Canadiens vs. Coyotes: Game thread, rosters, lines, and how to watch

Montreal Canadiens vs. Arizona Coyotes

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Start time: 7:00 p.m. EDT / 4:00 p.m. PDT
In the region of Canadians: TSN2 (English)RDS (French)
In the Coyotes region: Bally Sports Arizona
Stream: ESPN+, RDS Direct, TSN Direct

Last year, when both the Montreal Canadiens and Arizona Coyotes battled for the first overall, the Habs managed to be on the losing side in both straight-throughs of the season series with an aggregate score of 11-5. This year, the Canadiens have taken a small step forward, with youth exuberance leading the way, while the Coyotes have also added some promising young players.

While it’s likely to be another short season for these two clubs, they’re at least finding ways to be competitive in the league and provide a challenge for their opponents. Both come into this game with angry wins; the Canadiens an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins; the Coyotes the originators of the recent “unacceptable” loss for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Whether they want to play today’s game at the same level is another question entirely, but we won’t see the rookies slow down so we should brace for a decent game on that front.

The proposed lineup of the Montreal Canadiens

Forward

Left wing center Right wing
Left wing center Right wing
#22 Cole Caufield #14 Nick Suzuki #91 Sean Monahan
#63 Yevgeny Dadonov #28 Christian Dvorak #11 Brendan Gallagher
#27 Jonathan Drouin #77 Kirby roof #17 Josh Anderson
#20 Juraj Slafkovsky #71 Jake Evans #68 Mike Hoffman

defender

Left defence Right Defense
Left defence Right Defense
#21 Kaiden Guhle #58 David Savard
$54Jordan Harris #26 Johnny Kovacevic
#72 Arber Xhekaj #6 Chris Wideman

goalkeeper

Starter fuse
Starter fuse
#34 Jake Allen #35 Samuel Montembault

scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Rem Pitlick
Hurt: Joel Armia, Paul Byron, Joel Edmundson, and Mike Matheson

Arizona Coyotes projected lineup

Forward

Left wing center Right wing
Left wing center Right wing
Clayton Keller Travis Boyd Lawson Crouse
Nick Richie Barret Hayton Dylan Gunther
Matthew Maccelli Jack McBain Zack Kassian
Liam O’Brien Nick Bjugstad Christian Fischer

defender

Left defence Right Defense
Left defence Right Defense
Janis Moser Troy Stecher
Shayne Gostisbehere Josh Brown
Juuso Valimaki Dysine Mayo

goalkeeper

Starter fuse
Starter fuse
Karel Wejmelka Connor Ingram

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