GameDay: Coyotes vs Habs (Dec-17, 2013)
| On this day in hockey history… 1924 – Goalies Jake Forbes of the Hamilton Tigers and Alex Connell of the Ottawa Senators played in the first 0-0 tie in NHL history. It was the first scoreless game in eight seasons of NHL play. |
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| Matchup | ||||
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Montreal CANADIENS |
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC Dec 17, 7:30 PM ET TV: RDS |
Phoenix COYOTES |
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| 2nd (Atlantic) | Position | 5th (Pacific) |
| 20-12-3 | Record | 18-9-5 |
| 11-7-2 | Home | 10-3-2 |
| 9-5-1 | Away | 8-6-3 |
| 6-3-1 | Last 10 | 4-5-1 |
| 2.46 | G/G | 3.12 |
| 2.06 | GA/G | 3.06 |
| 21.5 | PP% | 21.1 |
| 86.7 | PK% | 78.3 |
| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher Alex Galchenyuk – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta Michael Bournival – Lars Eller – Danny Briere Rene Bourque – Brandon Prust – Travis Moen |
Tim Kennedy – Martin Hanzal – Radim Vrbata Kyle Chipchura – Antoine Vermette – Mikkel Boedker Rob Klinkhammer – Mike Ribeiro – David Moss Paul Bissonnette – Jeff Halpern – Jordan Szwarz |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – P.K. Subban Josh Gorges – Alexei Emelin Douglas Murray – Raphael Diaz |
Zbynek Michalek – Oliver Ekman-Larsson Keith Yandle – Connor Murphy Michael Stone – David Schlemko |
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| Goalies | |||
| Carey Price (Confirmed) | Mike Smith (Unconfirmed) | ||
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Record: 15-10-2 GAA: 2.00 Sv%: 0.935 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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Record: 14-7-5 GAA: 2.98 Sv%: .911 SO: 0 Alternate: Thomas Greiss |
| Scratches | |||
| Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Francis Bouillon (healthy scratch), Ryan White (healthy scratch) | Lauri Korpikoski (upper-body), Derek Morris (questionable), Shane Doan (illness) | ||
| Featured Matchup | |
| 27 – Alex Galchenyuk (Centre) |
63 – Mike Ribeiro (Centre) |
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| Height: 6-1 Weight: 196 Born: February 12, 1994 Birth Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Draft: 2012 1ˢᵗ round (3ʳᵈ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens |
Height: 6-0 Weight: 177 Born: February 10, 1980 Birth Place: Montreal, Quebec Draft: 1998 2ⁿᵈ round (45ᵗʰ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens |
| Alex Galchenyuk has 10 goals and 12 assists on the season, ranking him second amongst all Canadiens’ players in total points, tied with Tomas Plekanec and 3 points behind leader P.K. Subban. Galchenyuk has 3 goals in his last 5 games. | Mike Ribeiro had a three point night (1 goal and 2 assists) and a combined 5 points in 3 games, before being held off the scoresheet in Phoenix’s last outing. He currently leads the Coyotes in points with 26 (9 goals and 17 assists) on the season. |
| Highlights: Panthers vs Habs (Dec-15) – Game Recap is here |
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