Clues Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 Montreal Canadiens (4-7-1) @ Minnesota Wild (4-4-2) TV: FS-N, RDS TSN2 8:00pm SAINT PAUL - With three wins in their last four games, the Canadiens arrive in Minnesota with a renewed sense of optimism as they begin a three-game road trip in the Midwest. On Monday, the Habs rallied from an early deficit and exploded for eight goals in Ottawa, defeating the Senators 8-3. Charles Hudon scored his first two career NHL goals, Artturi Lehkonen got his first two of the season, and four other Canadiens got pucks by Craig Anderson in the winning effort. Al Montoya stopped 25 of 28 shots for the visitors. On Wednesday, head coach Claude Julien confirmed that Carey Price would return between the pipes to face the Wild. He has a 4-5-0-0 lifetime record against Minnesota with a 3.01 goals-against average and .891 save percentage. The coach also announced that while Andrew Shaw did not practice, he would accompany the team on the road trip. After Minnesota, the Habs will face the Jets on Saturday and the Blackhawks on Sunday before returning home. The Canadiens have scored 18 goals in their last four games, collecting wins against Florida and the New York Rangers at home in addition to the win over the Sens on the road in that span. Last season, Montreal went 0-2-0 against Minnesota. The Habs lost 4-2 at home to the Wild last December, and 7-1 at the Xcel Energy Center in January. Chris Stewart, Eric Staal and Jared Spurgeon sit atop the Wild's scoring list with eight points each. Forward Zach Parise, who scored 19 goals and 23 assists for Minnesota last season, was injured during training camp and underwent back surgery last Tuesday. He is expected to be out eight to 10 weeks. After losing their first two games of 2017-18, the Wild have played .500 hockey. In their last game, on Tuesday, they fell 2-1 to the Winnipeg Jets, three days after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins by that same score. After the Canadiens, Minnesota plays at home against the Blackhawks on Saturday before embarking on a four-game Eastern conference road trip, which includes a stop in Montreal next Thursday. https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/pregame-game-preview-canadiens-at-wild/c-292507914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwlk Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 any lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Thanks for the GDT, Clues 1 hour ago, jwlk said: any lines? Here's the practice lines from yesterday. Mind you, Shaw is a game time decision. Practice lines from yesterday: Lehkonen - Drouin - Byron Pacioretty - Danault - De La Rose Hudon - Plekanec - Gallagher Galchenyuk - McCarron - Mitchell Mete - Weber Alzner - Benn Davidson - Petry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwlk Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 32 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: Thanks for the GDT, Clues Here's the practice lines from yesterday. Mind you, Shaw is a game time decision. Practice lines from yesterday: Lehkonen - Drouin - Byron Pacioretty - Danault - De La Rose Hudon - Plekanec - Gallagher Galchenyuk - McCarron - Mitchell Mete - Weber Alzner - Benn Davidson - Petry ty not a fan of these lines, but who cares they dont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Shaw will play,,, but who comes out,,, DLR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Parise, Coyle, Ferraro, are all injured, or possibly sick,,,,, either way they're not playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 48 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: Shaw will play,,, but who comes out,,, DLR? Either that or DLR moves to Mitchell's spot & he comes out. My guess is that CJ was using DLR as the placeholder so that his other 3 lines could practice in-tact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maas_art Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 I think its going to be a tight game (no more 8 game outbursts) but I think we'll come up with the W. 3-1 with Price having a "Pricean" performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 14 minutes ago, maas_art said: I think its going to be a tight game (no more 8 game goal outbursts) but I think we'll come up with the W. 3-1 with Price having a "Pricean" performance. Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 DROP THE PUCK!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 3 hours ago, kinot-2 said: Shaw will play,,, but who comes out,,, DLR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Wow, Price had no idea where the puck was and didn't seem to be in a hurry to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Zero urgency in Price's movements... with your net empty and the puck in your crease, you'd think a goalie would dive back for the puck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just now, vegasrick said: Why aren't you watching the LV game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 I forgot Hemsky was on the team until Pierre Houde just mentioned he was still hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just now, kinot-2 said: Why aren't you watching the LV game? Unlike you.....I can do more than one thing at a time. See: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Stupid Prunes scored. BOS 1 VGK 0 in the 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 minute ago, vegasrick said: Stupid Prunes scored. BOS 1 VGK 0 in the 2nd That's hot helpful for either one of your teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just now, BigTed3 said: That's hot helpful for either one of your teams. I know. I blame kinot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, vegasrick said: Stupid Prunes scored. BOS 1 VGK 0 in the 2nd LV has some goalie injury issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasrick Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just now, kinot-2 said: LV has some goalie injury issues. Right? Imagine how well Montreal would be doing on their FOURTH string goaltender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 That was an incredibly bad rebound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 And now Carey makes the save and then completely loses his balance and falls out of his net to allow the goal. He looks awful. Not sure what happened to him, but he's been terrible this entire season, save the first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Yank Carey. Deserves to sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs_93 Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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