Game 7: Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers
Start time: 7:15 PM EDT / 4:15 PM PDT
In Canada: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Rangers region: MSG
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
A lingering injury for Juraj Slafkovský has forced the third-year winger from the lineup. In his place steps Kirby Dach from the second-line centre position. And filling Dach’s spot is Oliver Kapanen, who receives a promotion from his typical fourth-line duties, though it may be the veteran third line that sees the second-most minutes tonight.
The defence will stay the same to what the Canadiens ran versus the New York Islanders, in what was a fairly solid opening 40 minutes for the Habs and their best performance on the season so far. Everyone will need to be at their best to cope with the absences of Slafkovský and Kaiden Guhle, and we’ll see how the changes to the lines work for Martin St-Louis.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #13 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#77 Kirby Dach |
| #35 Alex Newhook |
#91 Oliver Kapanen |
#40 Joel Armia |
| #17 Josh Anderson |
#71 Jake Evans |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #51 Emil Heineman |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#55 Michael Pezzetta |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#52 Justin Barron |
| #48 Lane Hutson |
#94 Logan Mailloux |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
#58 David Savard |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#30 Cayden Primeau |
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj
Injured: Kaiden Guhle. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Patrik Laine, Juraj Slafkovský
New York Rangers projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Artemiy Panarin |
Vincent Trocheck |
Alexis Lafrenière |
| Chris Kreider |
Mika Zibanejad |
Reilly Smith |
| Will Cuylle |
Filip Chytil |
Kaapo Kakko |
| Adam Edström |
Sam Carrick |
Jonny Brodzinski |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| K’Andre Miller |
Adam Fox |
| Braden Schneider |
Jacob Trouba |
| Ryan Lindgren |
Victor Mancini |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Igor Shesterkin |
Jonathan Quick |
