GAME DAY | Canadiens – Devils: Preview, Prediction, Lines, Goalies, TV

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Game Preview by Sam Gerber
Last game: MTL 1  BOS 2  

Penalties were again a problem for the Canadiens. Some poor calls didn’t help matters. The Bruins eventually scored on the power-play with Jonathan Drouin in the box and Brad Marchand took advantage of poor coverage by Drouin in overtime to seal it for the Bruins.

For a complete recap: Habs Suffer Season Sweep to Boston

Players to watch

  • Brendan Gallagher
    Gallagher can help get the Canadiens off to a good start against the Devils. He has scored the first goal of the game nine times this season to lead the league. 
  • Taylor Hall
    Hall is in the midst of an incredible streak with points in his last 25 games going back to December 30th. He missed three games at the end of January with an injury so his point streak officially stands at 18 games.
  • Charlie Lindgren
    With Carey Price and Antti Niemi out with injuries, the netminding duties will be left in the capable hands of Charlie Lindgren. The 24-year-old has been outstanding this season when asked to step in.

Keys to Victory

  • Limit the damage
    Hall is the Devils biggest contributor and a threat to push the offense every time he is on the ice. The Canadiens must limit his opportunities.
  • Take no penalties
    Poor officiating aside, the Canadiens keep putting themselves in bad situations and penalties have been called. Habs must do better and not take lazy penalties.
  • Be hard on the stick
    Montreal has been guilty of too many turnovers resulting from soft play.
Matchup by All Habs staff
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ | March 6, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, MSG+

2017-18 statistics
DEVILS CANADIENS
74 (17th) Points (rank) 61 (26th)
33-25-8 Record 25-29-11
17-13-3 Home/Away 9-19-3
5-5-0 Last 10 3-3-4
2.86 GF/G 2.56
2.95 GA/G 3.02
20.3 PP% 20.8
82.4 PK% 77.2
 49.18  CF%  50.83
eSAT Analytics by Mathieu Chagnon
 
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Hall – Hischier – Bratt
Grabner – Zacha – Palmieri
Maroon – Zajac – Noesen
Wood – Boyle – Coleman		 Galchenyuk – Drouin – Lehkonen
Scherbak – Danault – Gallagher
Byron – De La Rose – A. Shaw
Deslauriers – Froese – Carr
Defensemen
Greene – Vatanen
Moore – Severson
Butcher – Lovejoy		 Reilly – Petry
Alzner – Juulsen
Benn – Valiev
Out of the lineup
Scratched: Mueller, Hayes, Stafford
Injured: Gibbons, Johansson
 Scratched: Schlemko, Niemi, L. Shaw
Injured: Weber, Hemsky, Price, Hudon, Pacioretty, Mete
Goalies
Keith Kincaid Charlie Lindgren
Record: 15-9-2
GAA: 2.95
Sv%: .904
SO: 0
Alternate: Cory Schneider		 Record: 4-4-2
GAA: 2.22
Sv%: .931
SO: 0
Alternate: Zach Fucale
 What to Expect by Sam Gerber
Prediction: Canadiens 2  Devils 3 

Every game counts for the Devils, who should come out flying. Hall will likely be dangerous all night. Expect Lehkonen to play a shutdown role against him. With the injury bug claiming more players for the Habs they will be in tough against the Devils. 
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