Open Game Thread Habs vs. Islanders

Head to Head

2010-11: First meeting of season

2009-10: Canadiens won series 3-0-1

Overall: Canadiens lead 74-46-5 with 15 ties

CANADIENS PROJECTED LINE UP

FORWARDS:

Mike Cammalleri – Tomas Plekanec – Andrei Kostitsyn

Tom Pyatt – Scott Gomez – Brian Gionta

Benoit Pouliot – Jeff Halpern – Maxim Lapierre

Travis Moen – Lars Eller – Mathieu Darche

DEFENCE PAIRINGS:

Hal Gill – Josh Gorges; Roman Hamrlik – Jaroslav Spacek; Alexandre Picard – P.K. Subban

GOALIES:

Carey Price (Alex Auld)

INJURIES: Andrei Markov (Knee)

SCTRATCHES: Ryan O’Byrne, Dustin Boyd

Who’s Hot? : Andrei Kostitsyn (4G 2 A in four games)

ISLANDERS PROJECTED LINE UP

FORWARDS:

Bailey – Tavares – Comeau; Moulson – Nielsen – Parenteau
Martin – Weight – Niederreiter; Sim – Konopka – Hunter

DEFENCE PAIRINGS:

Eaton – Martinek; Motteau – Wisniewski; Hillen – Jurcina

GOALIES:

Rolonson (DiPietro)

INJURIES: Kyle Okposo (Shoulder), Rob Schremp (Back), Mark Streit (Shoulder), Josh Bailey (Hip), Michael Grabner (Groin)

Who’s Hot? : John Tavares (5G 2A is four-game point streak)

TV COVERAGE: TSN, RDS, MSG PLUS 2 RADIO BROADCAST: CJAD

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SCORING SUMMARY

FIRST PERIOD:

1. MTL – Mathieu Darche (Halpern, Subban) – 13:19

2. MTL – Travis Moen (SH) (Plekanec, Gill) – 17:54

3. NYI – James Wisniewski (PP) (Weight) – 19:16

SECOND PERIOD:

4. MTL – Tomas Plekanec (Kostitsyn, Hamrlik) – 7:33

THIRD PERIOD:

5. NYI – John Tavares (PPG) (Wisniewski) – 0:13

6. MTL – Jeff Halpern (Pouliot, Price) – 6:56

7. NYI – Doug Weight (Wisniewski, Hillen) – 12:56

8. MTL – Andrei Kostitsyn (EN) -(unassisted) -18:58

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