After a three-day break, the Montreal Canadiens were back in action last night and snatched a nice 5-2 victory from the St-Louis Blues at the Bell Centre.
24 hours later, this time they will face the Flyers in Philadelphia. The troop of John Tortorella has had a difficult start to the season with 2 wins in 8 games
In the final minutes, the head coach Martin St. Louis took the opportunity to reveal their lineup.
Here are the offensive trios and the defensive pairs as reported by Jonathan Bernier :
ATTACKERS
Caufield – Suzuki – roof
Anderson – Evans – Gallagher
Armia – Newhook – Kapanen
Heineman – Dvorak – Pezzetta
DEFENDERS
Matheson – Mailloux
Hutson – Savard
Xhekaj – Struble
GOALKEEPERS
They were getting
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- Kaiden Guhle et Juraj Slafkovsky are still away from the game but were able to see them practice with a blue jersey (no contact) during the weekend.
- It is Cayden Primeau who will have the task of slowing down the Flyers’ attacks. This is his 3rd match this season and he is still looking for his first victory.
- Recalled yesterday following an injury to Josh Anderson, Lucas Condotta will obviously not be in uniform as Anderson appears ready to play.
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