GDT: Game 48: Panthers @ Canadiens, 7:30pm; TSN2, RDS, FS-F, NHL.TV: Chronicles of Ekblad

[MarkovsKnee]

First game of the season in Florida (December 28, 2018): Danault vs Ekblad



Exhibition Game (September 19, 2018): Domi vs Ekblad



Good player, seems like an OK guy, Canadiens' players hate him. Will it continue? Stay tuned to your TVs tonight folks.

Montreal Canadiens 25W 17L 5OT ​	Florida Panthers 17W 19L 8OT​
Max Domi: 40pts: 14g 26a	Jonathan Huberdeau: 47pts: 12g 35a
Brendan Galllagher: 18g	Mike Hoffman: 21g
Antti Niemi: 7W 4L 1 OTL	James Reimer: 8W 7L 1 OTL
3.85 g/a, .886 sav%	3.16 g/a, .895 sav%

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Florida has lost 6 consecutive games at the Bell Centre.

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[AlexGretzchenvid]

Mtl by 2. Go habs go!

 

[overlords]

Which manlet takes down Ekblad this time? Place your bets. I'm liking Byron, but it would be especially hilarious if it was Drouin.

 

[Prairie Habs]

So its Kotka's turn to fight Ekblad?

 

[jaffy27]

This game vs yesterday’s is like AC/DC opening for Smashing Pumpkins.....while both good................

 

[jaffy27]

So its Kotka's turn to fight Ekblad?

If Ekblad does that, he’s gonna start looking like Marie Madeleine...

 

[L4br3cqu3]

Which manlet takes down Ekblad this time? Place your bets. I'm liking Byron, but it would be especially hilarious if it was Drouin.

I think you're right, yeah Byron is a twig but doesn't mind the rough stuff at all for his size.

Drouin, now that would be something else

 

[Krnage]

go habs go.... i dont have any faith for that game....

 

[Habs Icing]

Which manlet takes down Ekblad this time? Place your bets. I'm liking Byron, but it would be especially hilarious if it was Drouin.

Ekblad will challenge an eleven year old who is sitting behind the Panthers bench wearing a Habs sweater with the names Domi and danault on the back and trash talking him. As they wheel him off on a gurney, his coach tells him it was an eleven year old girl with very short hair.

 

[Zorba]

Bad feeling about this one. Habs played extremely hard last night. Coulda be a bit of breakdown tonight

 

[David Suzuki]

Niemi is either god awful or really good so we just have to hope we get the really good one.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Hoping for an 18-17 game, won by the habs

Winning against boston only to lose against florida would be very frustrating

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I don't expect this to be a good game by Montreal. 3rd will be ugly for sure. Played hard last night.

Niemi needs to be on.

 

[scrubadam]

tough to call B2B games, but the habs should be on a high after the OT win against Boston.

LOL Nieme sucks LOL, except he stole us 2 games on the road trip so lets not judge him soley on facing the best team/offense in the league. Last time in FLA he played big time for the 2 pts.

Feels like a game where our offense can break out. Feels like it could be a 5 goal game.

We will see what kind of energy the team has but 2 points would be huge tonight.

 

[Harry22]

This has letdown game written all over it. Hope I am wrong and Habs show up with a big win.

 

[LeHab]

Hope there is still something left in the tank. Niemi will be tested.

 

[Runner77]

Hope there is still something left in the tank. Niemi will be tested.

All the more reason for them to have won last night's game.

If they hadn't, this would be a taller order.

 

[Habano]

Which manlet takes down Ekblad this time? Place your bets. I'm liking Byron, but it would be especially hilarious if it was Drouin.

Mete is gonna slap a guillotine choke on Ekblad and submit him

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

Bad feeling about this one. Habs played extremely hard last night. Coulda be a bit of breakdown tonight

Momentum

 

[Prairie Habs]

Tough to change the line-up after two solid (at least solid-ish) wins, but this being our 3rd game in 4 nights (6th game in 9) it might be smart to get some fresh legs in there.

 

[HabsGifs]

 

[Tuggy]

Yeah a letdown tonight wouldn't shock me.

Hopefully they can get off to a fast start.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

HD isn't Therriens friend

 

[sandviper]

So its Kotka's turn to fight Ekblad?

Kotkaniemi KO via Superman punch.

 

[Lenir105]

Should’ve put Price in the net, at home, and then he could have played on Saturday