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The Canadian will open the second leg of their seven-game road series by visiting the Lightning de Tampa Bay.
Martin St-Louis’ troops will then try to slow down their backhand streak with two, just like their Florida rivals.
After this stopover in Tampa, the Montrealers will travel to Sunrise for their Thursday evening duel once morest the Panthers. The Habs will then complete their stay abroad with stops in Washington and Nashville.
Recalled from the Laval Rocket on Tuesday, the defender Justin Barron will play his first game of the campaign with the Canadiens. In practice on Wednesday, Barron was paired with Jordan Harris on one of the defensive pairs, while Chris Wideman was the rear too much.
The Canadiens’ defensive squad on the ice this evening might therefore be made up of five rookies, which would be a first in the NHL since April 5, 2007 (Philadelphia Flyers) and a first in the history of the Habs.
“We had four [auparavant]one more I don’t think it will change much, “commented St-Louis, also indicating that Barron will not be used on the power play, despite his five goals scored in similar circumstances with the Rocket this season. .
Canadian formation:
Caufield – Suzuki – Army
Hoffman – Dach – Drouin
Slafkovsky – Dvorak – Anderson
Pezzetta – Evans – Richard
Evgenii Dadonov
Edmundson – Guhle
Xhekaj – Kovacevic
Harris – Barron
Extras : Wideman, Dadonov, Gallagher
Jake Allen
Samuel Montembeault
Formation du Lightning :
Hagel – Point – Kucherov
Colton – Paul – Stamkos
Maroon – Cirelli – Killorn
Deputies – Bellemare – Perry
Hedman – Bogosian
Sergachev – Perbix
Cole – Cernak
Vasilevskiy
More details to come
