Preview Game #19
Canadiens vs. Detroit
Joe Louis Arena – Nov. 16, 2014 – 7:05pm
Things to Know in Detroit –
….The Canadiens are looking for their second straight win in Detroit. They beat them 5-4 March 27th.
….Overall the Wings have won 9 of the last 12 vs. Montreal at Detroit. beat the Wings last time they played in Detroit March 27th.
….Overall in the series the Canadiens have won three straight and are 4-1-1 in the last six.
….The Red Wings are 5-0-1 in their last six at home including a 4-1 over Chicago on Friday.
….It’s been over 4 ½ years since the Canadiens put together a six game winning streak (March 6-16, 2010)
….The Canadiens managed only 4 power play goals through the season’s first 16 games. In the two games since the arrival of Sergei Gonchar, they have doubled it.
….Sergei Gonchar became the 16th and first Russian-born defenseman in NHL history to reach 800 NHL points with his two assists against Philadelphia.
….Dustin Tokarski starts in goal for the Canadiens in the second of back-to-back games. Tokarski is 2-1-0 this season with a 2.01GAA and a .929save%. He has never faced Detroit.
….Jimmy Howard is 5-1-2 with a 2.07 GAA in eight home games this season.
….Howard in his last four appearances against the Canadiens is 1-2-1 with a 3.53GAA. His career record vs. Montreal is 3-2-1 with a 2.92GAA and an .895save%.
….Backup Jonas Gustavsson is 1.88 in his first seven career starts against the Has but then gave up five in a loss at the Bell Centre April 5th.
….Johan Franzen has three goals, two assists in a five game point streak. He also has scored a goal in three straight games.
….Pavel Datsyuk returned to the Wings lineup Friday against Chicago after missing two games with a groin injury. In nine games this season he has five goals, six assists.
….The Canadiens power play has gone 4 for 8 in the two games since Sergei Gonchar joined the team.
…Dale Weise has three goals and an assist in his last two games which matches his point total for his first 13 games of the season. He marked his first career two-goal game against Philadelphia Saturday.
….Max Pacioretty has six points his last four games. Against Detroit he has five points the last six games.
….David Desharnais has seven points in six games vs. Detroit. Vs. Detroit on October 21st he scored the game winner at 56 seconds of overtime.
….The Canadiens lead the league in faceoff percentage at 55.2%. Manny Malhotra leads individually at 63.7% ahead of Patrice Bergeron’s 60.8. Second on the Canadiens is David Desharnais at 55.7%.
….The Canadiens are third in the league in blocked shots at 333. Calgary leads at 350 followed by Buffalo at 334.
The Detroit Lines and Pairings
14-Gustav Nyquist 40-Henrik Zetterberg 93-Johan Franzen
8-Justin Abdelkader 13-Pavel Datsyuk 26-Tomas Jurco
21-Tomas Tatar 15 -Riley Sheahan 43-Darren Helm
20-Drew Miller 41-Luke Glendening 18-Joakim Andersson
52-Jonathan Ericsson 55 -Niklas Kronwall
27-Kyle Quincey 65-Dan DeKeyser
23Brian Lashoff 2–Brendan Smith
35-Jimmy Howard
Scratched – FWDs Daniel Cleary, Andrej Nestrasil and D-Jakub Kindl
The Hard Stats
Season Record – Canadiens – 18GP (13-4-1) 27 pts. First in Eastern Conference. Detroit – 16GP (8-3-5) 21pts.
Season Series – Second of four games – @Bell Centre – Canadiens-2 Detroit-1 (Overtime) David Desharnais scored in overtime after Galchenyuk scored with 3:59 remaining in the third to tie it. Zetterberg for Detroit. Price stops 27 of 28 shots. Howard 34 of 36.
Home/Road – Canadiens on the Road (5-2-1) Detroit at Home (6-1-2)
Special Teams – Power Play – Canadiens ranked 23rd – 7/50 – 14.0%. Detroit ranked 18th – 11/62 17.7% Penalty Killing – Canadiens ranked 9th – 11/72 84.7%. Detroit ranked 7/57 87.7%
Goaltending – Canadiens – Dustin Tokarski 4GP (2-1-0) 2.01GAA .929save%. Detroit – Jimmy Howard – 13GP (7-2-4) 1.95GAA .926
From the Clinic – Canadiens – LW-Michael Bournival (IR-bruised shoulder); Detroit – G-Jonas Gustavsson (IR-separated shoulder); C-Stephen Weiss (IR-groin)
| Montreal | Detroit | |
| 2.61 | Goals Per Game | 2.75 |
| 2.56 | Goals Against Per Game | 2.19 |
| 28.44 | Shots on Goal Per Game | 29.94 |
| 30.78 | Shots Against Per Game | 26.75 |
| 11.72 | Penalty Minutes Per Game | 8.63 |
| 7 | Power Play Goals | 11 |
| 14% | Power Play % | 17.7% |
| 11 | Power Play Goals Allowed | 7 |
| 84.7% | Penalty Kill % | 87.7% |
| 2 | Shorthanded Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shorthanded Goals Allowed | 1 |
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