Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche (28-12-3) at Montreal Canadiens (17-18-7) – 15 Jan 2024 – 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|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Jonathan Drouin|Nathan MacKinnon|Mikko Rantanen|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|Jake Evans|Brendan Gallagher|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Joel Kiviranta|Ross Colton|Logan O’Connor|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Joshua Roy|Sean Monahan|Joel Armia|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Andrew Cogliano|Ryan Johansen|Jason Polin|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Mitchell Stephens|Jesse Ylönen|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Kurtis MacDermid|Fredrik Olofsson|Caleb Jones|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Michael Matheson|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Devon Toews|Cale Makar|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|David Savard|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Samuel Girard|Josh Manson|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|Johnathan Kovacevic|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Jack Johnson|Sam Malinski|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Alexandar Georgiev|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Ivan Prosvetov|

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

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Josh Anderson|13 Jan 2024|Lower Body|DTD|Anderson (lower body) will not be in the lineup versus Edmonton on Saturday. Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|31 Dec 2023|Pectoral|IR|Surgery|16 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|09 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Pearson (upper body) worked out prior to Monday’s practice session, Herb Zurkowsky of the Montreal Gazette reports.|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|30 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Sprain|17 Feb 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|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Jack Johnson|13 Jan 2024|Lower Body|DTD|Johnson (lower body) won’t return to Saturday’s game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs, Corey Masisak of The Denver Post reports.|unknown|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Valeri Nichushkin|13 Jan 2024|Illness|DTD|Nichushkin (illness) is slated to be game-time decision Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, per Corey Masisak of The Denver Post.|unknown|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Miles Wood|06 Jan 2024|Illness|OUT|Wood (illness) won’t travel with the Colorado Avalanche for Saturday’s game in Toronto, per Corey Masisak of The Denver Post.|18 Jan 2024|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Bowen Byram|04 Jan 2024|Lower Body|IR|Coach Jared Bednar said Friday that Byram (lower body) will miss between a week and two weeks, Evan Rawal of Colorado Hockey Now reports. “He’s going to miss a handful of games here,” the coach said. “Lower body. Not serious at this point, so 7-10-14 days, some place in there. We put him on the IR today, so he’s going to miss at least seven.”|16 Jan 2024|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Artturi Lehkonen|09 Nov 2023|Neck|IR-LT|Not Specified|18 Jan 2024|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Pavel Francouz|25 Sep 2023|Groin|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Gabriel Landeskog|11 Jan 2024|Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Apr 2024|

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

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|42|17|18|7|41|0.488|2.67|3.36|17.86|73.24|28.43|33.81|53.74|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|43|28|12|3|59|0.686|3.67|3.07|25.00|82.99|32.07|28.60|49.18|

   [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)|Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield|12|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Nathan MacKinnon|23|
   |A|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Nathan MacKinnon|46|
   |P|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|35|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Nathan MacKinnon|69|
   |+/-|[MTL](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|6|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Logan O’Connor|12|
   |PIM|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Miles Wood|57|
   |TOI|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:10|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Cale Makar|24:49|

   [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=21 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|20|19|9|6|4|0|2.89|0.909|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|14|14|4|8|2|0|3.52|0.900|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Alexandar Georgiev|36|35|24|9|2|2|2.89|0.898|
   |[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Ivan Prosvetov|11|8|4|3|1|0|3.16|0.895|

   [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=21 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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2. wolceniscool 10 months ago

   I could see wawa x money x Armia doing damage, gonna be an uphill fight though.

3. Ross_Rhea 10 months ago

   Grosse game à soir.

4. dubwang42069 10 months ago

   Losing 6-2 tonight with Allen in net.