Game 44: Montreal Canadiens @ New Jersey Devils
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
In Canada: Sportsnet (English)
In the Canadiens region: RDS (French)
In the Devils region: MSGSN
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, Sportsnet
With a couple of good games to wrap up what started out as a rough homestand, the Canadiens have returned to the road. This three-game trip begins versus a New Jersey Devils club that is, yet again, not living up to the pre-season predictions despite being a dangerous offensive team.
The feature matchup in this game won’t be top lines opposing one another as it was versus the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche, but the goaltending duel between Samuel Montembeault and Nico Daws, a young netminder serving as New Jersey’s best hope in net since Mackenzie Blackwood’s unsuccessful bid with the team. Both sides should be able to generate a few chances tonight, and the best goalie likely comes out on top.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard |
#71 Jake Evans |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #89 Joshua Roy |
#91 Sean Monahan |
#40 Joel Armia |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#13 Mitchell Stephens |
#56 Jesse Ylönen |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #21 Kaiden Guhle |
#8 Mike Matheson |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
#58 David Savard |
| $54 Jordan Harris |
#52 Justin Barron |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#30 Cayden Primeau |
Injured: Josh Anderson, Kirby Dach, Christian Dvorak, Alex Newhook, Tanner Pearson, Chris Wideman
Scratched: Jake Allen, Justin Barron
New Jersey Devils projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Tyler Toffoli |
Nico Hischier |
Jesper Bratt |
| Timo Meier |
Michael McLeod |
Dawson Mercer |
| Erik Haula |
Curtis Lazar |
Nathan Bastian |
| Max Willman |
Chris Tierney |
Alexander Holtz |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Kevin Bahl |
Simon Nemec |
| Luke Hughes |
John Marino |
| Colin Miller |
Cal Foote |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Nico Daws |
Vitek Vanecek |
