching the Blues push us around has me hoping that Xhekaj lays someone out. 
 

Pezzetta is rusty 

 

We continue to generate tons of chances. 

[DON]

Just 2:54 for #20.

Guhle on wrong end of a couple big hits.

[dlbalr]

I think Montreal should consider themselves fortunate to be tied as that wasn't much of a period.  They were chasing the game for long stretches.

[DON]

Suzuki & Monahan just 2 for 10 on faceoffs.

[tomh009]

4 minutes ago, DON said:

Suzuki & Monahan just 2 for 10 on faceoffs.

Dvorak 2 for 4.   But, yeah, the Blues centres have not given them much so far.