Pre-season game 1: Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In the Canadiens region: RDS (French)
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS
The Montreal Canadiens play their first of six pre-season games tonight, welcoming the Philadelphia Flyers to the Bell Centre.
It will be the fans’ first look at Patrik Laine in competitive play wearing his Habs jersey, playing on tonight’s top trio, and one that has been together since camp opened, with Alex Newhook and Kirby Dach.
Lane Hutson, Adam Engström, and Logan Mailloux are all in action as the young blue-line hopefuls all get an early look and could see a lot of action over the next few weeks for the coaching staff to get a good look at everyone. Hutson is paired with David Savard for the match, while the other two will form a third pairing that Martin St-Louis can manage the ice time for on home ice.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #35 Alex Newhook |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#92 Patrik Laine |
| #89 Joshua Roy |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#17 Josh Anderson |
| #51 Emil Heineman |
#91 Oliver Kapanen |
#27 Alex Barré-Boulet |
| #88 Luke Tuch |
#82 Lucas Condotta |
#76 Jared Davidson |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #48 Lane Hutson |
#58 David Savard |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
#52 Justin Barron |
| #42 Adam Engström |
#94 Logan Mailloux |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #30 Cayden Primeau |
#75 Jakub Dobeṧ |
Philadelphia Flyers projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Tyson Foerster |
Sean Couturier |
Anthony Richard |
| Olle Lycksell |
Ryan Poehling |
Bobby Brink |
| Oscar Eklind |
Scott Laughton |
Massimo Rizzo |
| Elliot Desnoyers |
Jacob Gaucher |
Nicolas Deslauriers |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Yegor Zamula |
Rasmus Ristolainen |
| Hunter McDonald |
Oliver Bonk |
| Louie Belpedio |
Ronnie Attard |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Cal Petersen |
Eetu Makiniemi |
