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.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC Dec 17, 7:30 PM ET TV: RDS
Phoenix
COYOTES
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
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
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Mike Smith(Unconfirmed)
Record: 15-10-2 GAA: 2.00 Sv%: 0.935 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj
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)
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.
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