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Alain Vigneault is well aware his team is in a precarious situation, and expects them to turn it around tonight.
"For this series to get to 2-2, we need to play our best game. That's what our intention is tonight."-- Alain Vigneault
— Eric Engels (@EricEngels) April 18, 2017
In respect to his strange lines during warm ups for game three, Vigneault claims it was all a prank on former Ranger Dan Lacroix.
Alain Vigneault says the mixed-up lines rushes in Game 3 warmup was a prank done by his veterans only to screw with #Habs Dan Lacroix
— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) April 18, 2017
It was a full roster at Habs practice, except for Alexei Emelin, who is currently skating in Montreal.
The forward lines remained unchanged from the dominant victory during game three.
#Habs lines vs #NYR:
— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) April 18, 2017
Pacioretty - Danault - Radulov
Byron - Plekanec - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Galchenyuk - Shaw
King - Ott - Mitchell
As for the defencemen, Nikita Nesterov will sit out again, as Brandon Davidson cements his spot on the third pairing.
#Habs D & G vs #NYR:
— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) April 18, 2017
Markov - Weber
Benn - Petry
Beaulieu - Davidson
Price starting
Montoya
Scratches: Martinsen, Nesterov, Emelin (LBI)