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Ducks @ Canadiens GAMETHREAD: Wake Up, It's Hockey Time!

The Ducks and Canadiens are playing some early hockey, so make sure you have that fresh pot of coffee

Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports

Stat Pack

ANAHEIM DUCKS versus MONTREAL CANADIENS
25-17-10 (60 points) Record 20-25-6 (46 points)
3rd in Pacific, 9th in West, 15th in NHL Standings 6th in Atlantic, 14th in East, 28th in NHL
2.73 GF/GP 2.51
2.67 GA/GP 3.12
17.50% Power Play 19.70%
82.20% Penalty Kill 78.50%
TEAM STAT LEADERS
Rickard Rakell (18G) Goals Brendan Gallagher (18G)
Ryan Getzlaf (25A) Assists Jonathan Drouin (19A)
Rickard Rakell (39P) Points Max Pacioretty (31P)
Rickard Rakell (5PPG) PPG Alex Galchenyuk (7PPG)
Chris Wagner (2SHG) SH Jacob de la Rose, Phillip Danault, Paul Byron, Brendan Gallagher, Max Pacioretty (1SHG)
Cam Fowler (24:21), Ryan Getzlaf (20:46) TOI/GP (D&F) Shea Weber (25:20); Max Pacioretty (19:05)
J.T. Brown (58.06), Hampus Lindholm (53.20) SAT% 5on5 (F&D) Mark Streit (60.42) , Torrey Mitchell (54.84)
Ryan Miller GOALIES Antti Niemi
6-2-5 Record 1-1-1
.928 Save % .919
23.63 SA/GP 24.60

Projected Lineups

Anaheim Ducks

Rickard Rakell - Ryan Getzlaf - Jakob Silfverberg

Andrew Cogliano - Ryan Kesler - J.T. Brown

Nick Ritchie - Adam Henrique - Ondrej Kase

Chris Wagner - Antoine Vermette - Corey Perry

Hampus Lindholm - Josh Manson

Cam Fowler - Kevin Bieksa

Francois Beauchemin - Brandon Montour

Ryan Miller

Reto Berra

Montreal Canadiens

Max Pacioretty - Paul Byron - Charles Hudon

Artturi Lehkonen - Tomas Plekanec - Brendan Gallagher

Alex Galchenyuk - Jonathan Drouin - Nicolas Deslauriers

Jacob de la Rose - Byron Froese - Daniel Carr

Karl Alzner - Jeff Petry

Joe Morrow - Jakub Jerabek

Victor Mete - Jordie Benn

Antti Niemi

Carey Price

Numbers for Nerds

The Montreal Canadiens have the 29th ranked offense in the NHL, scoring 2.51 goals per game. Their defense ranks 24th in the NHL, allowing an average of 3.12 goals per game. If there were a time for Anaheim to take advantage of a shaky defense and a backup goaltender who has only played in five games this season, it's now.