Canadiens @ Canucks: Game thread, rosters, lines, and how to watch - Habs Eyes on the Prize

Montreal Canadiens @ Vancouver Canucks

How to watch

Start time: 9:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM PST
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Canucks region: Sportsnet Pacific
Streaming: NHL.tv/NHL Live, RDS Direct, Sportsnet Now, TSN Direct

It appears both teams are going to run with the same forward alignments as last night; two groups that combined to score 10 goals in 60 minutes of action. There are also some question marks on the Vanocuver blue line, with the status of Alexander Edler and Travis Hamonic not fully known at this point. It is expected that the clubs will be firing pucks at different netminders, as Jake Allen and Thatcher Demko get the call this evening for the second half of a back-to-back.

Demko was a major reason why the Canucks advanced as far as they did in the post-season last year, but has given up nine goals across the two starts he’s seen this year, at least temporarily handing the starter’s job to Braden Holtby. If those early-season struggles are still part of his game, he could be in for a rough night against a team that knows it deserved a better result a night ago.

The most aggrieved of the Habs skaters may be Jesperi Kotkaniemi, who said post-game his unsportsmanlike penalty for challenging a non-call was the reason they lost the game, He did channel some of that feeling into his first goal of the year, but if you were going to bet on the next player to have a multi-goal performance for the Habs, the Finn would have to be at the top of the list.

Montreal Canadiens projected lineup

Forwards

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
#90 Tomas Tatar	#24 Phillip Danault	#11 Brendan Gallagher
#92 Jonathan Drouin	#14 Nick Suzuki	#17 Josh Anderson
#73 Tyler Toffoli	#15 Jesperi Kotkaniemi	#40 Joel Armia
#41 Paul Byron	#71 Jake Evans	#62 Artturi Lehkonen

Defencemen

Left Defence	Right Defence
Left Defence	Right Defence
#8 Ben Chiarot	#6 Shea Weber
#44 Joel Edmundson	#26 Jeff Petry
#77 Brett Kulak	#27 Alexander Romanov

Goaltenders

Starter	Backup
Starter	Backup
#34 Jake Allen	#31 Carey Price

Vancouver Canucks projected lineup

Forwards

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
J.T. Miller	Elias Pettersson	Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson	Bo Horvat	Nils Hoglander
Antoine Roussel	Adam Gaudette	Jake Virtanen
Tyler Motte	Jay Beagle	Brandon Sutter

Defencemen

Left Defence	Right Defence
Left Defence	Right Defence
Quinn Hughes	Jalen Chatfield
Olli Juolevi	Tyler Myers
Nate Schmidt	Brogan Rafferty

Goaltenders

Starter	Backup
Starter	Backup
Thatcher Demko	Braden Holtby

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2021-01-22 00:30:00Z
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