It’s a very confusing time to be a Habs fan.
The Canadiens lost again last night, after a promising win in Toronto on Saturday, and this time to a team that sits in the literal last place in the NHL standings, a place the Canadiens could themselves soon realistically occupy.
It’s confusing, because while all of this is happening, we’re being told that this is the right path to take, and that there is nothing that can be done to right the ship at this time. It’s as if we’re caught in a storm of our own making, but it isn’t by the making of the fans, certainly not, by but forces and decisions we have no control over, no say in according to this team’s general manager.
This will be the Canadiens’ final game before the All-Star break and 50th game of the season. The Habs will be chasing their 25th win tonight, and just their fourth win for the month of January. If the Habs win tonight they will be 4-6-2 for the month of January, a step up from December when they went 3-11-0.
The Canadiens do not resume action after tonight until next Tuesday night in Philadelphia, before a four-game homestand in which they will face three teams that are currently lower in the standings than they are.
The puck drops at 7:30 PM EST.
How To Watch:
In Canada (French): RDS
In Canada (English): Sportsnet East
In the Blue Jackets region: FS-O
Elsewhere: NHL GameCenter, NHL Center Ice
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Brian Flynn |
| Alex Galchenyuk | Tomas Plekanec | Brendan Gallagher |
| Tomas Fleischmann | Lars Eller | Devante Smith-Pelly |
| Jacob de la Rose | Torrey Mitchell | Dale Weise |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Andrei Markov | P.K. Subban |
| Alexei Emelin | Jeff Petry |
| Nathan Beaulieu | Mark Barberio |
| Goaltenders |
| Ben Scrivens |
| Mike Condon |
Scratched: Greg Pateryn
Injuries: Carey Price (lower body) Tom Gilbert (lower body), Paul Byron (upper body), Daniel Carr (lower body)
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Scott Hartnell | Alexander Wennberg | Brandon Saad |
| Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Kerby Rychel | William Karlsson | Nick Foligno |
| Matt Calvert | Gregory Campbell | Rene Bourque |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Ryan Murray | Seth Jones |
| Jack Johnson | Justin Falk |
| Fedor Tyutin | Dalton Prout |
| Goaltenders |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Anton Forsberg |
Scratched: Josh Anderson, Jared Boll, Cody Goloubef
Injuries: Sergei Bobrovsky (lower body), David Savard (strained oblique), Curtis McElhinney (ankle), David Clarkson (upper body)
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