Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports
Game 23: Montreal Canadiens @ Vegas Golden Knights
Start time: **4:00 PM EST / 1:00 PM PST**
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Golden Knights region: Scripps
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
After a great start on Wednesday, the second-period woes that have haunted the Montreal Canadiens came back versus the Utah Mammoth, turning a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 deficit. But the Canadiens fought back in the third period to score two goals and claim consecutive wins for the first time in almost a month.
Today there’s a chance for a third three-game winning streak of the season, but to get it they will need Samuel Montembeault to claim just his fifth win, and first since November 8.
It’s normally a very potent team the Canadiens play when the Vegas Golden Knights are on the opposite side, but that’s not the case right now. Pavel Dorofeyev began the season on a tear with a hat trick in the opening game and nine goals in the first 10 matches, but has gone cold since, with just two in the last 13. The team overall is struggling to produce, and hopefully for Montreal’s sake that will continue for at least one more game.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Left Wing
Centre
Right Wing
#13 Cole Caufield
#14 Nick Suzuki
#76 Zachary Bolduc
#20 Juraj Slafkovský
#91 Oliver Kapanen
#93 Ivan Demidov
#85 Alexandre Texier
#71 Jake Evans
#17 Josh Anderson
#63 Florian Xhekaj
#90 Joe Veleno
#11 Brendan Gallagher
Left Defence
Right Defence
#8 Mike Matheson
#53 Noah Dobson
#47 Jayden Struble
#48 Lane Hutson
#72 Arber Xhekaj
#45 Alexandre Carrier
Starter
Backup
#35 Samuel Montembeault
#75 Jakub Dobeš
Scratched: Jared Davidson, Adam Engström
Injured: Kirby Dach, Kaiden Guhle, Patrik Laine, Alex Newhook
Vegas Golden Knights projected lineup
Left Wing
Centre
Right Wing
Ivan Barbashev
Jack Eichel
Braeden Bowman
Mitch Marner
Brett Howden
Mark Stone
Brandon Saad
Tomas Hertl
Pavel Dorofeyev
Reilly Smith
Colton Sissons
Keegan Kolesar
Left Defence
Right Defence
Brayden McNabb
Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin
Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton
Kaedan Korczak
Starter
Backup
Akira Schmid
Carl Lindbom
