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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