Game 29: Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Penguins region: Sportsnet Pittsburgh
Streaming: ESPN+ RDS, TSN+
Not wanting to mess with a winning lines, as is the case for most coaches, Martin St-Louis wrote down the same lineup for tonight’s homestand finale as he did in Monday’s win over the Anaheim Ducks. It wasn’t the most efficient way to claim two points three days ago, but the group managed to get the job done. Versus a suddenly hot Pittsburgh Penguins team, they can’t afford to look as disjointed as they did in the last game.
Samuel Montembeault gets the start once again. At this point, it seems like he will be getting every game outside of one of the contests in a back-to-back. His level of play is making that an easy decision, and it’s fair to say that he was one of the main reasons why the Habs got at least the second point on Monday.
The Penguins have become a more dangerous offensive team in recent weeks. Even though the Canadiens are generally playing better hockey than they were the first two times these teams met, they will need to work hard to avoid the sweep.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #13 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#35 Alex Newhook |
| #20 Juraj Slafkovský |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#92 Patrik Laine |
| #17 Josh Anderson |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #51 Emil Heineman |
#71 Jake Evans |
#40 Joel Armia |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #48 Lane Hutson |
#8 Mike Matheson |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
#21 Kaiden Guhle |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
#52 Justin Barron |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#30 Cayden Primeau |
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: David Savard
Pittsburgh Penguins projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Bryan Rust |
Sidney Crosby |
Rickard Rakell |
| Cody Glass |
Evgeni Malkin |
Phliip Tomasino |
| Michael Bunting |
Blake Lizotte |
Drew O’Connor |
| Kevin Hayes |
Noel Acciari |
Anthony Beauvillier |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Owen Pickering |
Kris Letang |
| Marcus Pettersson |
Erik Karlsson |
| Ryan Graves |
Matt Grzelcyk |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Tristan Jarry |
Alex Nedeljkovic |
