GameDay: Habs vs Canes (Dec-31, 2013)
| On this day in hockey history… 1975 – Montreal Canadiens battled the Soviet Red Army team to a 3-3 tie New Year’s Eve at the Forum. Ken Dryden and Vladislav Tretiak starred in goal for the teams. Tretiak made 38 saves, including 16 in the final period. |
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| Matchup | ||||
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Montreal CANADIENS |
PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC Dec 31, 7:00 PM ET TV: RDS |
Carolina HURRICANES |
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| 49 Points / 3rd (Atlantic) | Points/Position | 37 Points / 7th (Metropolitan) |
| 23-14-3 | Record | 14-16-9 |
| 12-7-2 | Home | 7-8-5 |
| 11-7-1 | Away | 7-8-4 |
| 5-5-0 | Last 10 | 2-4-4 |
| 2.40 | G/G | 2.31 |
| 2.15 | GA/G | 2.85 |
| 20.4 | PP% | 13.9 |
| 87.0 | PK% | 80.8 |
| Projected Line Combinations and Goaltenders (subject to change) | |||
| Forwards | |||
| Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Brendan Gallagher Rene Bourque – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta Alex Galchenyuk – Lars Eller – Daniel Briere Brandon Prust – Ryan White – Travis Moen |
Jeff Skinner – Eric Staal – Alexander Semin Nathan Gerbe – Jordan Staal – Pat Dwyer Drayson Bowman – Riley Nash – Tuomo Ruutu Zach Boychuk – Manny Malhotra – Radek Dvorak |
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| Defensemen | |||
| Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban Francis Bouillon – Raphael Diaz |
Justin Faulk – Andrej Sekera Ryan Murphy – Ron Hainsey Tim Gleason – Mike Komisarek |
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| Goalies | |||
| Carey Price (Likely) | Cam Ward (Likely) | ||
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Record: 18-11-2 GAA: 2.06 Sv%: 0.932 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj |
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Record: 5-7-5 GAA: 3.10 Sv%: .898 SO: 0 Alternate: Justin Peters |
| Scratches | |||
| Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch), Michael Bournival (healthy scratch) | Joni Pitkanen (heel), Anton Khudobin (ankle), Jay Harrison (concussion), Jiri Tlusty (appendectomy) | ||
| Featured Matchup | |
| 14 – Tomas Plekanec (C) |
53 – Jeff Skinner (LW) |
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| Height: 5-11 Weight: 196 Born: October 31, 1982 Birth Place: Kladno, Czechoslovakia Draft: 2001 3ʳᵈ round (71ˢᵗ pick) by the Montreal Canadiens |
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 Born: May 16, 1992 Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario Draft: 2010 1ˢᵗ round (7ᵗʰ pick) by the Carolina Hurricanes |
| Tomas Plekanec has 13 goals and 11 assists for 24 points on the season, and leads all Canadiens’ forwards in the latter category. Plekanec has 2 goals in his last 3 games. | Jeff Skinner is second in points on the Hurricanes with 14 goals and 10 assists for 24 points on the season, despite having only played 28 games. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in his last 3 games. |
| Highlights: Habs vs Lightning (Dec-29) – Game Recap Here |
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(Header Photo/The Canadian Press, Jason Franson)