Game 70: Montreal Canadiens @ Seattle Kraken
Start time: **9:00 PM EDT / 6:00 PM PDT**
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Kraken region: ROOT Northwest
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
Montreal has arrived in Seattle without a win on this five-game road trip, having scored just five goals in the first three contests. But the Kraken haven’t been much better, providing fans at Climate Pledge Arena few opportunities to cheer in recent weeks, and indeed all season long as they rank 28th in home goals per game.
One team’s goal total is going to stand up for a win tonight, however, whether the final is 2-1, 1-0 … or 8-7 as things sometimes go when a pattern appears obvious. The Habs are aiming to get a first win since March 12 versus Columbus, the Kraken will by trying to snap a seven-game winless streak that started with the last Canadian team they faced, the Winnipeg Jets, on March 8.
Cayden Primeau gets the start for the second non-playoff team the Habs face on the trip, his 16th start of the season as he tries to get back an even record on the year. A couple of line changes have been made by acting head coach Trevor Letowski after his remote discussions with Martin St-Louis. Tanner Pearson and Johnny Kovacevic will both be healthy scratches, meaning Jesse Ylönen comes back in for the first time in six games, and Jayden Struble gets back in the lineup after sitting for the previous two matches.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #11 Brendan Gallagher |
#35 Alex Newhook |
#40 Joel Armia |
| #17 Josh Anderson |
#71 Jake Evans |
#56 Jesse Ylönen |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#36 Colin White |
#49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#21 Kaiden Guhle |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
#58 David Savard |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
$54 Jordan Harris |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #30 Cayden Primeau |
#35 Samuel Montembeault |
Injured: Kirby Dach, Christian Dvorak, Joshua Roy, Chris Wideman
Scratched: Johnny Kovacevic, Tanner Pearson
Seattle Kraken projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Eeli tolvanen |
Matty Beniers |
Jordan Eberle |
| Jaden Schwartz |
Jared McCann |
Andre Burakovsky |
| Brandon Tanev |
Yanni Gourde |
Oliver Bjorkstrand |
| Tomas Tatar |
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare |
Tye Kartye |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Brian Dumoulin |
Justin Schultz |
| Jamie Oleksiak |
Will Borgen |
| Ryker Evans |
Adam Larsson |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Philipp Grubauer |
Joey Daccord |
