Game #36 ~ Montreal Canadiens @ Edmonton Oilers. Saturday, December 23rd, 2017.

[Clues]

EDMONTON -- The Habs ring in the holiday break with a quick stop in Edmonton on Saturday.

Coming off a 3-2 win in Calgary on Friday, the Canadiens will be looking to complete a perfect sweep of western Canada when they hit the ice for a second time in less than 24 hours at Rogers Place. 

Byron Froese, Nicolas Deslauriers and Brendan Gallagher were the Canadiens goal scorers in Cowtown, while Carey Price made 21 saves for his 11th win of the season.

Claude Julien has not yet confirmed Saturday's goaltender in Edmonton, but with two games in two nights and Price having started the last 12-straight, Antti Niemi could get his first start since Nov. 22.

In that game from just over a month ago, the 34-year-old stopped 31 of 33 shots he faced in a 3-2 shootout loss in Nashville. Niemi also saw action on Nov. 9, playing in relief of Price against Saturday's same Oilers at the Bell Centre, making 24 saves on 26 shots.
 
The Habs will be looking for avenge that 6-2 loss against Edmonton from two weeks ago, when Connor McDavid, Milan Lucic, Ryan Strome and Jujhar Khaira each picked up two points in the decision.

The Oilers meanwhile are currently enjoying a three-game win streak, having won four of their last five. On Thursday against St. Louis, Edmonton scored twice with less than four minutes to go to seal a 3-2 win.

[BigTed3]

Price starts again tonight. No word on line-up changes, but it's expected Julien will go with the same group that won last night, meaning Hudon sits again.

[Habberwacky]

Glad  to see Price get the start. I usually go to this one but will enjoy it from home. We are due for a little payback tonight.

[kinot-2]

1 hour ago, Habberwacky said:

Glad  to see Price get the start. I usually go to this one but will enjoy it from home. We are due for a little payback tonight.

Sry to burst your bubble, but Niemi gets the start, as per TSN. 

[BigTed3]

12 minutes ago, kinot-2 said:

Sry to burst your bubble, but Niemi gets the start, as per TSN. 

Yup, RDS now reporting Niemi in as well, even though they had previously said Price...

[kinot-2]

Brett Lernout is in for Jarebek 

[archey]

15 minutes ago, kinot-2 said:

Brett Lernout is in for Jarebek 

Let's hope he telegraphs less.

[kinot-2]

Just now, archey said:

Let's hope he telegraphs less.

I think he got a cell phone last Christmas.

 

[archey]

2 minutes ago, kinot-2 said:

I think he got a cell phone last Christmas.

 

Huh?

[Netcase2]

Niemi 5 GAA, yikes 

[kinot-2]

1 minute ago, Netcase2 said:

Niemi 5 GAA, yikes 

Clean slate now.

 

[archey]

9 minutes ago, archey said:

Let's hope he telegraphs less.

And can stay on his feet as well

[raydourque]

woah

[raydourque]

good glove!

[Netcase2]

Niemi stops it

[raydourque]

Journey, on Organ!

[Netcase2]

Lernout had a burnout 

[raydourque]

Lernout must have brought his grade 9 skates.

[Netcase2]

Too much time in our zone I

[raydourque]

big saves!

[Netcase2]

Can we get some defensive participation? 

[kinot-2]

1 minute ago, raydourque said:

big saves!

We're gonna need them .

[HabsRuleForever]

2 minutes ago, Netcase2 said:

Can we get some defensive participation? 

Some offence would be nice too.

[Habs=stanleycup]

1 minute ago, kinot-2 said:

We're gonna need them .

We're also gonna need production from our 1st, 2nd & 3rd lines.

[Habs=stanleycup]

1 minute ago, HabsRuleForever said:

Some offence would be nice too.

Thank you, you beat me to it lol.