Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (20-21-8) at Washington Capitals (22-18-7) – 06 Feb 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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1. HockeyMod 8 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Alex Ovechkin|Dylan Strome|Tom Wilson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|Connor McMichael|T.J. Oshie|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Jake Evans|Jesse Ylönen|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Hardy Haman Aktell|Michael Sgarbossa|Aliaksei Protas|[MTL](/r/habs)|Lucas Condotta|Brandon Gignac|Josh Anderson|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Beck Malenstyn|Nic Dowd|Nicolas Aube-Kubel|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|Joel Armia|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Martin Fehervary|John Carlson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Kaiden Guhle|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Rasmus Sandin|Trevor van Riemsdyk|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|David Savard|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Joel Edmundson|Nick Jensen|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|Johnathan Kovacevic|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|

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

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Evgeny Kuznetsov|05 Feb 2024|Personal|IR-NR|Kuznetsov (personal) did not take part in Monday’s practice, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.|27 Feb 2024|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Sonny Milano||Upper Body|IR||unknown|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Max Pacioretty|05 Feb 2024|Lower Body|DTD|Pacioretty (lower body) skated on the top line during Monday’s practice, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.|unknown|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Nicklas Backstrom||Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|05 Feb 2024|Ankle|IR|Sprain|10 Feb 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak||Pectoral|IR|Surgery|16 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman||Back|IR||unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Brendan Gallagher||Suspension|OUT||15 Feb 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/washington-capitals/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%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|47|22|18|7|51|0.543|2.38|3.02|14.50|79.72|27.32|30.62|46.72|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|49|20|21|8|48|0.490|2.69|3.49|19.88|73.53|28.06|33.98|53.08|

   [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|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome|19|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|17|
   |A|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|25|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|29|
   |P|[WSH](/r/caps)|Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin|31|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|42|
   |+/-|[WSH](/r/caps)|Nic Dowd, Nicolas Aube-Kubel|8|[MTL](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|7|
   |PIM|[WSH](/r/caps)|Tom Wilson|86|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|53|
   |TOI|[WSH](/r/caps)|John Carlson|25:40|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:18|

   [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=15 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%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Darcy Kuemper|24|23|11|11|2|1|3.21|0.892|
   |[WSH](/r/caps)|Charlie Lindgren|21|20|9|6|4|2|2.59|0.916|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|23|22|11|7|4|0|3.10|0.905|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|17|17|5|9|3|0|3.43|0.901|

   [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=15 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. ytew6 8 months ago

   The annual Suzuki & Friends + an AHL squad part of the season is here.

   Lovely.

3. PKG0D 8 months ago

   ITS TANKING SEASON

   

4. HanshinFan 8 months ago

   Gonna be in attendance in enemy territory for this one. Wish me luck!

5. PM-ME-PICSOFYOURDOG 8 months ago

   Give me points for our first line and make it harder for Ovi to catch 99 by keeping him from scoring and I’ll be happy regardless of the final score.