Game #21 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 Rangers @ Canadiens 7:00 PM CBC, RDS, NHLN-US

[habby4ever]

bleu-blanc-rouge

To Play the Game is Good, To Win is Better, But to Love the Game is Best of All

Live as if you were to Die Tomorrow, Learn as if you were to Live Forever

Here are the Canadiens - le Glorieux

Rangers at Les Canadiens

Habs will play the first of three straight weekends of back to back games when

they play in Columbus Friday night and host the Rangers on Saturday.

Here’s how we can expect to see the Canadiens’ lineup

Gionta – Plekanec – Bournival

Galchenyuk – Eller – Gallagher

Bourque – Briere – Pacioretty

White– Desharnais – Prust

Subban – Markov

Bouillon – Gorges

Emelin – Diaz

Price (starting)

Budaj

“In this league, when you compete, you’ve got a chance to have success. The kid line plays a great game,

and not just because they score goals. These kids have exemplary work ethic and they're always looking to

get better. They are constantly on the puck and cause a lot of turnovers,” “It’s all about having fun.

That’s why we play. When everybody is contributing and sacrificing for the team, that’s when hockey

becomes a great game. "For some reason we just have that chemistry," said Eller, who has been briefly

moved to other lines at times recently to try to shake up the attack. "Things just come naturally.

"Everybody's playing on their instincts, so there's not too much hesitation."The habs are 3rd in PP at

a efficiency rate of 23.7, while their Pk is a respectable 5th at 86.5 %. Carey Price will be in net for the

Habs, sporting a .933 sv% and a 2.12 GAA. He was impressive in stopping 44 out of 45 shots, against

the Tampa Bay Lightning. a sv% of .978 in that game, for a record of 7-7-2 on the season.

Here’s how we can expect to see the Rangers lineup

Hagelin-Richards-Callahan

Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello

Pouliot-Brassard-Dorsett

Moore -Boyle-Miller

McDonagh-Girardi

Staal-Stralman

Moore-Falk

Lundqvist

Talbot (starting)

Rick Nash practiced with his teammates on Wednesday afternoon at the MSG Training Center

for the first time since suffering a head injury in a game on October 8th. Nash wore the bright yellow

non-contact jersey during the practice, which ended in a series of conditioning sprints

for the entire roster. Friday Practice Report: Lineup Changes In Store For Montreal Game:

Though head coach Alain Vigneault was not on the ice at Rangers practice Friday morning---he

was already in Montreal attending to personal matters---his fingerprints were

all over several changes that will be made in his team's lineup when the Blueshirts face the Canadiens on Saturday night.

First and foremost,

Cam Talbot will start in goal with Henrik Lundqvist then slated to start 24 hours later when the

Rangers host the Los Angeles Kings Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. Also, veteran

center Dominic Moore will return to the lineup after a seven-game injury absence, and Brandon

Mashinter will be the team's healthy scratch at forward. Finally, Justin Falk will replace

Michael Del Zotto on defense, likely to be paired with John Moore. Talbot will be making his fifth start

for the Rangers this season. The 26 year-old rookie has won his last three starts and is 3-1-0

with a 1.97 goals against average and .933 save percentage. In his last start on November 7th, Talbot

backstopped a 4-2 victory in Columbus, and he has yet to allow more than two goals in any

start this season.The Rangers are 16th on PP at a 18.0 rate, while also 12th, on the Pk at 83.1 %.

Montreal has long been a difficult city for the Rangers to not only win in, but be competitive in.

Last season the Rangers were shutout in each of their two games at the Bell Centre, and they

are winless in their last eight visits to Montreal. The Rangers have scored just one goal in

their last five games at the Bell Centre. Their last win in that building was in March of 2009.

Bon Match!!!!

The Substitute Teacher

Budaj makes one of his 27 saves on that shutout evening on Rangers home ice.

Galchenyuk kiss's Logo after Goal against Islanders.

Quote on Gameday: ”Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you.” - Jacques Plante

They Rule There To!

Ya! The Habs Rule!

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"Game Day Lineups Available when released."

[HabsRuleForever]

[kinot-1]

Thanks for the GDT, habby,,,,,,,,,another winning GDT. ( I can tell )

TSN radio:

With New York set to host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday, head coach Alain Vigneault will give rookie Cam Talbot the start tonight versus the Canadiens. The Ontario native is 3-1-0 with a 1.97 goals against average and .933 save percentage in four starts on the season.

Vigneault is expected to have center Dominic Moore in the lineup tonight after he missed the past seven games with a strained oblique.

[THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123]

Great GDT Habby!

We're finally healthy! No offense to Drewiske. I expect a win.

[powerplay2009]

To Play the Game is Good, To Win is Better, But to Love the Game is Best of All

Love this.

Do we have starting lineups yet?

[kinot-1]

Emelin with Soupy tonight

Murray sits.

[THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123]

In the warm up Prust took Bournival's spot with Pleks while Bournival was on the 4th line with Briere and Moen.

[kinot-1]

Still no word on Gallagher?

On edit,,,Gally is a game time decision.

[THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123]

Still no word on Gallagher?

Stubbs said they'll say after the warm up.

Just in: Gallagher will play.

[BigTed3]

Again, expecting to see a lot of line juggling as the game goes on, but interesting to see MT is essentially going with 4 balanced lines instead of a true 4th line.

[Guest]

Emelin with Soupy tonight

Murray sits.

Don't think we'll find anybody surprised with that decision. Stoked to have Boom back in the lineup. Not expecting much the first few games but still a major upgrade IMO.

[kinot-1]

Stubbs said they'll say after the warm up.

Just in: Gallagher will play.

Great news 123.

[Guest]

Stubbs said they'll say after the warm up.

Just in: Gallagher will play.

More good news.

[kinot-1]

Rags have a rookie goalie in net,,,Cam Talbot,,,,big boy at 6'3", 205#.

[netcase]

Is Parros part time now?

[vegasrick]

I sure hope this game isn't

a ) a nailbiter

b ) a carousel of bad officiating

c ) another "unknown goalie outshines Vezina" night

[kinot-1]

Is Parros part time now?

IMO,,,he is,,,most likely will play against division opponents, like Bos., TO, Ott.

[roy_133]

IMO,,,he is,,,most likely will play against division opponents, like Bos., TO, Ott.

Who from this healthy lineup are you sitting for Parros against those teams?

[THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123]

The CBC.ca feed is a couple seconds earlier then the CBC channel on my TV. Does that have to do with my cable provider?

[kinot-1]

I sure hope this game isn't

a ) a nailbiter

b ) a carousel of bad officiating

c ) another "unknown goalie outshines Vezina" night

Missed you last game Rick, didja bring bananas?

[BigTed3]

Is Parros part time now?

Just to point out that with a healthy line-up, Bergevin's three major off-season acquisitions are now two guys in the pressbox and a guy who's on the 4th line (and on the depth chart is sitting behind a player with 1 assist the entire season).

[kinot-1]

Who from this healthy lineup are you sitting for Parros against those teams?

Hey, roy,,,I'm not the coach.

[THEBIGGESTHABSFAN123]

Who from this healthy lineup are you sitting for Parros against those teams?

Yeah, with a healthy lineup he should be in the press box for all the games.

[vegasrick]

Missed you last game Rick, didja bring bananas?

.....they're around here somewhere.....they don't get much work these days.....

[HabsRuleForever]

BOOM