Senators @ Canadiens: Kulak, Primeau In | HABS PREVIEW

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GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators: Preview, TV, Start Time, Statistical Match-up, Projected Lines, Starting Goalies, Keys to Victory, Habs Tickets

Game Preview

A Look Back

A beat down Habs team rose to the occasion and had a monster comeback led by Nick Suzuki who had two goals and an assist. Jake Allen wasn’t great but his team bailed him out to make up for a couple weak goals allowed.

Last game: MTL 5  WPG 3

For a complete game recap: Jets @ Canadiens: Unsung Heroes

Players to Watch

  • Nick Suzuki
    Suzuki has six points in his last four games and has started to shoot the puck a lot more. Known as a player maker at only twenty-one years old, Suzuki has a lot of time to grow his game and this could be a small sample size of what’s to come.
  • Brett Kulak
    After a bad game by Erik Gustafsson, Kulak will be back in the line up. Kulak seems to be out of favour with coach DomDucharme and needs to prove himself to stay in the lineup.
  • Cayden Primeau
    Primeau gets the start as Jake Allen played on Friday night. Primeau will play his fourth NHL game at just 21 years of age. Hopefully tonight’s game goes better then his debut this season.

Keys to Victory

  • Be motivated
    After a big comeback on Friday night the Habs should be motivated and use that  energy to start a winning streak.
  • Start strong
    The Habs need to get an early lead. The Sens will be a rested team and will be on them from the start. An early lead for the Habs will allow them to settle in.
  • Pounce on turnovers
    The Senators are a young team and are going to make mistakes. The Habs need to take advantage of the turnovers and make then count.
Statistical Matchup
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC | May 1, 7:00 PM ET | TV: SNE, CITY, TVAS

2020-21 statistics
SENATORS CANADIENS
42 (26th) Points (rank) 53 (17th)
19-27-4 Record 22-18-9
8-17-0 Away/Home 11-11-2
6-4-0 Last 10 4-6-0
2.74 GF/G 2.88
3.46 GA/G 2.86
16.5 (26th) PP% (rank) 20.1 (16th)
78.4 (21st) PK% (rank) 77.4 (25th)
47.87  CF% 54.88
Pre-game Quotes
Josh Anderson

  • “We’ve struggled playing against [Ottawa] this year, but I think every team in our division has as well. They’re a young team that works extremely hard, and it looks like they’re always in the right position and they feed off of turnovers. If we limit our turnovers, try to play behind their defensemen, cycle the puck behind their net, get it up to our point and crash their net to bang in some dirty goals, we’ll be fine tonight. But, we know that they’re going to be coming out really hard and we’ve got to be ready for that.”
Projected Forwards, Defense and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Tkachuk – Norris – Batherson
Stutzle – White – Dadonov
Dzingel – Tierney – Paul
Formenton – Pinto – C. Brown		 Toffoli – Suzuki – Armia
Kotkaniemi – Danault – Anderson
Lehkonen – Evans – Caufield
Frolik – Staal – Perry
Defensemen
Chabot – Zaitsev
Brannstrom – Zub
Mete – J. Brown		 Romanov – Chiarot
Edmundson – Petry
Kulak – Merrill
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Amadio, Bernard-Docker, Anisimov
Injured: Forsberg, Watson, Murray
 Scratched: Gustafsson
Injured: Gallagher (hand), Price (concussion), Byron (lower-body), Drouin (undisclosed), Tatar (lower-body), Weber (upper-body)
Goalies
Filip Gustavsson Cayden Primeau
Record: 2-1-1
GAA: 1.81
Sv%: .946
SO: 0
Alternate: Marcus Hogberg		 Record: 0-1-0
GAA: 4.05
Sv%: .879
SO: 0
Alternate: Jake Allen
 Game Expectations
With a win tonight, the Habs would not only eliminate the Sens but put themselves within two points of the Jets and third in the North division. With a beat up team the Habs could do themselves a favour and secure a playoff spot with perhaps a better matchup than if they were to finish fourth.

Bottom Line

Anything can happen in the playoffs and the Habs just need to win tonight to put themselves in a better position for the post season.
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1 COMMENT

  1. hi sam
    que ca va bien
    j’aime primeau comme espoir pour l’avenir
    mais svp,allez de temps en temps avec notre goaler de la minnisota
    lefty,charlie lindgren,non
    il est plus avancer que le jeune primeau,
    il peut jouer en lui donner la chance,,,
    merci pour les notes
    bonne match ce soir
    guyCH10 soit toujours present et proche en pensees et prieres

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