All Habs GameDay: Saturday January 7, 2012

On this day in hockey history… 1933 – Detroit Red Wings beat the Maple Leafs 6-1 in the first CBC hockey broadcast carried coast-to-coast from Maple Leaf Gardens.

GAMEDAY: Habs hockey tonight!

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (17-19-3) vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS (15-18-7)

Last 10: Tampa Bay (5-4-1); Montreal 3-7-0

Bell Centre,  7:00 p.m. EST

TV: RDS, CBC, SUN

Projected line combinations (updated following morning skate)

MONTREAL CANADIENS

Forwards
Mike Cammalleri – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta
Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Erik Cole
Andrei Kostitsyn – Lars Eller – Travis Moen
Mathieu Darche – Petteri Nokelainen

Defenseman
Josh Gorges – P.K. Subban
Hal Gill – Chris Campoli
Tomas Kaberle – Raphael Diaz
Alexei Emelin

Goaltenders
Carey Price (will start) – Peter Budaj

Scratches
Yannick Weber – Mike Blunden

Injuries
Scott Gomez – Ryan White – Andrei Markov – Brian Gionta

Power-play
Cammalleri – Plekanec – Cole – Kaberle – Subban
Pacioretty – Desharnais – Kostitsyn – Diaz – Campoli

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Forwards
Martin St. Louis – Steven Stamkos – Steve Downie
Dominic Moore – Vincent Lecavalier – J.T. Wyman
Dana Tyrell – Tom Pyatt – Teddy Purcell
Nate Thompson –  – Adam Hall

Defensemen
Eric Brewer – Pavel Kubina
Brett Clark – Matt Gilroy
Marc-Andre Bergeron – Bruno Gervais

Goaltenders
Mathieu Garon (will start) – Dwayne Roloson

Scratches

Injuries
Mattias Ohlund – Ryan Shannon – Victor Hedman – Ryan Malone

GAMEDAY: All Habs Headlines

► Khristos Razhdayetsya: Merry Christmas to Ukrainians, Russians and all others who follow the Julian calendar.  Andrei Kostitsyn, Alexei Emelin and Andrei Markov will be among the Canadiens celebrating today.

► Bigots gather at the Bell: Hockey fans will have to dodge more than the usual obstacles of traffic, beggars and slippery sections of sidewalk on their way to the game at the Bell Centre tonight.  A small group of language extremists plans to preach their xenophobic nonsense to the Canadiens faithful. Their laundry list of complaints includes the birthplace of players and front office personnel, as well as music played in the arena and bilingual announcements.

Read more: Nationalists who want the Montreal Canadiens to be more French set to protest

► Looking for “Hockey Futures?”: Yes, it’s true.  All Habs Hockey Magazine has added columnist Robert Rice, also known as @SeriousFan09, to our team. He’ll join @czechtacular and @EP31 in providing the most comprehensive set of information on Canadiens prospects that you can find.  His weekly series is titled “Catching the Torch” and will appear every Monday.  Here’s the most recent edition.

► We love the bunny!: Yes, we hear that everyday via email, Facebook and on Twitter.  Right or wrong you love the game-by-game predictions of Puck the Bunny.  Puck even has his own Twitter account now.  Follow him at @HabsPuckBunny

For today’s prediction, check out Lightning vs Canadiens.

► Habs fan event on Sunday: Carey Price, Josh Gorges and Travis Moen will be taking part in a public autograph session on Sunday January 8 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. It will take place at A.L. Collections, 4320 Grand-Allee in Boisbrand, Quebec.  The event is being sponsored by StarSide Signatures, LegendsDepot.com and A.J. Sportsworld.

Event Pricing:

Carey Price: $65 per product for regular items (ex : Photo, Puck, etc). $75 per product for bulk items (ex: Jersey, Stick etc.)

P.K. Subban : $55 per product for regular items (ex : Photo, Puck, etc). $65 per product for bulk items (ex: Jersey, Stick etc.)

Josh Gorges : $15 per product for any item

Travis Moen : $13 per product for any item

There will be a wide selection of photographs, pucks and jerseys available for purchase on the day of the event for the players to sign!

► THN goes one-on-one with Jarred Tinordi:  Ryan Kennedy from The Hockey News interviews Canadiens prospect Jarred Tinordi following Team USA’s final game at the World Junior Championships.