NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 11/14/2024

Montreal Canadiens (5-9-2) at Minnesota Wild (10-2-3, 23 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Thursday, November 14
Time: 8:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm CT

TV: ESPN+ / TVAS / FDSN / FDSW
Radio:
Montreal Canadiens – TSN 690 AM (English) / 98,5 FM Cogeco (French)
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Montreal Canadiens +1.5 ML +215
Minnesota -1.5 ML -260
O/U 6.5

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Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

Cole Caufield scored twice and Nick Suzuki had four points to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 7-5 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. Montreal snapped a six-game losing streak with the win. Montreal sits in last place in the Atlantic Division, 3 points behind Buffalo. Montreal travels to Minnesota tonight to face the Wild, the Canadiens are 2-5-1 away from the Bell Centre.

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

Minnesota returns home after a quick three-game road trip which saw the Wild go 2-0-1, with their only loss coming in overtime to Chicago on Sunday. Minnesota is 3-1-1 at home on the season and trails division-leading Winnipeg in the Central Division by 7 points, as Winnipeg runs away from the rest of the league, with an NHL-best 15-1-0 record.

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines:

Dach-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Caufield-Evans-Newhook
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Heineman-Condotta-Armia

Guhle-Matheson
Hutson-Savard
Xhekaj-Struble

Montembeault
Primeau

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Gaudreau-Hartman
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Trenin

Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Chisholm-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

Montreal Canadiens

Cole Caufield scored two goals in the Canadiens’ last game giving him 12 goals on the season, which ties the speedy winger with Mikko Rantanen, Sam Reinhart, Leon Draisaitl, and William Nylander for the league lead in goals.

Minnesota Wild

Karil Kaprizov is on pace for his 4th straight 40-goal season, and his second 100+ point season in his career. The 27-year-old Russian set the league on fire since joining the Wild for the 2021-22 season. Kaprizov is currently second in the NHL scoring race with 28 points (9g, 19a) and is first in the league with a +14 rating in 15 games.

Injury Report:

Montreal Canadiens

LW Patrik Laine – OUT Week-To-Week – Est. return December 1
D David Reinbacher – OUT Week-To-Week – Est. return March 1

Minnesota Wild

D Jonas Brodin – Day To Day – Game-Time Decision

Next Game:

Montreal Canadiens – November 16 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
Minnesota Wild – November 16 vs. Dallas Stars

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