Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Can the Habs rebound from their disappointing loss to the Leafs? We'll find out soon.
Game time is 7:30PM EST, so here are your projected lineups:
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Erik Cole |
| Rene Bourque | Tomas Plekanec | Brian Gionta |
| Brandon Prust | Alex Galchenyuk | Brendan Gallagher |
| Travis Moen | Ryan White | Colby Armstrong |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Andrei Markov | Alexei Emelin |
| Tomas Kaberle | Josh Gorges |
| Francis Bouillon | Raphael Diaz |
| Goaltenders |
| Carey Price |
| Peter Budaj |
Scratches for tonight include Lars Eller, Michael Blunden, and Yannick Weber.
Injuries: Petteri Nokelainen
Contract disputes: P.K. Subban
As for Florida:
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Tomas Fleischmann | Stephen Weiss | Scottie Upshall |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | Peter Mueller | Alex Kovalev |
| Mike Santorelli | Shawn Matthias | Tomas Kopecky |
| Jack Skille | Jerred Smithson | George Parros |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Brian Campbell | Mike Weaver |
| Filip Kuba | Dmitry Kulikov |
| Keaton Ellerby | Ed Jovanovski |
| Goaltenders |
| Scott Clemmensen |
| Jose Theodore |
Kris Versteeg is a notable absence from the Panthers, he's on the injured reserve.
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We're going to try a new thing today that should cut down on load times for everyone, and that is splitting up the game thread by period.
There will be less scrolling and less lag time if you need to refresh. This is the 1st period thread, the second period thread will be posted during the intermission and I'll link it in the comments.