Game 36: Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Lightning region: Bally Sports Sun
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN
With news that Christian Dvorak is out with an injury, the Canadiens will play tonight’s game versus the Tampa Bay Lightning with 11 forwards. It would be a good chance to try Justin Barron at forward to help balance things out, but we probably won’t see that in this game.
Instead it will be Johnny Kovacevic coming back in after being a healthy scratch for two games. That may ultimately be good news for a Habs team that gets more offence from its defence; Kovacevic has more goals on the season than Dvorak as well.
This game will be all about offence, as neither club plays a solid defensive game. It may take five goals to win tonight, so the Habs need as many contributors as they can get.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #91 Sean Monahan |
#71 Jake Evans |
#17 Josh Anderson |
| #40 Joel Armia |
#13 Mitchell Stephens |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
|
#56 Jesse Ylönen |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#58 David Savard |
| #21 Kaiden Guhle |
#52 Justin Barron |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
$54 Jordan Harris |
|
#26 Johnny Kovacevic |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#30 Cayden Primeau |
Injured: Kirby Dach, Christian Dvorak, Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Alex Newhook, Tanner Pearson, Chris Wideman
Scratched: Jake Allen, Gustav Lindström
Tampa Bay Lightning projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Brandon Hagel |
Brayden Point |
Nikita Kucherov |
| Nick Paul |
Anthony Cirelli |
Steven Stamkos |
| Alex Barré-Boulet |
Mikey Eyssimont |
Tyler Motte |
| Tanner Jeannot |
Luke Glendening |
Austin Watson |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Victor Hedman |
Nicklaus Perbix |
| Haydn Fleury |
Erik Cernak |
| Calvin de Haan |
Darren Raddysh |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Jonas Johansson |
Andrei Vasilevskiy |
