Pittsburgh Penguins @ Montreal Canadiens
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Team Leaders
Penguins
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Habs
Sidney Crosby (31)|Points|Max Pacioretty (16)
James Neal (13)|Goals|Tomas Plekanec (8)
Sidney Crosby (22)|Assists|Raphael Diaz (12)
Chris Kunitz (+11)|Plus/Minus|Bandon Prust & Brendan Gallagher (+9)
James Neal (8)|Powerplay Goals|Andrei Markov (5)
(all stats courtesy of http://hockey-reference.com and http://nhl.com)
Projected Line-ups
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - James Neal
Beau Bennett - Brandon Sutter - Pascal Dupuis
Matt Cooke - Dustin Jeffrey - Tyler Kennedy
Tanner Glass - Joe Victory - Craig Adams
Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Matt Niskanen - Kris Letang
Robert Bortuzzo - Deryk Engelland
Mark Eaton/Simon Despres
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Brandon Prust-Tomas Plekanec-Brian Gionta
Brendan Gallagher-David Desharnais-Max Pacioretty
Alex Galchenyuk-Lars Eller-Michael Ryder
Travis Moen-Ryan White-Colby Armstrong
Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz
Francis Bouillon- P.K Subban
On this day:
Goaltending Matchup
VS.
Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Carey Price
10-5-0, .912 SV%, 2.40 GAA vs. 11-3-2, .924 SV%, 1.90 GAA
It's a Hockey Night!
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Team Leaders
Sidney Crosby (31)|Points|Max Pacioretty (16)
James Neal (13)|Goals|Tomas Plekanec (8)
Sidney Crosby (22)|Assists|Raphael Diaz (12)
Chris Kunitz (+11)|Plus/Minus|Bandon Prust & Brendan Gallagher (+9)
James Neal (8)|Powerplay Goals|Andrei Markov (5)
Projected Line-ups
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - James Neal
Beau Bennett - Brandon Sutter - Pascal Dupuis
Matt Cooke - Dustin Jeffrey - Tyler Kennedy
Tanner Glass - Joe Victory - Craig Adams
Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Matt Niskanen - Kris Letang
Robert Bortuzzo - Deryk Engelland
Mark Eaton/Simon Despres
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Brandon Prust-Tomas Plekanec-Brian Gionta
Brendan Gallagher-David Desharnais-Max Pacioretty
Alex Galchenyuk-Lars Eller-Michael Ryder
Travis Moen-Ryan White-Colby Armstrong
Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz
Francis Bouillon- P.K Subban
On this day:
- The Penguins record on this day is roughly 50/50
- The teams first game on March 2nd was against the Oakland Seals which finished in a 6-6 tie.
- The Penguins lost against Boston on the same day the next year 4-0 before a years gap on this day and then a 4 year win streak with results against Detroit (7-4),Vancouver (6-1), Rangers (8-6) and Minnesota (6-2).
- Pittsburgh have played rivals Philadelphia once on this day in the 1994-1995 season and lost 5-4.
- One of the more entertaining games was a 7-5 win over the Rangers in the 2000-2001 season - four point games for both Lemieux and Jagr.
- In total the Penguins record on this day is W10 L9 T3 and Pittsburgh have scored 81 goals to their opponents 79.
Goaltending Matchup
Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Carey Price
10-5-0, .912 SV%, 2.40 GAA vs. 11-3-2, .924 SV%, 1.90 GAA
It's a Hockey Night!
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