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Florida (24-29-14-3) at Montreal (37-26-6-2)
Completely recovered from a contusion to his right shoulder, Alexei Kovalev will play tonight’s game with Mike Ribeiro and Michael Ryder. The Canadiens concluded their voyage in the west with a 5-2 victory against the bad Ducks and it was their third victory in four games after a loss at San Jose. Habs now gained wins in eight of their last nine games and his at one point of the New Jersey Devils. Pierre Dagenais will be watching the game from the pressbox and the Zednik-Koivu-Perreault line remains the same.
The G-Man Mathieu Garon will be in the net this evening giving some rest to Jose Theodore for Toronto, Colorado and the Devils.
Tuesday, after the trading of leading scorer Valeri Bure and winger Marcus Nilson, Florida loss 5-0 at Toronto. They are now nine points behind the NY Islanders with 12 games to grab a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
This match will be also a first visit for Donald Audette in the Bell Center since he was released by the Canadiens. He has taken part this season in 20 games with the Panthers and he has only collected two goals and two assists and a poor minus eight.
Total Payroll: Florida 26 127 500 $ vs Montreal 46 232 000 $
Projected Montreal Lineup
LW | C | RW |
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Perreault (2-3-5, +1) | Koivu (2-4-6, +1) | Zednik (5-4-9, +3) |
Ryder (1-3-4, +1) | Ribeiro (1-2-3, +1) | Kovalev (0-0-0, 0) |
Begin (2-1-3, +3) | Dowd (1-1-2, +3) | Ward (1-1-2, +1) |
Langdon (0-0-0, -1) | Juneau (0-0-0, +1) | Dackell (0-1-1, +1) |
LD | RD |
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Markov (1-2-3, +4) | Rivet (0-0-0, +1) |
Bouillon (0-2-2, +1) | Brisebois (0-4-4, +3) |
Komisarek (0-1-1, 0) | Quintal (0-1-1, +3) |
*(G-A-PTS, +/-) – Last five games -Player in red is on a hot streak – Player in blue is on a cold streak – Player in bold have contributed in the scoresheet recently
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Current Team Standing
| Team | G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Standing | GF | GA | Home/Road |
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Florida | 70 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 65 | 2nd, SE | 152 | 182 | 11-17-8-1 R |
Montreal | 71 | 37 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 4th, NE | 184 | 162 | 19-11-4-0 H |
OVERALL
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Florida Goaltenders
Montreal Goaltenders
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* Expected to play
Top Leaders Matchup
| Player | Florida | Montreal |
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Goals (FW) | Jokinen (19) | Zednik (24) |
Assists (FW) | Jokinen (24) | Ribeiro (39) |
Points (FW) | Jokinen (43) | Ribeiro (57) |
Plus/Minus (FW) | Bednar (+2) | Ribeiro (+14) |
Goals (D) | Van Ryn (12) | Souray (15) |
Assists (D) | Van Ryn (20) | Brisebois (24) |
Points (D) | Van Ryn (32) | Souray (35) |
Plus/Minus (D) | Trnka/Kudroc/McNeill (0) | Brisebois (+16) |
Injuries
Florida Injuries
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| Player | Pos | Injury | Status |
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Niklas Sundstrom | LW | Concussion | Maybe March 11 |
Jan Bulis | C | Leg | Day-to-Day |
Sheldon Souray | D | Knee | Late March |
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