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Montreal will see another season debut when Otto Leskinen steps in for his first game of the year. The Canadiens are obviously happy with the roving style that Alexander Romanov has been playing in his rookie year, especially since the COVID break, but still haven’t found the proper partner to complement him on the third pairing. The most impressive defenceman in the AHL this season, perhaps Leskinen can fill that role.
Some of the injured players are getting closer to returning, according to Dominique Ducharme in this morning’s press briefing. However, neither Joel Armia nor Carey Price are ready to jump back in just yet, and that means Jake Allen is back in for a third time in four games.
It didn’t start out well with three goals in the opening period, but those were all Allen allowed in the previous game to give his team a chance to pull even. He will surely want to give up less to the Jets this evening, but at some point he needs to get a bit of run support from a team that hasn’t scored more than two goals in the past two games.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Forwards
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Tomas Tatar |
Phillip Danault |
Jesperi Kotkaniemi |
Jonathan Drouin |
Eric Staal |
Josh Anderson |
Corey Perry |
Nick Suzuki |
Tyler Toffoli |
Paul Byron |
Jake Evans |
Artturi Lehkonen |
Defencemen
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Brett Kulak |
Jeff Petry |
Joel Edmundson |
Shea Weber |
Alexander Romanov |
Otto Leskinen |
Goaltenders
Starter |
Backup |
Starter |
Backup |
Jake Allen |
Cayden Primeau |
Scratched: Victor Mete
Injured: Ben Chiarot (broken hand), Brendan Gallagher (broken thumb), Carey Price (lower-body)
COVID unavailable list: Joel Armia
Winnipeg Jets projected lineup
Forwards
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
Kyle Connor |
Mark Scheifele |
Nikolaj Ehlers |
Paul Stastny |
Pierre-Luc Dubois |
Andrew Copp |
Mathieu Perreault |
Adam Lowry |
Mason Appleton |
Jensen Harkins |
Nate Thompson |
Trevor Lewis |
Defencemen
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Left Defence |
Right Defence |
Josh Morrissey |
Tucker Poolman |
Derek Forbort |
Neal Pionk |
Logan Stanley |
Dylan DeMelo |
Goaltenders
Starter |
Backup |
Starter |
Backup |
Connor Hellebuyck |
Laurent Brossoit |
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