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 LINEUPForwards
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
