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The Habs continue their 4 games in 4 nights run as they host the Minnesota
Wild on Sunday night. The Habs will ice an entirely different lineup from
the one that dropped a 6-2 decision to Ottawa on Saturday. Alex Auld will
get the nod for Montreal while newly minted backup Anton Khudobin gets the call
for Minnesota.
Wild players who made the trip:
Forwards: Matt Cullen, Chuck Kobasew, Brad Staubitz, Colton Gillies,
Antti Miettinen, Kyle Brodziak, Cal Clutterbuck, Cody Almond, Petr Kalus, Robbie
Earl, Jon DiSalvatore, Warren Peters, and former Hab Guillaume Latendresse.
Defense: Marek Zidlicky, Clayton Stoner, Marco Scandella, Cam Barker,
Maxim Noreau, Justin Falk, and Drew Bagnall.
Goalies: Anton Khudobin, Matt Hackett
Of the above list, one forward and defenceman will not be in the lineup.
As for the Habs, here is their reported lineup for tonight:
Forwards:
Andrei Kostitsyn – Scott Gomez – Brian Gionta
Lars Eller – David Desharnais – Mathieu Darche
Max Pacioretty – Dustin Boyd – Ryan White
Ian Schultz – Andreas Enqqvist – J.T. Wyman
Defence:
Alex Henry – P.K. Subban
Ryan O’Byrne – Alexandre Picard
Brendon Nash – Mathieu Carle
Goalies:
Alex Auld
Robert Mayer
Preseason Scoring Leaders:
Team |
Minnesota |
Montreal |
Goals | Havlat/Wellman (1) | Tomas Plekanec (2) |
Assists | Prosser/Schultz (1) |
Josh Gorges (3) |
Points | Martin Havlat (2) | Plekanec/Gorges (3) |
+/- | Burns/Schultz (+1) |
Gionta/Henry (+1) |
PIMS | Matt Kassian (22) | Travis Moen (9) |
Puck drop is at 7:00 PM EST on RIS.