Canadiens vs Flyers game thread & lineups

I feel like this four game home stand is like a best franchises of the 70s medley. The Habs have faced a 3 time winner* of the Avco cup in the Jets and the only two franchises (Bruins and Flyers) not named the Canadiens to win cups in the 70s. Throw-in the Guy Lapointe sweater retirement party against the Wild and this week has a definite 70s flavour to it.

And now, as then, sees the Canadiens beating up on their opponents.

The Canadiens posted one of their most convincing wins of the season against the Bruins on Thursday and look to stretch their four game win streak to five against the Flyers who are missing 3 core D in Timonen, Schenn, and MacDonald. The Flyers, however, are not easy pickings as they, unlike the Bruins, have a functional top line in Simmonds, Giroux, and Voracek. Voracek is currently riding high on a nine game point streak and has rounded into one of the games most offensive wings.

The Habs may once again dress 7 D with Nathan Beaulieu seeing time on the fourth line wing with Drayson Bowman waiting to make his Habs season debut. sitting (he made a forgettable debut against the Jets).

Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST (8:30 In Newfoundland!)

In Canada (English): Sportsnet

In the Canadiens region (French): TVA

In Philadelphia: CSN-PH

In the US of A: NHL-N

Elsewhere: NHL Gamcenter Live or NHL Center Ice

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lineup

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Max Pacioretty	David Desharnais	PA Parenteau
Alex Galchenyuk	Tomas Plekanec	Brendan Gallagher
Brandon Prust	Lars Eller	Jiri Sekac
Nathan Beaulieu	Manny Malhotra	Dale Weise

Left Defense	Right Defense
Andrei Markov	P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin	Mike Weaver
Sergei Gonchar	Tom Gilbert

Goaltenders

Carey Price

Dustin Tokarski

Scratched: Drayson Bowman

Injured: Michael Bournival

As for the Philadelphia Flyers, here's how they'll look tonight:

Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lineup

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Wayne Simmonds	Claude Giroux	Jakub Voracek
R.J. Umberger	Vincent Lecavalier	Jason Akeson
Brayden Schenn	Sean Couturier	Matt Read
Zac Rinaldo	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	Chris VandeVelde

Left Defense	Right Defense
Nicklas Grossmann	Mark Streit
Michael Del Zotto	Nick Schultz
Braydon Coburn	Carlo Colaiacovo

Goaltenders

Ray Emery

Steve Mason

Injured: Kimmo Timonen (blood clots), Andrew MacDonald (lower body), Michael Raffl (lower body), Luke Schenn (upper body)

Scratched: Blair Jones, Ryan White

*Modern day Jets aren't the same franchise, but the name is the same - cut me some slack. The current Jets seem to be more of a spiritual successor to the WHA team than the Phoenix Coyotes.

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