GDT: Montreal Canadiens @ Minnesota Wild 7pm CST RDS, FS-WI, FS-N+

[HamiltonOHL]

First GDT so here i go

Montreal Canadiens (8-5-0) 16pts 3rd in the Atlantic

Montreal
2.85 Goals For (14th) 1.77 Goals Against (2nd) 22.6% Power Play (7th), 84.3% Penalty Kill (7th) 51.4 % FO W (13th) 30.1 shots per game (18th), 31.9 Shots against (23rd)

Protected Lines:

Bournival (3-4-7) - Plekanec (6-5-11) - Gionta (3-4-7)
Galchenyuk (2-7-9) - Eller (5-4-9) - Gallagher (5-3-8)
Bourque (4-1-5) - Desharnais (0-1-1) - Leblanc (0-0-0)
Blunden (0-0-0)/Pacioretty (2-1-3) - White (0-0-0) - Parros (0-0-0) (returns after serious injury during fight)

Markov (1-4-5) - Subban (2-9-11)
Gorges (1-3-4) - Diaz (0-6-6)
Murray (0-0-0) - Bouillon (0-2-2)

Price (6-5-0 2.02 GAA .939 Sv % 1 SO)

Current Injuries - Moen (face), Prust (Shoulder), Briere (Concussion), Pacioretty (Left Hamstring supposed to return this weekend), Thomas (undisclosed injury), Emelin (knee), Drewiske (shoulder surgery)

Vs

Minnesota Wild (6-4-3) 15pts 4th in the Central

Minnesota

2.31 Goals For (21st) 2.23 Goals Against (5th) 24.5% Power Play (4th) 75.9% Penalty Kill (27th) FO W % - 54.9 (3rd) 23.4 shots against (1st), 29.8 Shots per game (20th)

Projected Lines (Roughly Guess):

Parise (6-3-9) - Coyle (0-0-0) - Heatley (1-2-3)
El Nino (2-3-5) - Koivu (1-7-8) - Brodziak (2-2-4)
Matt Cooke (3-5-8) - Granlund (0-8-8) - Pominville (7-0-7)
Justin Fontaine (3-0-3) -Zenon Konopka (0-0-0) -Torrey Mitchell (0-1-0)

Suter (0-7-7) - Brodin (3-3-6)
Spurgeon (1-4-5) - Balland (0-1-1)
Scandella (0-1-1) - Stoner (0-3-3)

Harding (5-2-1 1.00 GAA .953 Sv % 1 SO)

PP Units

PP1 - Parise - Koivu - Coyle
Suter - Pominville

PP2 - El Nino - Granlund - Heatley
Spurgeon - Ballard

Injuries: Rupp (Knee), Prosser & Dumba (both healthy scratches)
Lines to Subject to change

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[Victorious Secret]

 

[BusQuets]

7-0 for wild. Habs doesn't look like a very good team.

 

[jedisports]

Thanks for the thread!

I am confused about the network that's airing the game since the T-Wolves (Love was such money with that 3 pointer the other night to force and win it in OT) are on regular FSN tonight.

I found this: http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/pages/channelfinder

I am in the Twin Cities with Charter so I take it it's on 824? I know I sound anal but I'm going to miss the first 30 minutes so I want to record and be sure I get the right channel on my DVR.

So 61 is T-Wolves and 824 is the Wild? Weird thing is on 824, the guide says it's also airing the T-Wolves tonight so I hope that's wrong.

 

[SunDin]

Brodin, Coyle and Ballard all confirmed for tonight?

 

[Lapa]

Brodin has to be in the PP.. Right?

8-0 Wild. Harding with 5 saves. Granlund with 3 Gordie Howe hattricks. Konopka with 5 goals.

#boldpredictions

Brodin, Coyle and Ballard all confirmed for tonight?

Yes.

 

[Bullrun]

Thinkin good things 5-2 wild

Brodin
Coyle
Granlund
Nino (PP from Granlund)
Heatley (Empty net)

 

[Beegoalie]

2 questions for tabs fans..

1. What the hell is wrong with Desharnais?? He had like 60 points two years ago and 28 in 48 last year?? How did he decline so much??

2. Pacioretty must be hurt? Or returning from injury?

 

[Hall of Faber]

7-0 for wild. Habs doesn't look like a very good team.

They have more points than us... Their GD is +14 ours is -1. Don't count this as an easy win.

 

[Victorious Secret]

7-0 for wild. Habs doesn't look like a very good team.

lolwut

They look like a very good team. Second lowest goals against and have a 15 greater goal differential than us. Unless teams that play stingy defense and score more than there opponents aren't good. They looked pretty solid against Dallas, they just struggle to score some nights.

 

[Engebretson]

Wow, surprised to see Brodin tonight. Hopefully there's no noticeable rust with the returns.

So, if he keeps getting injured and repaired (face, collarbone, cheekbone) can we assume he's slowly becoming more machine than man and start calling him Darth Brodin?

 

[MNWILDFAN001]

Will be interesting to see how the new lines do. Really wish they would bench Heatley. He's an anchor for any line he is on. Glad they changed FSN North + to a full time channel. Makes it much easier to set the DVR.

 

[StealthClobber]

8-1 Wild. Grundle hat-trick. Subban 3 disallowed goals.

 

[Ladde]

Galchenyuk seems to be doing well.

 

[Beegoalie]

Wow, surprised to see Brodin tonight. Hopefully there's no noticeable rust with the returns.

So, if he keeps getting injured and repaired (face, collarbone, cheekbone) can we assume he's slowly becoming more machine than man and start calling him Darth Brodin?

knocking on wood..but Im not sure that man is capable of such rust you speak of..this is Brodin were talking about.

 

[MNjens]

I like the creativity of the lines, but the one thing that really pisses me off is putting Heater on the first line. He has done NOTHING to even get a sniff of being on a line with Parise/Coyle.

Hoping Yeo will eventually sit his fat *** up in the pressbox where he belongs.

Anyway... Wild still win tonight despite Heatley.
3-1 Koivu, Pommer, Spurgeon

 

[SP0RTSFANATIC98]

I had tickets to this game but I gave them to my cousin so he could take his business partner from Montreal to the game. So guessing my luck we will win like 6-2 just beacause I gave up the tix.

 

[THEALLKNOWING*]

Brodin 3, Suter 2, Subban 0. After the game, Subban hands off his Norris to the real owners of the Trophy, numbers 20 and 25.

 

[Jaykay]

Galchenyuk seems to be doing well.

He's slowed down a bit lately but he's insanely talented. I really like that Galchenyuk-Eller-Gallagher line they have.

 

[Foxlockbox]

Yeo broke up Koivu and Parise but paired Granlund with neither? What the ****.

 

[Puhis]

2-2 58 minutes into the game, then Suter jumps from the bench, eats Subban's face for stealing his Norris and scores the gamewinner with 3 seconds left.

HF explodes.

 

[Jarick]

I've got some cheap chianti, Celebration Ale, and some pumpkin beer on deck for tonight.

 

[Lapa]

Better half gone for the weekend, so I bought a 12 pack of beer for the weekend. There's a Wild game tonight.

I like this.

 

[Puhis]

Better half gone for the weekend, so I bought a 12 pack of beer for the weekend. There's a Wild game tonight.

I like this.

I just had to check that because I didn't know you were in a relationship.

Confirmed. You are. And you're also either the luckiest SOB in the known universe or swimming in cash.

Seriously. HOW?

 

[Lapa]

I just had to check that because I didn't know you were in a relationship.

Confirmed. You are. And you're also either the luckiest SOB in the known universe or swimming in cash.

Seriously. HOW?

Are you saying I'm a pizza face or something?