Game 42: Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas Stars
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French)
In the Stars region: Victory+
Streaming: ESPN+, Sportsnet+
It turns out Patrik Laine still isn’t able to go for the Canadiens, meaning the forward corps will be the same as it was last night in Washington. However, David Savard is ready to play following his recovery from a minor injury, and that should help to balance the blue-line deployment that was heavily skewed to the top two pairings last night.
The Habs are feeling confident in their game, as are the Stars after winning six in a row, and losing just 14 games all season long. As it always is lately, it’s a difficult matchup for Montreal, but the team is thriving with that pressure over the past month or so, and there’s no reason to believe they’re going to let up now, especially in front of their home fans on Saturday night.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #13 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#35 Alex Newhook |
| #51 Emil Heineman |
#71 Jake Evans |
#40 Joel Armia |
| #17 Josh Anderson |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #48 Lane Hutson |
#8 Mike Matheson |
| #21 Kaiden Guhle |
#45 Alexandre Carrier |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
#58 David Savard |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#75 Jakub Dobeṧ |
Scratched: Jayden Struble
Ill: Patrik Laine
Dallas Stars projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Jason Robertson |
Roope Hintz |
Evgenii Dadonov |
| Jamie Benn |
Matt Duchene |
Wyatt Johnston |
| Sam Steel |
Mavrik Bourque |
Logan Stankoven |
| Oskar Back |
Arttu Hyry |
Colin Blackwell |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Miro Heiskanen |
Ilya Lyubushkin |
| Esa Lindell |
Nils Lundkvist |
| Thomas Harley |
Matt Dumba |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Jake Oettinger |
Casey DeSmith |
