Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (8-9-2) at San Jose Sharks (3-15-1) – 24 Nov 2023 – 3:30PM EST

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   HockeyMod 2 years ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|William Eklund|Tomas Hertl|Fabian Zetterlund|[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|Nick Suzuki|Brendan Gallagher|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Filip Zadina|Mikael Granlund|Anthony Duclair|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Christian Dvorak|Juraj Slafkovsky|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mike Hoffman|Luke Kunin|Jacob MacDonald|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Sean Monahan|Josh Anderson|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Nikolai Knyzhov|Ryan Carpenter|Givani Smith|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Jake Evans|Jesse Ylonen|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mario Ferraro|Ty Emberson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Justin Barron|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Marc-Edouard Vlasic|Kyle Burroughs|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Johnathan Kovacevic|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Nikita Okhotyuk|Calen Addison|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Gustav Lindstrom|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mackenzie Blackwood|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cayden Primeau|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/san-jose-sharks/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jan Rutta|22 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Rutta (undisclosed) won’t return to Wednesday’s game versus the Seattle Kraken, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.|unknown|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kevin Labanc|22 Nov 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Labanc will miss Wednesday’s game against the Seattle Kraken because of an upper-body injury, according to Max Miller of The Hockey News.|unknown|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Nico Sturm|17 Nov 2023|Personal|IR-NR|Sturm will miss the next two games as he takes a personal leave of absence, the San Jose Sharks announced Friday. Sturm will be designated for non-roster status during his leave, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.|unknown|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Oskar Lindblom|13 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Lindblom (lower body) is considered week-to-week, according to Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.|30 Nov 2023|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Matt Benning|31 Oct 2023|Undisclosed|IR|Benning (undisclosed) is close to getting back into the lineup according to head coach David Quinn, Max Miller of The Hockey News reports Monday.|27 Nov 2023|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Alexander Barabanov|24 Oct 2023|Finger|IR|Fracture|05 Dec 2023|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mitchell Russell||Undisclosed|IR-NR||30 Nov 2023|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Logan Couture|21 Sep 2023|Lower Body|IR|Couture (lower body) hasn’t resumed skating yet, coach David Quinn told Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now on Wednesday.|27 Nov 2023|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|21 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Harris suffered a lower-body injury that will sidelined him indefinitely, the Habs announced Tuesday.|07 Dec 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|16 Nov 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Xhekaj (upper body) won’t travel with his teammates Monday to California ahead of the Montreal Canadiens’ three-game road trip, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.|29 Nov 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Harvey-Pinard (lower body) will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks.|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|David Savard|24 Oct 2023|Hand|IR|Fracture|07 Dec 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|29 Nov 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/san-jose-sharks/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|19|3|15|1|7|0.184|1.47|4.32|16.36|72.46|24.21|37.84|53.63|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|19|8|9|2|18|0.474|2.89|3.53|19.18|73.42|29.32|34.79|52.21|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Tomas Hertl, Fabian Zetterlund, Luke Kunin|4|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki, Sean Monahan, Alex Newhook|6|
   |A|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Tomas Hertl|8|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|11|
   |P|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Tomas Hertl|12|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|17|
   |+/-|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Ryan Carpenter|1|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|7|
   |PIM|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Luke Kunin|27|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
   |TOI|[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mario Ferraro|21:23|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:47|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=28 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mackenzie Blackwood|14|12|2|9|1|0|3.97|0.896|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|8|7|1|6|0|0|4.30|0.887|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|9|8|4|3|1|0|2.81|0.908|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|8|8|3|4|1|0|3.54|0.907|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=28 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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2. 

   Ross_Rhea 2 years ago

   Grosse game à soir.

3. 

   6BLSSDMF6 2 years ago

   

   took the afternoon off to watch the game! Lets eat some shark sushi tonight!

4. 

   TamedDawn 2 years ago

   A win for my bday would be nice 👍

5. 

   Sugarstache 2 years ago

   Man caufield needs a goal bad

6. 

   JonBellivo 2 years ago

   Fuck Greenpeace. Shark fin soup is back on the menu, boys.

7. 

   Habsfan_2000 2 years ago

   Early game! Early game!

8. 

   antoinePucket 2 years ago

   Ahhh, Friday afternoon. That’s perfect cuz I usually always miss games that start at 7pm on Fridays.