Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins: Game Thread
The Canadiens have already handicapped themselves on defense, so this one should be a glorious tire fire.
Here are your projected lineups:
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
Lars Eller | Tomas Plekanec | Brian Gionta |
Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Brendan Gallagher |
Rene Bourque | Daniel Briere | Brandon Prust |
Travis Moen | Michael Bournival | Louis Leblanc |
Left Defense | Right Defense |
Andrei Markov | P.K. Subban |
Josh Gorges | Nathan Beaulieu |
Francis Bouillon | Douglas Murray |
Goaltenders |
Carey Price |
Peter Budaj |
Scratches: George Parros, Alexei Emelin, Raphael Diaz
Injuries: Davis Drewiske (5-6 months, shoulder surgery), Ryan White (week-to-week, upper body), Alex Galchenyuk (6+ weeks, broken hand)
As for Pittsburgh:
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
Chris Kunitz | Sidney Crosby | Chuck Kobasew |
Jussi Jokinen | Evgeni Malkin | James Neal |
Tanner Glass | Brandon Sutter | Taylor Pyatt |
Craig Adams | Zach Sill | Jayson Megna |
Left Defense | Right Defense |
Paul Martin | Brooks Orpik |
Rob Scuderi | Kris Letang |
Olli Maatta | Matt Niskanen |
Goaltenders |
Marc-Andre Fleury |
Jeff Zatkoff |
Check out the opposing side at PensBurgh.