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Canadiens @ Sharks: Game thread, rosters, lines, and how to watch

The Habs should easily dispatch the league’s worst team in San Jose.

Nov 24, 2023; San Jose, California, USA; Montreal Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson (8) and San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Benning (5) fight for control of the puck during the first period at SAP Center at San Jose. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports

Game 53: Montreal Canadiens @ San Jose Sharks

Start time: **10:30 PM EST / 7:30 PM PST**
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Sharks region: NBC Sports California
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+

A day after a terrible performance in Anaheim, all of the Canadiens players, especially Patrik Laine and Kirby Dach, knew that the effort wasn’t good enough in the first game of the road trip and promised better in the second one. The team has been trying and failing to get by with just the top line playing at a high level, and that needs to change if they want to halt the losing streak at five games.

It really shouldn’t take much to beat the San Jose Sharks, the last-place team in the NHL, but it will take more than what the Habs brought to the last game. They can’t just squeak by the Sharks tonight, they need to establish (to themselves more than anyone) that they’re not in that class anymore. An offence that has had issues scoring during this losing streak with just eight goals in the last five games has a chance to kick itself into gear.

Montreal Canadiens projected lineup

Left Wing Centre Right Wing
#13 Cole Caufield #14 Nick Suzuki #20 Juraj Slafkovský
#92 Patrik Laine #71 Jake Evans #40 Joel Armia
#35 Alex Newhook #77 Kirby Dach #17 Josh Anderson
#62 Owen Beck #28 Christian Dvorak #11 Brendan Gallagher
Left Defence Right Defence
#8 Mike Matheson #48 Lane Hutson
#72 Arber Xhekaj #45 Alexandre Carrier
#47 Jayden Struble #58 David Savard
Starter Backup
#35 Samuel Montembeault #75 Jakub Dobeṧ

Scratched: Logan Mailloux, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle, Emil Heineman

San Jose Sharks projected lineup

Left Wing Centre Right Wing
William Eklund Macklin Celebrini Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund Andrew Poturalski Will Smith
Collin Graf Luke Kunin Barclay Goodrow
Carl Grundstrom Colin White Walker Duehr
Left Defence Right Defence
Jake Walman Henry Thrun
Mario Ferraro Jack Thompson
Shakir Mukhamadullin Timothy Liljegren
Starter Backup
Alexandar Georgiev Vitek Vanecek

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