Game Thread: New Jersey Devils (42-16-6) at Montreal Canadiens (26-33-6) – 11 Mar 2023 – 07:00PM EST

11 Comments

1. HockeyMod 2 years ago

   ###Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|Nick Suzuki|Jesse Ylonen|[](/r/devils)|Tomas Tatar|Nico Hischier|Dawson Mercer|
   |[](/r/habs)|Mike Hoffman|Jonathan Drouin|Josh Anderson|[](/r/devils)|Timo Meier|Jack Hughes|Jesper Boqvist|
   |[](/r/habs)|Rem Pitlick|Chris Tierney|Denis Gurianov|[](/r/devils)|Ondrej Palat|Erik Haula|Jesper Bratt|
   |[](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Alex Belzile|Anthony Richard|[](/r/devils)|Miles Wood|Michael McLeod|Nathan Bastian|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Johnathan Kovacevic|[](/r/devils)|Jonas Siegenthaler|Dougie Hamilton|
   |[](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|David Savard|[](/r/devils)|Ryan Graves|John Marino|
   |[](/r/habs)|Joel Edmundson|Chris Wideman|[](/r/devils)|Brendan Smith|Damon Severson|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[](/r/devils)|Akira Schmid|
   |[](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[](/r/devils)|Vitek Vanecek|

   ###Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|09 Mar 2023|Undisclosed|OUT|Dvorak (undisclosed) will not be in the lineup Thursday versus the New York Rangers, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|09 Mar 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Harris (lower body) will not be in the lineup versus the New York Rangers on Thursday.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Justin Barron|02 Mar 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Barron (upper body) is still sporting a non-contact jersey at Thursday’s game-day skate, ruling him out versus the New York Rangers.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Joel Armia|21 Feb 2023|Illness|DTD|Armia (illness) isn’t available for Thursday’s game against the New York Rangers, according to Jean-Francois Chaumont of Le Journal de Montreal.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|16 Feb 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Dach (lower body) remains out indefinitely.|23 Mar 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Juraj Slafkovský||Lower Body|IR||18 Apr 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|18 Feb 2023|Shoulder|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield||Shoulder|IR||15 Sep 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Evans||Lower Body|IR||16 Mar 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|25 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Monahan (lower body) will not travel with the Montreal Canadiens on their upcoming road trip, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.|13 Mar 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Brendan Gallagher|09 Mar 2023|Lower Body|IR|Gallagher (lower body) is expected to miss 3-4 more weeks.|30 Mar 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Paul Byron||Hip|IR-LT|Not Specified|13 Mar 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2023|
   |–|–|–|–|–|
   |[NJD](/r/devils)|Curtis Lazar|07 Mar 2023|Not Injury Related|OUT|Lazar has yet to resolve his immigration status and won’t be available versus Toronto on Tuesday, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils’ official site reports.|unknown|
   |[NJD](/r/devils)|MacKenzie Blackwood|21 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR|Blackwood (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday, Ryan Novozinsky of the Star-Ledger reports.|14 Mar 2023|
   |[NJD](/r/devils)|Jonathan Bernier||Hip|IR-LT|Surgery|16 Mar 2023|

   ###Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[Canadiens](/r/habs)|65|26|33|6|58|44.6|2.6923|3.55384|15.7|73.8|27.75384|33.70769|49.2|
   |[Devils](/r/devils)|64|42|16|6|90|70.3|3.54687|2.70312|21.8|81.7|34.59375|28.17187|51.5|

   ###Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|26|[](/r/devils)|Jack Hughes|36|
   |A|[](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|28|[](/r/devils)|Dougie Hamilton|43|
   |P|[](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|49|[](/r/devils)|Jack Hughes|76|
   |+/-|[](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|6|[](/r/devils)|Tomas Tatar|37|
   |PIM|[](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|101|[](/r/devils)|Brendan Smith|61|
   |TOI|[](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:10|[](/r/devils)|Dougie Hamilton|22:07|

   ### Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|37|37|14|20|3|1|3.34|0.89768|
   |[](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|28|28|12|13|3|0|3.28|0.90491|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[](/r/devils)|Vitek Vanecek|41|38|27|7|3|2|2.54|0.90682|
   |[](/r/devils)|Mackenzie Blackwood|17|16|8|5|2|0|3.04|0.90021|

2. bcgrappler 2 years ago

   1 point behind philly and Vancouver.

   5 points up on Anaheim who is on a bit of a run.

   7 games straight against the leagues best teams.

   Here we go.

   One of the 3 top C in this draft in my eyes jumps our rebuild by years moving o
   Forward.

3. MessageBoard 2 years ago

   AHL line(s?) gonna score five goals. They’re basically auditioning for 31 other teams to give them a chance next year.

4. Ross_Rhea 2 years ago

   Grosse game à soir.

5. HabChronicle 2 years ago

   It makes me sad that some people are not appreciating how we’ve played against Carolina and New York recently, who are serious cup contenders and are in the top 10.

6. CadabraAbrogate 2 years ago

   What are the chances one would be able to scalp some cheap tickets at around 8:30? Not getting into Montreal until around then unfortunately.

7. CadabraAbrogate 2 years ago

   What are your favourite bars to go to during a game?

8. Acidraindrops22 2 years ago

   Bench McBelzile and Harvey-Bedard they’re too good lmao

9. jadenspan 2 years ago

   Dach skated today, worth mentioning

10. ForumsGhost 2 years ago

    Did you know tubthumping by chumbawumba was written about Alex Belzile?

11. Instantcurry 2 years ago

    My meme got deleted but once again, this is how to unite the tank vs non tank factions of the sub

    https://imgur.com/a/oDGOoax