On this day in hockey history… 1997 – Phoenix’s Mike Gartner scored twice in 5-0 win over Tampa Bay. It gave him 30 goals for a NHL-record setting 17th time in his career.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Jobing.com Arena
Glendale, AZ Mar 6, 9:00 PM ET TV: RDS
Phoenix
COYOTES
77 Points / 2nd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
67 Points / 4th (Pacific)
35-22-7
Record
28-23-11
18-10-5
Home
18-11-3
17-12-2
Away
10-12-8
6-2-2
Last 10
4-5-1
2.48
G/G
2.68
2.41
GA/G
2.82
19.2
PP%
20.3
84.9
PK%
79.4
Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change)
Forwards
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher
Thomas Vanek – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Alex Galchenyuk – Daniel Briere – Rene Bourque
Travis Moen – Ryan White – Lars Eller
Mikkel Boedker – Antoine Vermette – Shane Doan
Lauri Korpikoski – Mike Ribeiro – Radim Vrbata
Brandon McMillan – Jeff Halpern – David Moss
Rob Klinkhammer – Kyle Chipchura – Paul Bissonnette
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Jarred Tinordi – P.K. Subban
Mike Weaver – Douglas Murray
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Zbynek Michalek
Keith Yandle – Derek Morris
David Schlemko – Michael Stone