The Montreal Canadiens look to upset the New York Islanders and Patrick Roy who are riding a five game winning streak.
GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens (30-36-12) vs New York Islanders (36-27-15)
GAME DAY: Montreal Canadiens vs New York IslandersGame Preview
Roster News
The Canadiens signed forward Florian Xhekaj to a three-year, entry-level contract. Xhekaj also signed a professional tryout contract with the Laval Rocket for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
Sam Montembeault (16-15-7 / 3.10 GAA / .904 SV% / 0 SO) is the confirmed starter for Montreal.
Last Game
The Canadiens offense feasted on Flyers goaltending with Juraj Slafkovsky recording his first NHL hat trick.
Last game: MTL 9 vs PHI 3 | F
Players to Watch
- Josh Anderson - Anderson leads the Canadiens with 12 points in 20 career games against the Islanders.
Matchup for Game 79, Away Game 39
UBS Arena, Elmont, NY. | April 11, 7:30 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, MSGSN, ESPN
Pre-Game
Jordan Harris on creating offense - "We trust all defensemen to make plays like that rather than just sitting back as purely defensive defenders. Defenders are expected to be complete and I tried to add that to my game.”
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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 - 28 Christian Dvorak - 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: 35 Sam Montembeault
Alternate: 30 Cayden Primeau
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Jesse Ylonen, Colin White
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), 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. The Canadiens have won both previous games.
The Islanders are on a five-game winning streak.
Kyle Palmieri registered 11 shots on goal the last time these two teams met on January 25th at the Bell Centre.
Semyon Varlamov (12-8-4 / 2.69 GAA / .917 SV% / 3 SO) is the likely starter for the Islanders.
Game Expectations
The Canadiens begin their final road trip of the season in Long Island. .
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