The Montreal Canadiens will be looking for their first win of the season against the Florida Panthers this season.
GAME DAY PREVIEW | Montreal Canadiens (28-33-12) vs Florida Panthers (47-23-5)
Game Preview
Roster News
Kaiden Guhle returns to the lineup after serving a one-game suspension on Saturday night.
Cayden Primeau was named the Molson Cup winner for the month of March.
Christian Dvorak has been practicing with the team wearing a regular jersey. Martin St. Louis said that Dvorak will likely return to the lineup before the end of the season.
Sam Montembeault (14-14-7 / 3.03 GAA / .905 SV% / 0 SO) is the confirmed starter for Montreal.
Last Game
The Hurricanes pressured the Canadiens all over the ice enroute to a shutout win.
Last game: MTL 0 vs CAR 3 | F
Players to Watch
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Matchup for Game 74, Home Game 37
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. | April 2, 7:00 PM ET | TV: TSN2, RDS, BSFL, ESPN
Pre-Game
Jordan Harris - "They're going to be physical and we're going to be physical too. It's a team that we love to face, but that we hate to face at the same time, a bit like the Ottawa Senators. We know it will be an intense match and we will be ready.”
Canadiens Connection via YouTube
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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
17 Josh Anderson - 71 Jake Evans - 56 Jesse Ylonen
55 Michael Pezzetta - 36 Colin White - 49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 21 Kaiden Guhle
72 Arber Xhekaj - 58 David Savard
47 Jayden Struble - 54 Jordan Harris
Goaltenders
Starter: 35 Sam Montembeault
Alternate: 30 Cayden Primeau
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Tanner Pearson, Johnathan Kovacevic
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Joshua Roy (hand)
Visiting Bench
This is the final game of four meetings between these two teams. Florida has won all three previous games this season. The Panthers have outscored Montreal 12-5 this season.
Florida has the best road penalty kill and the second best power play on the road.
The Panthers are the most physical team in the league, leading the NHL with 2,131 hits this season.
Anthony Stolarz (14-6-2 / 1.99 GAA / .926 SV% / 1 SO) is the likely starter for the Panthers.
Game Expectations
The Canadiens will be looking to avoid a Panther sweep of the season series.
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