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Saturday, 26 November 2011 11:00

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

A preview of the Canadiens.

When and where: 7 p.m., Bell Centre.

TV: Root Sports, NHL Network (United States), CBC, RDS.

Record: 10-10-3, 23 points. The Canadiens are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and fourth place in the Northeast Division.

Leading Scorer: Tomas Plekanec (right), 20 points (5 goals, 15 assists).

Last Game: 3-1 road loss to the Flyers, last night. Petteri Nokelainen had a goal for the Canadiens.

Last Game against the Penguins: 3-1 road loss, Oct. 20. Deryk Engelland had two assists for the Penguins.

Canadiens Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Mathieu Darche. He has scored a point in his last four consecutive regular season games against the Penguins.

Ex-Penguins on the Canadiens: Randy Cunneyworth, assistant coach; Hal Gill, D.

Ex-Canadiens on the Penguins: Arron Asham, RW.

Useless Canadiens Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: The last Canadiens player to reach the 200 penalty minute plateau in a single season was former Penguins defenseman Lyle Odelein who had 230 in 1995-96.

Best Canadiens Video We Could Find: Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur scoring his 250th career goal:

Probable goaltenders: The Penguins have not announced if Marc-Andre Fleury (12-3-2, 2.02 GAA, .927 SV%) or Brent Johnson (1-3-2, 2.97 GAA, .892 SV%). The Canadiens have not announced if  Peter Budaj (1-2-0, 2.33 GAA, .922 SV%) or Carey Price (9-8-3, 2.18 GAA, .917 SV%) will get the start.

Injuries: For the Penguins, defensemen Ben Lovejoy (left wrist), Brian Strait (elbow) and center Dustin Jeffrey (knee) are on injured reserve. For the Canadiens, center Scott Gomez (groin) is day to day. Defensemen Chris Campoli ("lower body"), Andrei Markov (knee), Jaroslav Spacek ("upper body"), center Andreas Engqvist ("lower body"), Ryan White ("lower body") and left winger Andrei Kostitsyn ("lower body") are on injured reserve.

Potential lines and defensive pairings: The Penguins' primary lines and defensive pairings against the Senators last night were:

Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Tyler Kennedy
Arron Asham - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams

Kris Letang - Brooks Orpik
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland

The Canadiens primary lines and defensive pairings against the Flyers last night were:

Mike Cammalleri - Tomas Plekanec - Erik Cole
Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Brian Gionta
Travis Moen - Lars Eller - Mathieu Darche
Frederic St.-Denis - Petteri Nokelainen - Aaron Palushaj

Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin - Raphael Diaz
Hal Gill - Yannick Weber

Notes:

-Johnson has appeared in 299 career games.

-Letang has 147 career points.

-Orpik has 97 career points.

-Richard Park has 97 career goals.

-Asham has 196 career points.

-Dupuis has 295 career points.

-Kostitsyn could possibly return to the lineup tonight after missing 10 games due to a groin injury.

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(Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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written by chuckinrlp, November 26, 2011 - 12:21 PM

You gotta love those old Kings jerseys!

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