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22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
91 Sean Monahan - 71 Jake Evans - 17 Josh Anderson
11 Brendan Gallagher - 28 Christian Dvorak - 56 Jesse Ylonen
55 Michael Pezzetta - 13 Mitchell Stephens - 40 Joel Armia" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 58 David Savard
21 Kaiden Guhle - 52 Justin Barron
47 Jayden Struble - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Goaltenders
Starter: 34 Jake Allen (3-5-2 / 3.74 GAA / .898 SV%)
Alternate: 35 Sam Montembeault" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Out of the lineup
Scratches: Gustav Lindstrom, Cayden Primeau" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body)" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Visiting Bench", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Nashville is 7-3-0 in their last ten games against the Canadiens." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Roman Josi has recorded 12 points in 16 games versus the Canadiens in his NHL career." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Predators were shut out by the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Saturday night." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Juse Saros (11-10-0 / 2.93 GAA / .904 SV%) is the likely starter for the Predators." } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Game Expectations", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Both teams are playing the second half of back-to-back games this weekend. The Predators traveled from Toronto and the Canadiens made the short trip from Buffalo." } }, { "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 Series." } } ] }

Canadiens Seeking Back-to-Back Sweep | PREVIEW: NSH @ MTL