Game 76: Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVA Sports (French)
In the Flyers region: NBC Sports Philadelphia
Streaming: ESPN+, CityTV, Sportsnet+
Playing a critical game this afternoon, the New York Rangers were unable to score a single goal versus the New Jersey Devils, and made their path to the playoffs even more difficult than it already was. That means Montreal’s chances of making it went up by a significant margin, but they still have to take care of their own business this weekend.
It starts with a game on Saturday night versus a Philadelphia Flyers side that just scored six goals on them on March 27. It was the second game in a row in which Montreal had allowed that many, and they followed it up a night later with a 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes. Montreal needed to turn things around in a major way, and they’ve done that with three consecutive wins surrendering a total of five goals.
The Flyers therefore shouldn’t enjoy so much success versus Montreal tonight, while the Canadiens will be hoping to at least replicate the four goals they managed at Wells Fargo Arena in the loss. Half of Montreal’s lineup has been on fire offensively, and a disciplined effort on defence should be enough to help them claim another important win on home ice.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #13 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #91 Oliver Kapanen |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #51 Emil Heineman |
#15 Alex Newhook |
#92 Patrik Laine |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#71 Jake Evans |
#40 Joel Armia |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #21 Kaiden Guhle |
#48 Lane Hutson |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#45 Alexandre Carrier |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
#58 David Savard |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#75 Jakub Dobeṧ |
Scratched: Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj
Paternity leave: Josh Anderson
Injured: Kirby Dach
Philadelphia Flyers projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Matvei Michkov |
Sean Couturier |
Travis Konecny |
| Tyson Foerster |
Noah Cates |
Bobby Brink |
| Jakob Pelletier |
Ryan Poehling |
Owen Tippett |
| Nicolas Deslauriers |
Karsen Dorwart |
Garnet Hathaway |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Nick Seeler |
Travis Sanheim |
| Cam York |
Jamie Drysdale |
| Egor Zamula |
Emil Andrae |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Ivan Fedotov |
Samuel Ersson |
