The Montreal Canadiens held their last practice before flying to North Carolina to face the Carolina Hurricanes tomorrow night.
When the team took the ice, it quickly became apparent that Alexander Radulov would not be participating and is not expected to make the trip to Carolina.
#canadiens Alexander Radulov not on the ice at practice. #lavoiedubé
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) November 17, 2016
As for the lines, they were the same as what finished the game against Florida, with David Desharnais on the left of Tomas Plekanec, and Chris Terry on the right. The fourth line sees Daniel Carr and Sven Andrighetto centered by Torrey Mitchell.
#Habs: Les trios sans Byron deux fois.
Byron-Galchenyuk-Gallagher
Pacioretty-Danault-Shaw
DD-Plekanec-Terry
Carr-Mitchell-Andrighetto— J-F Chaumont (@JFChaumontJDM) November 17, 2016
On defence, there didn’t appear to be any changes, so expect Greg Pateryn to play again tomorrow.
#Habs: À la ligne bleue…
Emelin-Weber
Markov-Petry
Beaulieu-Pateryn
Hanley— J-F Chaumont (@JFChaumontJDM) November 17, 2016
Some good news on the injury front as Artturi Lehkonen skated this morning. He is approaching his return from an upper body injury. I don’t think a return this weekend is imminent, but this is a good sign for the Finnish rookie.
.@arsilehkonen is on the ice this morning with athletic therapist Vincent Roof-Racine. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/CwClwLSY4o
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 17, 2016
I would expect that Al Montoya will get the start against Carolina tomorrow so that Carey Price starts at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the back end of a back-to-back.
