After taking Ottawa senators on Friday, Montreal Canadines will jump back into action on Saturday night when they take Toronto Maple to Leafs. The hosts should be well resting, as they played their last game against Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night. However, they will need all their energy as they can be forced to play with only five defensemen.
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With Jake McCabe already injured, Craig Behuby confirmed after practice on Friday that Oliver Ekman Larsen would remember the game of Saturday night against the Hubs. Thanks to the roster boundaries and cap rules, a defenseman will be forced to play below.
Saturday night duality will be the fourth and final matchup between the two teams; Canadines won the first game 1–0 in October, while Toronto won 4–1 in November and 7–3 in January. Leafs have won seven of the last ten meetings and three of their last four matches, while Canadines still have their first loss in seven matches.
Samuel Montembolt was in the net last night, and Martin St.-Louis has already confirmed that Jakub Dobs would face Leafs for the first time in his young career. This season in 15 matches, the youth holds a record of 7-4-2 with 2.87 goals averages and .904 save percent.
For Leafs, Anthony Stolarz is 3–2–0 in 5 games, with GAA of 2.78 and a .910 SP versus canadins, while Joseph Vole has never lost against visitors; She is 1.67 GAA and a .942 with SP 3-0-0.
If you were still expecting Ivan Demidov to see your first progress as Canadines against Leafs, forget it. The coach has already said that this is not happening. It will be interesting to see if St. Louis makes some changes in its lineup, loss of 5–2 on Friday night and the fact that it is the tail end of the back-to-back. However, they should be placed on a jersey of Canadines for Saturday morning alternative skates.
Canadines with 34+ points in 22-Game Spain since 1960:
– Nick Suzuki (active)
– Stephen Richar (1990)
– Steve Shirt (1976)
– Gai Lafler (1975, 1976)
– Burney Gyfrone (1961)
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It will be interesting to see if St. Louis does tinkers with their lineup. Michael Pazetta fought a tough fight on Friday night and looked worse to wear. Perhaps the opportunity to bring Emil Henman back into the lineup if he is ready to go after the injury that made him day to day. This may be a good idea for Arber Xhekaj to re -organize the defense core. Leafs are not excessive physiological, and some of their forwards can think twice before getting entangled in a brutal board battle.
Canadines will have another opportunity to book their playoff spots on Saturday night, but if they expect, they will need better contribution from their top line. In 27 matches against Leafs, Captain Nick Suzuki has 22 points in the name of 22 points, who are only second after Brendon Galagher, who have 23 in 46 doubles. Josh Anderson takes third place in 36 tilt with 17 points, while Coal Coffield and Patrick Lines have 13 points in 15 and 14 games respectively. Suzuki currently has a seven-game point streak; He has scored 13 points in that period.
As a leafs, John Thawres leads the points of production against Montreal with 51 points in 58 Games, followed by Captain Auston Mathews, who has 46 points in 36 matches, Mich Mitch Morner with 38 points in 39 matches, and William Nilender, who has 31 couples in 35. Needless to say, Canadines need to stop Big Four to win.
If they want to reinforce, Montreal will have to start a good start. Toronto is quite stingy in the first period, allowing only 68 games in this season. His worst is the third defensive, with 84 goals a year, which is good news for men of Martin St.-Louis, who usually have a strong third.
Habs has played 384 games in Toronto and a record of 139–194–45-6 against the old enemy. Tonight with a assistance, Suzuki can include Chris Chelios as the 36th most vast passer in franchise history with 237. Talking about the former blulener, Lane Hatson is on the verge of breaking his record for most points by a Canadines crook Defenseman. Meanwhile, three games are left to play, the sniper coal coffield is on 37 goals, while the main objective of the team is to qualify for the playoffs, 40 lamplitters will be quite milestone to get the right winger, some have seen by Montreal because Winnt Domphus did so in 1993-94.
Canadines will return home after the game. He has a date with Chicago BlackHox on Monday night for Demidov’s NHL debut. Some tell me that the crowd of Bell Center will be deaf for that crook lap.
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