kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 THE RIVALRY CONTINUES. TONITE THE SENS ARE IN TOWN. Price on a roll: The Canadiens’ Carey Price skipped practice Friday in Brossard, taking a therapy day, but you can expect to see him in goal against the Senators. Price has a personal four-game winning streak and has won in five of his last six starts, improving his season record to 12-8-4 with a 2.94 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. Fourth line producing: The Canadiens’ fourth line has been producing for them recently with Matthew Peca scoring a goal in Thursday’s 6-4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes, while Kenny Agostino picked up two assists and Michael Chaput had one. Agostino and Chaput have four assists each in the last four games and Agostino now has 1-8-9 totals in 17 games since getting called up from the AHL’s Laval Rocket. Chaput, also called up from the Rocket, has become the Canadiens’ best faceoff man, winning 57 per cent of his draws. The Canadiens as a team rank 30th in the NHL in faceoffs at 46.9 per cent. Pitiful power play: The Canadiens continue to struggle on the power play. After going 0-for-6 against the Hurricanes, the Canadiens ranked 30th in the NHL on the power play at 12.7 per cent. The Canadiens are 0-for-18 on the power play in their last six games. Getting goals: While the power play has been brutal, the Canadiens have been able to score 5-on-5 and ranked 14th in the NHL in offence after Thursday’s win, scoring an average of 3.16 goals per game. The Canadiens have already scored five or more goals nine times this season after doing it 11 times all of last season. The Canadiens have only been shut out once this season after getting blanked 12 times last season. Back-to-back for Senators: While the Canadiens were resting at home Friday night, the Senators were beating the Red Wings 4-2 in Detroit before flying to Montreal after the game. The Senators have five players on the injured-reserve list: defencemen Mark Borowiecki and Dylan DeMelo, along with forwards Matt Duchene, Marian Gaborik and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Defenceman Christian Jaros is also been sidelined with a lower-body injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 SPECIAL TEAMS OTT: PP 21.8% (13th); PK 72.8% (30th) MTL: PP 12.7% (30th); PK 76.2% (26th) THE BIG MATCHUP Zack Smith vs. Max Domi: There has been no shortage of bad blood built up between these two in the last couple of games. Trying to get under Smith’s skin in a 5-2 victory Dec. 4 in Montreal, Domi was caught mouthing “waivers” at the Ottawa forward from the bench. Smith got payback in the next game in Ottawa Dec. 6 with a stick to Domi’s groin area off a faceoff. Then, the duo were at each other the rest of the game. This will be Price’s 41st career appearance against the Senators. He has a 24-9-5 lifetime record vs. Ottawa with a .921 save percentage and a 2.32 goals-against average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Canadiens lines Forwards Jonathan Drouin–Max Domi-Andrew Shaw Tomas Tatar-Phillip Danault-Brendan Gallagher Paul Byron-Jesperi Kotkaniemi-Artturi Lehkonen Kenny Agostino-Michael Chaput-Matthew Peca Defence Brett Kulak-Shea Weber Mike Reilly-Jeff Petry Jordie Benn-Noah Juulsen Goaltenders Carey Price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTed3 Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 They say good teams will have a combined special teams success rate (PK + PP percentages) over 100%. Right now, we're at 89.9%. That's pathetic. Biggest disappointment for the season thus far is how a team that can score well at 5v5 can't do it with a man up. I'm guessing it's because a lot of our goals come off the rush at 5v5 and we're just not good at controlling the zone and setting up goals that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 35 year old Mike McKenna is in nets for the Sens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Claude Julien just confirmed no changes to Habs lineup tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 hour ago, kinot-2 said: Claude Julien just confirmed no changes to Habs lineup tonight DLO and Schlemko sitting for two games in a row? Something is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Oh, and BTW,,,,, Cole is calling the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 MMW, the PP will score tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: Oh, and BTW,,,,, Cole is calling the game. Well I knew that. His last year so i'll cut him some slack. Now,,,, if he were to take Cherry with him,,,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, kinot-2 said: 35 year old Mike McKenna is in nets for the Sens. Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, H_T_L said: Well I knew that. His last year so i'll cut him some slack. Now,,,, if he were to take Cherry with him,,,,,,,, Beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: MMW, the PP will score tonight. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a blue moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, HabsRuleForever said: Who? 35 year old Mike McKenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: Oh, and BTW,,,,, Cole is calling the game. Just as he was the last game of the 92-93 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, kinot-2 said: MMW, the PP will score tonight. We’ll see. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, kinot-2 said: 35 year old Mike McKenna. Who dat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, HabsRuleForever said: We’ll see. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. But the Habs PP clock has been broken for quite a few days now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, HabsRuleForever said: Just as he was the last game of the 92-93 season. Didn't McKenna play in that game?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, HabsRuleForever said: Who dat? You will have to ask Boucher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, kinot-2 said: But the Habs PP clock has been broken for quite a few days now. What are we,,,,like 0 for 20 now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, kinot-2 said: You will have to ask Boucher. Who he? Hi 👋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsRuleForever Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, H_T_L said: What are we,,,,like 0 for 20 now??? What are we for the season so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-2 Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Just now, H_T_L said: What are we,,,,like 0 for 20 now??? Something like that, around 13%. now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_T_L Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, HabsRuleForever said: Who he? Hi 👋 Played two games and has 3 points so,,,, we're doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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