Montreal Canadiens (14-17-3, 31 Pts) at Florida Panthers (22-12-2, 46 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Tonday – Saturday, December 28
Time: 1:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+, SCRIPPS
Radio:
Montreal – 690 TSN
Florida – 560 WQAM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Montreal +1.5 ML +225
Florida -1.5 ML -210
O/U 6.5
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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:
The Canadiens had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. Montreal is 6-3-0 against the Atlantic Division. The Habs have the 13th-ranked power play and the tenth-ranked penalty kill in the NHL.
Florida Panthers News & Notes:
The Panthers lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Monday, snapping a four-game winning streak. Florida is 5-3-0 against the Atlantic Division and owns the fourth-ranked power play in the league.
Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Laine
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Heineman-Evans-Armia
Hutson-Matheson
Guhle-Carrier
Xhekaj-Savard
Montembeault
Primeau
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Florida Panthers Projected Lines
Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
Rodrigues-Lundell-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Samoskevich
Greer-Nosek-Asplund
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
Balinskis-Schmidt
Bobrovsky
Knight
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Players To Watch:
Montreal Canadiens
Patrik Laine has had eight goals in ten games since joining the Canadiens but is a game-time decision with an upper-body injury. Cole Caufield has 17 goals and 15 assists for the Canadiens. Nick Suzuki has two goals and nine assists over the past ten games.
Florida Panthers
Sam Reinhart has scored 22 goals with 23 assists for the Panthers. Matthew Tkachuk has six goals and six assists over the last ten games.
Injury Report:
Montreal Canadiens
C Rafael Harvey-Pinard – IR – Out four months
D David Reinbacher – LTIR – Out five to six months
Florida Panthers
C Jesper Boqvist – Day to day
Next Game
Montreal Canadiens – December 29 at Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers – December 30 vs New York Rangers
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