Game 43: Montreal Canadiens @ Utah Hockey Club
Start time: **9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST**
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Utah region: Utah16
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
Already feeling the effects of a virus cascading through the lineup, the Canadiens are now dealing with a key injury. Rookie Emil Heineman was hit by a car in Utah yesterday, and ruled out for the next three to four weeks with an upper-body injury.
His departure will give the team something to rally around for a game that otherwise offered little motivation. Heineman is one of the team’s hardest workers and would have given them an edge with his goal-scoring talent from a bottom-six role. It will be up to the other skaters in the formation to put pucks behind Utah starter Karel Vejmelka and extend the woes of the newest franchise.
Cole Caufield just had a five-game goal-scoring streak snapped on Saturday — by a post in overtime that denied him his 24th goal and the Canadiens their first four-game winning streak. The Habs have been stringing together three wins followed by a loss for the past few weeks, so tonight could be the start of a new winning run for the team.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #13 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #35 Alex Newhook |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#92 Patrik Laine |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#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
Injured: Emil Heineman
Utah HC projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Clayton Keller |
Logan Cooley |
Nick Schmaltz |
| Mattias Maccelli |
Barrett Hayton |
Josh Doan |
| Jack McBain |
Nick Bjugstad |
Lawson Crouse |
| Alex Kerfoot |
Kevin Stenlund |
Michael Carcone |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Mikhail Sergachev |
Olli Maatta |
| Ian Cole |
Michael Kesselring |
| Juuso Valimaki |
John Marino |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Karel Vejmelka |
Connor Ingram |
