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22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
15 Alex Newhook - 28 Christian Dvorak - 17 Josh Anderson
70 Tanner Pearson - 91 Sean Monahan - 11 Brendan Gallagher
55 Michael Pezzetta - 71 Jake Evans - 40 Joel Armia

Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
21 Kaiden Guhle - 52 Justin Barron
72 Arber Xhekaj - 54 Jordan Harris

Goaltenders
Starter: 34 Jake Allen
Alternate: 35 Sam Montembeault" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Out of the lineup
Scratches: Jesse Ylonen, Cayden Primeau
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), David Savard (hand), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower-body)" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Visiting Bench", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Tampa Bay will be on the second game of a back-to-back. The Lightning lost 6-5 in overtime on Monday night to the Toronto Maple Leafs." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Braden Hagel has points in eight of 12 games this season." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Matt Tomkins (0-2-0 / 3.59 GAA / .891 SV%) is the expected starter for the Lightning." } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Game Expectations", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Tonight's game is the first of four matchups between the Canadiens and the Lightning. Montreal won once in four meetings with Tampa last season." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Be sure to bookmark THN.com/Montreal for year-round coverage of the Montreal Canadiens, Laval Rocket, and Habs prospects playing in leagues around the world." } }, { "type": "image", "data": { "file": { "url": "https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAxNzAzMjM2NzQxMTEzNjIw/gretzky-northland.jpg" }, "caption": "Gretzky Signature Selection" } } ] }

Canadiens Looking to Get Back on Track at Home | PREVIEW: TBL @ MTL