Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (14-13-4) at Minnesota Wild (13-13-4) – 21 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM CST

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Kirill Kaprizov|Joel Eriksson Ek|Matt Boldy|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Foligno|Marco Rossi|Ryan Hartman|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|Jake Evans|Josh Anderson|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marcus Johansson|Frederick Gaudreau|Pat Maroon|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joel Armia|Christian Dvorak|Brendan Gallagher|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brandon Duhaime|Connor Dewar|Vinni Lettieri|[MTL](/r/habs)|Emil Heineman|Mitchell Stephens|Jesse Ylönen|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jacob Middleton|Brock Faber|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Alex Goligoski|Zach Bogosian|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Justin Barron|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jon Merrill|Daemon Hunt|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Johnathan Kovacevic|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mats Zuccarello|18 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Zuccarello (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Wednesday.|27 Dec 2023|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jared Spurgeon|14 Dec 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Not Specified|23 Dec 2023|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Jonas Brodin|08 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR-LT|Brodin (upper body) was put on the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday, per Michael Russo of The Athletic.|02 Jan 2024|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Michael Milne||Undisclosed|IR-NR||27 Dec 2023|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Sam Hentges||Undisclosed|IR-NR||27 Dec 2023|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mason Shaw||Knee|OUT|Surgery|02 Jan 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|09 Dec 2023|Upper Body|IR|Pearson (upper body) was put on injured reserve Wednesday.|10 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|30 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high-ankle sprain, per Arpon Basu of The Athletic.|17 Feb 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|21 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|28 Dec 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|17 Jan 2024|
   |[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.|17 Jan 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/minnesota-wild/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%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|30|13|13|4|30|0.500|3.00|3.20|17.17|72.22|30.27|30.83|44.89|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|31|14|13|4|32|0.516|2.71|3.32|18.02|73.15|29.45|34.32|53.96|

   [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|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Joel Eriksson Ek|14|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|9|
   |A|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mats Zuccarello|22|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|18|
   |P|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Mats Zuccarello|28|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|26|
   |+/-|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brock Faber|11|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Evans, Johnathan Kovacevic|4|
   |PIM|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Pat Maroon|41|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
   |TOI|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Brock Faber|24:20|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:17|

   [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=30 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%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Filip Gustavsson|19|19|8|8|2|2|2.91|0.906|
   |[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|Marc-Andre Fleury|12|11|5|5|2|0|3.26|0.892|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|14|13|7|4|2|0|2.79|0.911|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|12|12|4|6|2|0|3.43|0.904|

   [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=30 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)

   ##Season Series

   |Date|Away|Home|Time|Network/Result|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |17 Oct 2023|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|[MTL](/r/habs)|6:00PM CDT|MIN (**5**) – (2) MTL|
   |21 Dec 2023|[MTL](/r/habs)|[MIN](/r/wildhockey)|7:00PM CST|RDS, TSN2, BSNX, BSWIX|

   [Source](https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/2023020506/landing)

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2. Faber already has 25:00 TOI, and the puck hasn’t even dropped yet.

3. LFG!!!

4. Happy cake day to the hockey mod

5. Damn. Hartman out with an Upper body injury

6. I’m hungry

7. I’ve got the leftover ribs from Tuesday (which I attribute the win to) warming up right now. Hope they spark some more luck

8. keeping Goligoski in the lineup has to be a GM decision and it’s baffling… no sane coach would see him play and say “ i want that”

9. Is there a more Quebecoise name then Edouard Julien?

10. I cant find any reference to NHL players being out with covid lately, but there is a growing trend of players skating off of the ice at the end of a game with no apparent injury, then missing a warmup or a last-minute scratch due to “Upper Body”. First its day-to-day, then its week-to-week. Covid is now part of “Upper Body” it seems.

11. Audra wants a Dewey2 goal, I want an Audra win, let’s go

12. To the moon! 🚀

    Had my first day back in my class since urgery, and aside from a few assholes, I definitely missed my little degenerates. But also, I’m so ready for winter break.

    Let’s have a good one tonight, folks.

13. I’m here