Montreal Canadiens vs New York Islanders - Game Thread
With both teams mired in ugly streaks, one team has a chance to turn it around tonight. But who will it be?
Game time is 6:00PM EST, and here are your projected lineups:
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Max Pacioretty | Tomas Plekanec | Brian Gionta |
| Alex Galchenyuk | Lars Eller | Brendan Gallagher |
| Michael Bournival | David Desharnais | Rene Bourque |
| Travis Moen | Ryan White | Gabriel Dumont |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Andrei Markov | P.K. Subban |
| Josh Gorges | Raphael Diaz |
| Francis Bouillon | Douglas Murray |
| Goaltenders |
| Carey Price |
| Peter Budaj |
Scratches: Greg Pateryn, George Parros
Injuries: Alexei Emelin (two weeks, knee surgery), Davis Drewiske (5-6 months, shoulder surgery), Danny Briere (concussion, indefinitely), Brandon Prust (shoulder, 4+ weeks)
As for Long Island:
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Brock Nelson | John Tavares | Kyle Okposo |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | Frans Nielsen | Josh Bailey |
| Michael Grabner | Peter Regin | Colin McDonald |
| Eric Boulton | Casey Cizikas | Matt Martin |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Andrew MacDonald | Travis Hamonic |
| Aaron Ness | Thomas Hickey |
| Matt Donovan | Matt Carkner |
| Goaltenders |
| Kevin Poulin |
| Evgeni Nabokov |
Check out the opposing side at Lighthouse Hockey, who we love more than all the other SBN blogs.
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