Good Afternoon Hockey Fans! Today the Montréal Canadiens are in town… to battle your Los Angeles Kings. Today’s matinee game is the first meeting between the two clubs since the 2018-19 season. The Kings will play their second game of the five game homestand. This will be the first day game of the season for the Kings. For the Kings broadcast you can tune into Bally Sports West for the call of today’s TV broadcast, Alex Faust and Jim Fox and for the radio feed of the game, Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans will have the call on the Kings IHeartRadio Network. You can also stream the game on the Bally Sports App. For the Canadiens TV broadcast you can tune into TSN2 as Bryan Mudryk and Dave Poulin will have the English call of the game, while Pierre Houde and Marc Denis will have the French call of the game on RDS. For the radio calls of today’s game for Montreal will be Dan Robertson and Sergio Momesso for the English call on TSN 690 and the French call with Martin McGuire and Danny Dubé on 98.5 FM.
Habs Record Before The Game
(2-6-0)
Kings Record Before The Game
(1-5-1)
Pregame Notes:
Canadiens Pregame Stats: The Canadiens come into tonight’s game with a total Corsi percentage of 49.23% which ranks them 17th in the league.
Kings Pregame Stats: The Kings come into tonight’s game with a total Corsi percentage of 51.16% which ranks them 6th in the league.
Canadiens Goaltender Comparisons: Jake Allen and Samuel Montembault have a combined 1.77% save percentage and a 7.6 goals against average (GAA
Kings Goaltender Comparisons: Jonathan Quick and Cal Petersen have a combined total of a 1.79% save percentage. And a 6.46 goals against average (GAA).
Tonight’s lineup for the Montreal Canadiens
Jonathan Drouin-Christian Dvorak-Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman-Nick Suzuki-Brendan Gallagher
Tyler Toffoli-Mathieu Perreault-Cole Caufield
Artturi Lehkonen-Cédric Paquette-Joel Armia
Defensive Pairings
Ben Chiarot-Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov-David Savard
Sami Niku-Brett Kulak
Tonight’s starting goalie for the Montreal Canadiens is Jake Allen (backup is Samuel Montembault)
Scratches for tonight’s game: Jake Evans, Adam Brooks, Chris Wideman
Players on Injury Reserve: Paul Byron (Hip injury, Duration of injury 5 months), Shea Weber (Ankle, duration of injury 3 months), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed injury, duration week to week), Carey Price (knee injury, duration of injury 5 months)
Covid Protocol: None
Tonight's Starting Lineup For Your Kings
Viktor Arvidsson-Phillip Danault-Dustin Brown
Alex Iafallo-Adrian Kempe-Anze Kopitar
Lias Andersson-Arthur Kaliyev-Rasmus Kupari
Brendan Lemiuex-Blake Lizotte-Trevor Moore
Defense Pairings
Tobias Bjornfot-Matt Roy
Mikey Anderson-Olli Maatta
Alex Edler-Kale Clague
Tonight's Starting Goalie For Your Kings is Cal Petersen (Backup Goalie Is Jonathan Quick)
Scratches For Tonight's Game: Gabriel Vilardi, Carl Grundstrom, Austin Strand
Players On The Injury Reserve List: Andreas Athanasiou (Undisclosed injury, duration day to day), Drew Doughty (Bruised, duration of injury 8 weeks), Sean Walker (Torn Ligament, duration of injury Out For Season)
COVID Protocol: None
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