Game Thread: Los Angeles Kings (15-4-3) at Montreal Canadiens (11-11-3) – 07 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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1. HockeyMod 10 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Quinton Byfield|Anze Kopitar|Adrian Kempe|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|Jake Evans|Josh Anderson|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|Phillip Danault|Trevor Moore|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Christian Dvorak|Brendan Gallagher|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Carl Grundstrom|Pierre-Luc Dubois|Alex Laferriere|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jesse Ylonen|Mitchell Stephens|Joel Armia|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Jaret Anderson-Dolan|Trevor Lewis|Arthur Kaliyev|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Gustav Lindstrom|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Mikey Anderson|Drew Doughty|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Justin Barron|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Vladislav Gavrikov|Matt Roy|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Johnathan Kovacevic|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|Jordan Spence|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Cam Talbot|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/los-angeles-kings/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|30 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high-ankle sprain, per Arpon Basu of The Athletic.|17 Feb 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|21 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|David Savard|24 Oct 2023|Hand|IR|Fracture|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Blake Lizotte|20 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Lizotte (undisclosed) won’t play Tuesday versus Columbus, according to Zach Dooley of the Los Angeles Kings’ official site.|unknown|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Viktor Arvidsson|10 Oct 2023|Back|IR-LT|Arvidsson is considered month-to-month with a back injury, Austin Stanovich of The Hockey News reports.|30 Dec 2023|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/los-angeles-kings/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|25|11|11|3|25|0.500|2.80|3.48|17.78|73.40|28.48|33.88|53.12|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|22|15|4|3|33|0.750|3.86|2.32|19.23|88.41|33.00|26.86|50.19|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|8|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Trevor Moore|12|
   |A|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|14|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala|15|
   |P|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|21|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|23|
   |+/-|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Evans|8|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|14|
   |PIM|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|29|
   |TOI|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:52|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Drew Doughty|25:37|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=26 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|11|10|6|3|1|0|2.66|0.913|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|10|10|3|5|2|0|3.74|0.898|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Cam Talbot|16|15|11|4|1|1|1.96|0.930|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|7|7|4|0|2|1|3.03|0.873|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=26 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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2. Ross_Rhea 10 months ago

   Grosse game à soir.

3. bcgrappler 10 months ago

   Kings are a master class in flash rebuilding.

4. The___Colonel 10 months ago

   Go Habs Go

5. prplx 10 months ago

   Pis ça nous coûte même pas 5 millions.

6. Longshanks123 10 months ago

   The Kings don’t lose on the road and the Habs are under .500 at home. Kings have the best goal differential in the league, ours is 4th worst.