Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (15-13-5) at Carolina Hurricanes (18-13-4) – 28 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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1. HockeyMod 9 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Andrei Svechnikov|Sebastian Aho|Teuvo Teravainen|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Michael Bunting|Jesperi Kotkaniemi|Martin Necas|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|Jake Evans|Josh Anderson|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Jordan Martinook|Jordan Staal|Seth Jarvis|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joel Armia|Christian Dvorak|Brendan Gallagher|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Stefan Noesen|Jack Drury|Jesper Fast|[MTL](/r/habs)|Emil Heineman|Mitchell Stephens|Jesse Ylönen|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Jaccob Slavin|Brent Burns|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Brady Skjei|Brett Pesce|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Justin Barron|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Dmitry Orlov|Jalen Chatfield|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Johnathan Kovacevic|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cayden Primeau|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Pyotr Kochetkov|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Frederik Andersen|06 Nov 2023|Illness|IR|Andersen (illness) is still a month from returning to action but is expected to start skating soon. General manager Don Waddell told reporters Sunday, “Over the next week or 10 days, he’ll start hitting the ice more,” Walt Ruff of the Carolina Hurricanes’ official site reports.|15 Jan 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|09 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Pearson (upper body) was put on injured reserve Wednesday.|10 Jan 2024|
   |[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)|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.|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/carolina-hurricanes/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|35|18|13|4|40|0.571|3.29|3.14|25.62|82.46|33.69|25.94|51.51|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|33|15|13|5|35|0.530|2.79|3.30|17.65|73.04|29.27|33.61|53.94|

   [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|[CAR](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|14|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|10|
   |A|[CAR](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|21|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|20|
   |P|[CAR](/r/canes)|Sebastian Aho|35|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|30|
   |+/-|[CAR](/r/canes)|Stefan Noesen|11|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Evans|5|
   |PIM|[CAR](/r/canes)|Michael Bunting|35|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
   |TOI|[CAR](/r/canes)|Brent Burns|21:27|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:20|

   [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=12 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=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Pyotr Kochetkov|19|17|8|7|3|1|2.65|0.898|
   |[CAR](/r/canes)|Antti Raanta|14|12|6|5|1|1|3.61|0.854|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|15|14|7|4|3|0|2.86|0.907|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|12|12|4|6|2|0|3.43|0.904|

   [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=12 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=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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2. AmsroII 9 months ago

   It’s Prime Time baby!! Let’s go Primeau!

3. MattXXIII 9 months ago

   Missed the last two games due to the holidays, so I feel like I’m experiencing a Habs draught. Can’t wait for some hockey (and hopefully a W) tonight!