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It’s a tale of two cities, as Calgary comes into this match up red-hot, whereas the Habs are limping.
The Flames are riding a five game winning streak, including wins over San Jose, Chicago and Minnesota. They’ve managed to score 4 or more goals in their last 4 games, and they’ll look to put Montreal’s shaky defence to the test.
Unfortunately for the Flames, they’ll be without their starter, and former Habs prospect Karri Ramo, as he’s nursing a knee injury.
Carey Price gets the start for the Canadiens – who can ill afford to drop any more points in the standings. They managed to obliterate the 9 point lead they held over the wild card spot a month ago.
Dale Weise will make his Habs debut on the fourth line.
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM at the Bell Centre.
Here are your projected lineups:
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Daniel Briere | Tomas Plekanec | Brian Gionta |
| Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Brendan Gallagher |
| Rene Bourque | Lars Eller | Brandon Prust |
| Michael Bournival | Ryan White | Dale Weise |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| Josh Gorges | P.K. Subban |
| Andrei Markov | Alexei Emelin |
| Douglas Murray | Nathan Beaulieu |
| Goaltenders |
| Carey Price |
| Peter Budaj |
Scratches: Francis Bouillon, George Parros.
Injuries: Davis Drewiske (shoulder surgery, practicing), Alex Galchenyuk (wrist, 3-4 weeks), Travis Moen (lower body injury)
As for Calgary:
| Left Wing |
Center |
Right Wing |
| Jiri Hudler | Mikael Backlund | Lee Stempniak |
| Mike Cammalleri | Sean Monahan | Joe Colborne |
| Lance Bouma | Matt Stajan | David Jones |
| Kevin Westgarth | T.J. Galiardi | Brian McGrattan |
| Left Defense |
Right Defense |
| TJ Brodie | Mark Giordano |
| Kris Russell | Chris Butler |
| Ladislav Smid | Dennis Wideman |
| Goaltenders |
| Reto Berra |
| Joni Ortio |
Scratches: Ben Street, Paul Byron.
Injuries: Curtis Glencross, Karri Ramo.
Check out the opposing side at Matchsticks and Gasoline.
