Montreal Canadiens goaltender Cayden Primeau gets the start against the Vegas Golden Knights in their final meeting with the Habs this season.
GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens (7-7-2) vs Vegas Golden Knights (12-3-1)
Game Day: Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden KnightsGame Preview
Roster News
Forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard is day-to-day with a lower body injury. Michael Pezzetta will slot into his spot. Jordan Harris will miss his second straight game.
Cayden Primeau makes his third start in goal this season.
Last Game
Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom outplayed Sam Montembeault as Canadiens shooters struggled to finish.
Last game: MTL 1 vs CGY 2 | F
For a complete game recap: Canadiens Attack Fizzles | RECAP: CGY @ MTL
Players to Watch
- Sean Monahan - Monahan .
Matchup for Game 17, Home Game 11
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. | November 16, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, SCRIPPS, ESPN
Pre-Game
Marty St. Louis
- "I am a father of three boys and I have always loved playing hockey, but I love watching my sons play even more. I want fathers to have a great experience. They can share this moment between son and father. It's a way of giving back. They all played big roles in our players' careers."
Projected Canadiens Lineup (subject to change)
Forwards
15 Alex Newhook - 14 Nick Suzuki - 17 Josh Anderson
22 Cole Caufield - 28 Christian Dvorak - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
70 Tanner Pearson - 91 Sean Monahan - 11 Brendan Gallagher
55 Michael Pezzetta - 71 Jake Evans - 56 Jesse Ylonen
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 52 Justin Barron
21 Kaiden Guhle - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
72 Arber Xhekaj - 27 Gustav Lindstrom
Goaltenders
Starter: 30 Cayden Primeau (1-1-0)
Alternate: 34 Jake Allen
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Sam Montembeault
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), David Savard (hand), Jordan Harris (upper body), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body)
Visiting Bench
The Golden Knights face the Canadiens for the second time this season. Montreal took the Stanley Cup champions to extra time on October 30th losing 3-2 in a shootout.
Vegas has lost three of their last four games going 1-3-0 in that time.
Adin Hill (7-1-1 / 1.75 GAA / .939 SV%) is the confirmed starter for the Golden Knights.
Game Expectations
Fathers of the players attended Thursday morning's practice and will attend the game as a group tonight. This is a prelude to the Dad's trip to Boston for Saturday night's game against the Bruins.
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