xXx..CK..xXx Posted January 6, 2025 Posted January 6, 2025 I am excited to say that I’ll be at the game Monday night for the first time since I moved back from Southern California a little over 6 years ago. As a result, I’ll get the game day thread started early and update with any new lineup changes that may evolve tomorrow. I am hoping Laine will be in the lineup! Vancouver @ Montreal - Monday, January 6th @ 7:30pm Vancouver Canucks Debrusk - Miller - Boeser Di Giuseppe - Suter - Garland Joshua - Blueger - Sherwood Hoglander - Sasson - Heinen Brisebois - Myers Soucy - Juulsen Forbert - Desharnais Lankinen Silovs Montreal Canadiens Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky Newhook - Dach - Pezzetta Anderson - Dvorak - Gallagher Heineman - Evans - Armia Hutson - Carrier Guhle - Matheson Xhekaj - Struble Montembault Dobes Storyline The Habs look to continue their recent play against a depleted Canucks lineup. Currently, the Canucks are without their top player Quinn Hughes and one of their top forwards in Elias Pettersson. While Lankinen has been a mainstay, Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko also remains out. For the Canadiens, both Savard and Laine remain day to day. 1 Quote
DON Posted January 6, 2025 Posted January 6, 2025 1st home game after a road trip, dosent usually end well. Quote
xXx..CK..xXx Posted January 6, 2025 Author Posted January 6, 2025 Vancouver is also a funny case in that their road record is much better than their home record. 7-8-6 at home 11-4-2 on the road Still, I voted that the Habs will continue their strong play and come out with a victory tonight. No official word on some of the questionable players but it looks like Quinn Hughes is extremely close to a return and may play tonight. Quote
Butterface Posted January 6, 2025 Posted January 6, 2025 From NHL.COM Article on whether Habs make playoffs: https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-chances-of-making-playoffs-debated-by-writers Cotsonika: You've listed a lot of good things, Shawn. The Canadiens have made real progress. Can they be the team that escapes from the logjam? Yes, it's possible. But is it probable? I'm not ready to say that yet. Over their past nine games, the Canadiens have gone 7-2-0, but in this stretch, their 5-on-5 shooting plus save percentage is 102.8 percent, fifth in the NHL. Jake Evans has five goals in this stretch, tied with Laine for the team lead, but he's shooting 45.5 percent and has never scored more than 13 goals in a season (2021-22). Laine's an elite goal-scorer, but at 27.8 percent in this stretch he's well above his NHL career average of 14.9 percent. Rookie Emil Heineman has four goals in this stretch, shooting 26.7 percent. To me, that signals that this is a heater, and the Canadiens are highly likely to cool off. Meanwhile, Montreal is going from one gauntlet to another. The Canadiens (.500) play their next six games against teams with better records in terms of points percentage: the Canucks (.579), Washington Capitals (.705), Dallas Stars (.645), Utah Hockey Club (.526), Dallas again and the Toronto Maple Leafs (.659). Let's check back in at least a couple of weeks. 1 Quote
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted January 6, 2025 Posted January 6, 2025 24 minutes ago, Butterface said: From NHL.COM Article on whether Habs make playoffs: https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-chances-of-making-playoffs-debated-by-writers Cotsonika: You've listed a lot of good things, Shawn. The Canadiens have made real progress. Can they be the team that escapes from the logjam? Yes, it's possible. But is it probable? I'm not ready to say that yet. Over their past nine games, the Canadiens have gone 7-2-0, but in this stretch, their 5-on-5 shooting plus save percentage is 102.8 percent, fifth in the NHL. Jake Evans has five goals in this stretch, tied with Laine for the team lead, but he's shooting 45.5 percent and has never scored more than 13 goals in a season (2021-22). Laine's an elite goal-scorer, but at 27.8 percent in this stretch he's well above his NHL career average of 14.9 percent. Rookie Emil Heineman has four goals in this stretch, shooting 26.7 percent. To me, that signals that this is a heater, and the Canadiens are highly likely to cool off. Meanwhile, Montreal is going from one gauntlet to another. The Canadiens (.500) play their next six games against teams with better records in terms of points percentage: the Canucks (.579), Washington Capitals (.705), Dallas Stars (.645), Utah Hockey Club (.526), Dallas again and the Toronto Maple Leafs (.659). Let's check back in at least a couple of weeks. Excellent analysis. 55 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said: Vancouver is also a funny case in that their road record is much better than their home record. 7-8-6 at home 11-4-2 on the road Still, I voted that the Habs will continue their strong play and come out with a victory tonight. No official word on some of the questionable players but it looks like Quinn Hughes is extremely close to a return and may play tonight. If Hughes doesn’t play, the Habs *should* win. If he does, well, he’s a superstar who makes as much difference to his team’s chances as any player in the league, so look out. I do worry about a letdown by the Habs, as they bask in a crazily successful road trip and get all comfy at home. If they put in a strong effort tonight, that’ll be another indication of a team that is truly hungry to win, as opposed to being satisfied with ‘exceeding expectations.’ Quote
GHT120 Posted January 6, 2025 Posted January 6, 2025 " The Canadiens will not hold a morning skate on Monday. Patrik Laine (flu-like symptoms) and David Savard (upper-body injury) have missed the last two games, so it remains to be seen if either one will be available for tonight’s game.St-Louis will address the media around 4:30 p.m. ET. Subscribe to or follow the team on YouTube, Facebook and X (@CanadiensMTL) to catch his press conference and keep an eye on the Canadiens social accounts for any potential lineup news. For the full official lineup, check back on the team’s social accounts closer to puck drop. " Quote
tomh009 Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 I forgot that today is an Amazon Prime night! Fortunately it turns out that Amazon has the exclusive rights only to the English-language broadcast, so I can still watch the RDS stream. 😊 Quote
Prime Minister Koivu Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 Those 9 shots were hard fought. I thought Montreal played well Quote
DON Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 Good road period. Poor video quality again, how many more of these amazon games are there. Quote
tomh009 Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 1 minute ago, DON said: Good road period. Poor video quality again, how many more of these amazon games are there. Video feed problems? Or are you talking about the camera work? P.S. It's a road game only for the Canucks. 😊 Quote
DON Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 1 minute ago, tomh009 said: Video feed problems? Or are you talking about the camera work? P.S. It's a road game only for the Canucks. 😊 Laptop. I know. At least zero penalties, but Canucks looked sleepy. Quote
tomh009 Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 1 minute ago, BCHabnut said: Need a pp goal here. The PP looks totally discombobulated. Quote
BCHabnut Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 2 minutes ago, tomh009 said: The PP looks totally discombobulated. Yup. Quote
Prime Minister Koivu Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 What a night and day shift from the first period. Quote
tomh009 Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 Now that's how the PP needs to work! Great work by Hutson! Quote
Commandant Posted January 7, 2025 Posted January 7, 2025 Dach is coming around. I think someone said he would find his game around the half way mark of the season. Quote
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