Canadiens @ Lightning Game 5: Game thread, lines, and how to watch - Habs Eyes on the Prize

Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL leads 3-1

How to watch

Start time: 8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT
In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French)
In the U.S.: NBC
Streaming: NHL.tv/NHL Live, Sportsnet Now

Nearly everyone expected the season to be over by now. The Lightning were proving too tough for the Canadiens in the first three games, with wins by multiple goals each time. But finally, the Canadiens managed to limit Tampa Bay’s offence despite their most undisciplined game of the series, and the Stanley Cup was put back in its case following an overtime win for Montreal.

The Habs have one win under their belt, and need three more to be the ones to hoist the trophy on July 11. Unlike the mayor of Tampa, they would have to qualms about doing so away from their fans if they managed to realize that.

To keep the run going the lineup has been left intact, and barring a particularly bad performance in a win we may see the same 18 skaters the rest of the way, whether that run ends tonight or in several days’ time. It’s hard to argue the current group doesn’t deserve a chance to replicate the result from Game 4, but they all need to play even better than they did on Monday night.

Expect another quality outing from Carey Price in net, the usual calm, clutch play from Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, and hopefully several other key contributions from the remainder of the lineup to bring the series back to Montreal for Game 6.

Montreal Canadiens projected lineup

Forwards

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tyler Toffoli	Phillip Danault	Brendan Gallagher
Josh Anderson	Nick Suzuki	Cole Caufield
Paul Byron	Jake Evans	Artturi Lehkonen
Joel Armia	Eric Staal	Corey Perry

Defencemen

Left Defence	Right Defence
Left Defence	Right Defence
Joel Edmundson	Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot	Shea Weber
Alexander Romanov	Brett Kulak

Goaltenders

Starter	Backup
Starter	Backup
Carey Price	Jake Allen

Scratches

F: Alex Belzile, Laurent Dauphin, Michael Frolik, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Tomas Tatar, Lukas Vejdemo, Jesse Ylönen
D: Cale Fleury, Erik Gustafsson, Jon Merrill, Xavier Ouellet,
G: Charlie Lindgren, Michael McNiven, Cayden Primeau

Injured/Ill

F: Jonathan Drouin (leave of absence)

Tampa Bay Lightning projected lineup

Forwards

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Ondrej Palat	Brayden Point	Nikita Kucherov
Ross Colton	Anthony Cirelli	Steven Stamkos
Blake Coleman	Yanni Gourde	Barclay Goodrow
Pat Maroon	Tyler Johnson	Mathieu Joseph

Defencemen

Left Defence	Right Defence
Left Defence	Right Defence
Victor Hedman	Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh	Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev	David Savard

Goaltenders

Starter	Backup
Starter	Backup
Andrei Vasilevskiy	Curtis McElhinney

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2021-07-07 22:00:00Z
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