On this day in hockey history… 1987 – Canada and Russia engaged in a bench clearing brawl at the 1987 World Junior Championships. “The Punch Up In Piestany” resulted in both teams being ejected from the tournament.
Matchup
Montreal
CANADIENS
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC Jan 4, 7:00 PM ET TV: CBC, RDS
Ottawa
SENATORS
52 Points / 3rd (Atlantic)
Points/Position
43 Points / 6th (Atlantic)
24-14-4
Record
18-18-7
12-7-2
Home
11-10-4
12-7-2
Away
7-8-3
5-4-1
Last 10
5-4-1
2.52
G/G
2.81
2.26
GA/G
3.09
21.1
PP%
18.0
86.1
PK%
79.5
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 – Brandon Prust
Michael Bournival – Daniel Briere – Travis Moen
Clarke MacArthur – Kyle Turris – Bobby Ryan
Cory Conacher – Mika Zibanejad – Milan Michalek
Colin Greening – Zack Smith – Erik Condra
Matt Kassian – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Mark Stone
Defensemen
Andrei Markov – Josh Gorges
P.K. Subban – Francis Bouillon
Douglas Murray – Alexei Emelin
Jared Cowen – Erik Karlsson
Chris Phillips – Cody Ceci
Marc Methot – Eric Gryba
Goalies
Carey Price(Confirmed)
Craig Anderson(Confirmed)
Record: 19-11-3 GAA: 2.21 Sv%: 0.928 SO: 2 Alternate: Peter Budaj
Record: 13-9-4 GAA: 3.16 Sv%: .905 SO: 2 Alternate: Robin Lehner
Scratches
Davis Drewiske (shoulder), George Parros (head), Raphael Diaz (healthy scratch), Ryan White (upper-body)
Jason Spezza (lower-body), Chris Neil (lower-body)
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