GAME DAY | Canadiens – Sabres: Preview, Lines, Goalies, TV, Fantasy

Jordan Lambe

March 16, 2016


Pre-game Notes and Quotes
Sabres’ Coach Dan Bylsma: “We have a number of games until the end of the season that are like this, they’re teams that we feel like we should and need to catch with these games and with these 13 remaining games. We want to put teams behind us, we want to catch and put them behind us”. A preview to a Canadiens’ game wouldn’t be complete without at least mentioning Alex Galchenyuk, who vaulted himself into the top 20 goal scorers in the NHL Tuesday night. Galchenyuk’s torrid pace of late has helped him reach new career highs in both the Goals and Points categories. While the Canadiens have a 26-15-3 record versus teams in the Eastern Conference this season, the Sabres have a 17-22-4 record against teams from the East. So far this season, the Canadiens have a 14-7-1 record versus teams in the Atlantic division, while the Sabres have a 9-12-4 record versus teams coming from the Atlantic. The Canadiens have moved down in the standings for the goals against category, as they are currently in 22ed in the league in goals against, with 198 in 70 games. The Sabres have allowed 190 goals in 70 games and find themselves in 19th in the league. The Canadiens have dropped down in the standings for the goals scored category as they are currently in 15th place in the NHL, with 188 over their first 70 games. The Sabres are 27th in this category with 167 goals scored in their first 70 games.

Matchup
First Niagra Center, Buffalo, NY. \| March 16, 7:30 PM ET \| TV: RDS, SN
	2015-16 statistics
SABRES	2015-16 statistics	CANADIENS
65 (14th)	Points (Eastern Conf. rank)	70 (13th)
28-33-9	Record	32-32-6
13-18-5	Home	19-13-3
15-15-4	Road	13-19-3
4-4-2	Last 10	4-5-1
2.39	G/G	2.69
2.71	GA/G	2.83
18.9	PP%	17.1
81.2	PK%	84.0
46.3	CF%*	52.1
48.3	CF60*	55.4
56.0	CA60*	51.0

*Advanced statistics: Score adjusted, even strength. CF%: Corsi for percentage of total CF60: Corsi For/60 minutes CA60: Corsi Against/60 minutes (via War on Ice)
Projected forward lines, defense pairings and goaltenders
Forwards
Kane- O’Reilly – Deslauriers Girgensons – Eichel – Reinhart Foligno – Larsson – Gionta Catenacci – Legwand – Moulson	Pacioretty – Galchenyuk – Andrighetto Eller – Plekanec – Byron De la Rose – McCarron – Lessio Mitchell – Danault – Brown Expected scratches: Matteau, Gallagher
Defensemen
Gorges – Ristolainen McCabe – Bogosian Colaiacovo – Pysyk	Markov – Barberio Emelin – Pateryn Bartley – Beaulieu Expected scratches: Subban
Goalies
Robin Lehner (Confirmed)	Ben Scrivens (Confirmed)

2015-’16 regular season: Record: 5-9-4 GAA: 2.45 Sv%: .926 SO: 1 Alternate: Chad Johnson	2015-’16 regular season: Record: 4-6-0 GAA: 3.00 Sv%: .902 SO: 0 Alternate: Mike Condon

Fantasy Outlook

* – Currently injured

Player stats from War-on-Ice, NHL.com and Yahoo Sports.

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