Game Thread: The Drive for Five as Habs visit Rangers
The Montreal Canadiens will look to extend the winning streak to five, as they visit the New York Rangers. The Rangers have won their last two games and sit at 5-3-3 on the season.
He's baaaaaack: After starting the season in the AHL, Sean Avery will make his season debut with the blueshirts.
"I love this team.I want to win. I want to play as hard as I possibly can and just try and contribute whenever I’m asked to. That’s what it comes down to." - Sean Avery
Henrik Lundqvist gets the start for the Rangers. A lack of scoring in front of him has him at 3-3-3. That aside he has a 2.18 GAA to go with a .932 Sv Pct. In his career against the Canadiens, his record hasn't been so great (11-8-2, 2.95, .896).
Jeff Woywitka, claimed off waivers from the Habs before the season started, scored his first goal of the season in the Rangers 2-1 win over Anaheim on Thursday.
Status quo for the Canadiens, meaning Carey Price will get the start in goal.
Pre-Game Reading
Chris Boucher's breakdown of last night's win over Ottawa.
PROJECTED MONTREAL CANADIENS LINEUP
Forwards
Max Pacioretty - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta
Erik Cole - David Desharnais - Mike Cammalleri
Travis Moen - Lars Eller - Andrei Kostitsyn
Mike Blunden - Petteri Nokelainen - Mathieu Darche
Defense Pairings
Jaroslav Spacek - Yannick Weber
Goalies
Carey Price - Peter Budaj
NEW YORK RANGERS PROJECTED LINEUP
Forwards
Brandon Dubinsky - Brad Richards - Ryan Callahan
Ruslan Fedotenko - Derek Stepan - Marian Gaborik
Artem Anisimov - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust
Sean Avery - Erik Christensen - Andre DeveauxDefense Pairings
Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi
Michael Del Zotto - Michael Sauer
Jeff Woywitka - Steve EmingerGoaltenders
Rangers coverage from Blueshirt Banter