Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield will play his 200th game in the NHL while Joel Armia celebrates his 500th when they take on the New York Rangers.
GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens (29-35-12) vs New York Rangers (52-21-4)
GAME DAY: Montreal Canadiens vs New York RangersGame Preview
Roster News
Kaiden Guhle and Arber Xhekaj remain day-to-day with upper body injuries. Justin Barron was recalled on an emergency basis on Saturday.
Cayden Primeau (8-8-2 / 2.85 GAA / .910 SV% / 2 SO) is the confirmed starter for Montreal.
Last Game
Sam Montembeault gave up four goals on 12 shots and was replaced in goal in the second period by Cayden Primeau.
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Players to Watch
- Joel Armia - Armia has five goals and two assists in 14 career games against the Rangers. It will be his 500th game in the NHL.
- Cole Caufield - Caufield will be playing his 200th career game. The 23-year-old has 142 points in 199 games in the NHL.
Matchup for Game 77, Away Game 38
Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY. | April 7, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, MSG2, ESPN
Pre-Game
Martin St. Louis (on Saturday's game) - "We had a nice push midway through the second period. We didn't give up. I loved our third. We didn’t win, but there were a lot of positive things.”
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Projected Canadiens Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
11 Brendan Gallagher - 15 Alex Newhook - 40 Joel Armia
70 Tanner Pearson - 71 Jake Evans - 17 Josh Anderson
55 Michael Pezzetta - 36 Colin White - 49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 58 David Savard
54 Jordan Harris - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
47 Jayden Struble - 52 Justin Barron
Goaltenders
Starter: 30 Cayden Primeau
Alternate: 35 Sam Montembeault
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Jesse Ylonen
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Joshua Roy (hand), Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body)
Visiting Bench
This is the final meeting of three games between these two teams. Each team has won one contest.
Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad each have recorded 21 career points against the Canadiens. Panarin has 111 points this season.
The Rangers have a record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 games. New York's 108 points is tops in the NHL.
Igor Shesterkin (32-16-2 / 2.70 GAA / .908 SV% / 2 SO) is the likely starter for the Rangers.
Game Expectations
The Canadiens will be in tough playing at Madison Square Garden against the league's best team..
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