Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (9-9-2) at Los Angeles Kings (12-3-3) – 25 Nov 2023 – 4:00PM EST

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1. HockeyMod 12 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

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

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

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

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

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Tobias Bjornfot|21 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|IR|Bjornfot’s undisclosed injury is “thankfully nothing major,” AHL Ontario coach Marco Sturm told Jared Shafran of LA Kings Insider on Thursday.|29 Nov 2023|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Blake Lizotte|20 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Lizotte (undisclosed) isn’t expected to play Friday versus Anaheim, 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.|03 Dec 2023|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|21 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Harris suffered a lower-body injury that will sidelined him indefinitely, the Habs announced Tuesday.|07 Dec 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|16 Nov 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Xhekaj (upper body) won’t travel with his teammates Monday to California ahead of the Montreal Canadiens’ three-game road trip, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.|29 Nov 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Harvey-Pinard (lower body) will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks.|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|David Savard|24 Oct 2023|Hand|IR|Fracture|07 Dec 2023|
   |[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.|29 Nov 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/los-angeles-kings/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%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|18|12|3|3|27|0.750|4.00|2.50|21.43|88.89|32.22|28.22|50.05|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|20|9|9|2|20|0.500|2.85|3.45|18.67|72.84|29.05|34.70|52.38|

   [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|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Anze Kopitar|10|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Sean Monahan|6|
   |A|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|13|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki|11|
   |P|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|20|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki|17|
   |+/-|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|12|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|6|
   |PIM|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|29|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
   |TOI|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Drew Doughty|25:43|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:53|

   [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), [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%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Cam Talbot|14|13|10|3|1|1|2.02|0.931|
   |[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|5|5|2|0|2|0|3.75|0.845|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|9|8|4|3|1|0|2.81|0.908|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|8|8|3|4|1|0|3.54|0.907|

   [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), [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. TheRekounasShow 12 months ago

    those lineups tho

3. Ross_Rhea 12 months ago

   Grosse game à soir.

4. EmmisaryofGorgonites 12 months ago

   It’s time to move Ylonen up the lineup.

5. bcgrappler 12 months ago

   Wow Kings are good. I’ve been listening to the development talk around Byfield, but hadn’t checked the record.

6. AmsroII 12 months ago

   A couple more of them Cole’s Goals would be excellent!

7. slymanjojo 12 months ago

   It’s crazy to think Kopitar is still this good at his age, I thought the Kings would’ve been bottom half of the league like 2 years ago. Props to them but it won’t be enough coleslaf is coming for them

8. 6BLSSDMF6 12 months ago

   A saturday game on RDS??? Lets dethrone the kings and run with the crown

   

9. MontrealKing 12 months ago

   I don’t think anyone realizes how good the Kings are this year. In successive games they made Wild, Leafs, Sens and Flyers fans boo their teams in the 3rd period. As a Kings fan, it was hilarious.

10. TamedDawn 12 months ago

    Wonder what happens when Xhekaj’s back, you absolutely can’t take Struble out. He’s here to stay!

11. IntentionDeep651 12 months ago

    why dont they send anderson to laval or juniors to boost his confidence a little ? /jk