News and Notes from Habs practice: Lines unchanged, Lessio makes his first appearance

Both P.K. Subban and Alexei Emelin were allowed to skip practice. Although Lucas Lessio joined the team for the first time. He wore #53. Sven Andrighetto practiced as well.

Premier entraînement pour Lessio!/First practice as a Hab for Lessio! #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/sA4VfAa79X

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) February 1, 2016

For those wondering, Lessio has played reasonably well with the IceCaps, scoring three goals and adding six assists in 18 games. He also produced a few highlights along the way.

I'm going to tweet a few gifs from Lucas Lessio's time with the IceCaps. One thing is clear, he can finish. pic.twitter.com/0vLfISHYoX

— Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) February 1, 2016

Lessio has fantastic speed as well, which tends to create scoring chances when defenders are forced to move quickly. pic.twitter.com/lFxw8tkYCa

— Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) February 1, 2016

The lines seem to be unchanged, which of course means Alex Galchenyuk is still playing on the wing.

Trois à l'entraînement:
Pacioretty-Desharnais-Weise; Galchenyuk-Plekanec-Gallagher; Fleischmann-Eller-DSP; Andrighetto/Lessio-Mitchell-Flynn

— Marc Denis (@MarcDenis_RDS) February 1, 2016

Max Pacioretty is playing alongside David Desharnais and Dale Weise, because of course he is. Things have been going great lately, so why fix anything?

Les défenseur CH:
Markov-Petry;
Beaulieu-Barberio;
Gilbert-Pateryn;
Subban: congé
Emelin: Son avion annulé. Il rejoindra l'équipe ce soir

— Chantal Machabee (@ChantalMachabee) February 1, 2016