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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Set to play
Armia (arm) is expected to play against Florida on Saturday, Marc Dumont of Montreal Hockey Now reports.
Armia's return from a one-game absence will probably result in Michael Pezzetta being a healthy scratch versus the Panthers. The 31-year-old Armia has 11 goals, 25 points, 85 hits and 94 shots on net through 64 appearances this season.
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Canadiens' Jayden Struble: Lends assist in overtime loss
Struble posted an assist, two hits and a plus-3 rating in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Struble ended February with a helper in three straight games, but this was his first point over six outings in March. The 23-year-old defenseman is holding onto a bottom-four role for the Canadiens while Kaiden Guhle (quadriceps) remains out indefinitely. Struble is at nine points, 36 shots on net, 90 hits, 42 blocked shots, 48 PIM and a minus-4 rating over 39 appearances. He's not a big scorer, so his fantasy appeal is limited to deep formats that value his contributions in hits and PIM.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Sends helper Wednesday
Caufield recorded an assist and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Caufield continues to excel on the Canadiens' top line. The winger set up a Juraj Slafkovsky go-ahead goal in the second period Wednesday, giving Caufield at least one point in eight of his last nine games. In that span, he's earned six goals and four assists. The 24-year-old is up to 32 goals, 27 helpers, 194 shots on net, 52 hits and a plus-4 rating across 65 appearances. He's six points back of matching his career-best 65 from last season, which took him all 82 contests to achieve.
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Canadiens' Lane Hutson: First rookie to 50 points
Hutson logged two assists, including one on the power play, and two blocked shots in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Hutson is the first rookie to cross the 50-point threshold this season -- he got there with his first assist of the contest. The defenseman has 51 points through 65 appearances for a 0.78 points-per-game rate, which is behind Macklin Celebrini's mark of 0.89, as the San Jose center missed nearly a month early in the campaign. Still, Hutson has the scoring chops to be in the Calder Trophy discussion at the end of the season. The 21-year-old blueliner has racked up a goal and nine assists over his last nine outings while seeing time in the Canadiens' top four and on the first power-play unit.
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Canadiens' Nick Suzuki: Provides two more helpers
Suzuki notched two assists and two hits in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Suzuki set up Patrik Laine's power-play goal to get the Canadiens on the board in the second period, and he also helped out on a Juraj Slafkovsky tally in the third. Over his last nine games, Suzuki has five goals and 12 assists, with six of those contests being multi-point efforts for the captain. He's at 20 goals, 49 assists, 23 power-play points, 133 shots on net, 56 blocked shots, 53 hits and a plus-11 rating over 65 appearances. He needs just eight more points to match his career-high 77 from last year, and another five on top of that would guarantee Suzuki his first point-per-game campaign.
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Canadiens' Alex Newhook: Tickles twine
Newhook scored a goal on four shots in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Newhook snapped a four-game point drought with the tally. The 24-year-old center continues to see second-line action, though his offense has been inconsistent. Prior to his most recent dry spell, he had a run of eight points over nine outings for one of his best stretches of 2024-25. He's at 13 goals, 22 points, 91 shots on net, 73 hits and a minus-16 rating through 65 appearances. Newhook is very much at risk of missing the 30-point mark for the first time in a full NHL campaign.
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Canadiens' Patrik Laine: Supplies two points in return
Laine scored a power-play goal and added an assist in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Laine got the Canadiens on the board at 7:11 of the second period, and he set up an Alex Newhook tally to tie the game at 2-2 just 4:10 later. This came after a two-game absence due to an illness for Laine, who was limited to 10:08 of ice time in this contest. The winger ended a four-game goal drought and now has 15 tallies, 26 points (16 on the power play), 80 shots on net and a minus-10 rating over 35 appearances. His recent usage looks like head coach Martin St. Louis considers Laine a power-play specialist, and while the winger is productive for now, his offense could turn volatile if he doesn't get an uptick in playing time.
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Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky: Reaches 100-point mark in career
Slafkovsky scored a pair of goals on four shots in Wednesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Kraken.
Slafkovsky put the Canadiens ahead 3-2 in the second period and then added to the lead with a goal in the third. That second tally was his 100th career point, a milestone he achieved in 183 appearances. The 20-year-old winger has been locked in lately with six goals and four assists over nine outings since the 4 Nations Face-Off. Overall, he's at 14 goals, 40 points, 98 shots on net, 157 hits and a minus-2 rating through 62 appearances in 2024-25.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Yields five goals Wednesday
Dobes gave up five goals on 35 shots in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Kraken.
This one will sting -- the Canadiens were ahead 4-2 midway through the third period. Dobes allowed a pair of power-play goals to Jani Nyman and Matty Beniers, and then Brandon Montour scored four seconds into overtime, which is the fastest goal from the start of overtime in NHL history. Over his last seven outings, Dobes has gone 1-3-2 with 23 goals allowed on 198 shots. The 23-year-old netminder slipped to 6-3-2 with a 2.71 GAA and a .907 save percentage over 12 starts as a rookie this season. Sam Montembeault is likely to get the nod in a tough home matchup versus the Panthers on Saturday.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Unable to play Wednesday
Armia (upper body) won't be in the lineup versus the Kraken on Wednesday.
Armia was able to play through the injury he sustained Tuesday in Vancouver, but it will now cost him a game. The 31-year-old's next chance to play is Saturday versus the Panthers. Armia will be replaced by Patrik Laine (illness) in the lineup.
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Canadiens' Patrik Laine: Back in action
Laine (illness) will suit up Wednesday versus the Kraken.
Laine missed two games due to the illness, but he'll slot back in for Joel Armia (upper body) in Wednesday's contest. Prior to his absence, Laine had gone two outings without a point and four games without a goal. He should be expected to see some power-play time, but his ice time prior to the illness was trending down.
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Canadiens' Mike Matheson: Fills empty cage
Matheson scored an empty-net goal on four shots in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Canucks.
Matheson's offense has been strong to begin March -- he has two goals and two assists, as well as 10 shots on net, over his last five games. He was the only Canadien besides the team's top line to get on the scoresheet Tuesday. The 31-year-old blueliner is up to six goals, 29 points, 118 shots on net, 125 blocked shots and a minus-6 rating through 62 appearances. Matheson has well-rounded production in most areas to maintain a decent level of fantasy value.
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Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two-point effort in win
Caufield recorded a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Canucks. He also recorded three shots on goal, two hits, a blocked shot and a plus-3 rating.
Caufield has cracked the scoresheet in all but one of his last eight appearances, with the lone one being the 1-0 loss to Calgary on Saturday. The winger has nine points in eight contests, with six goals and three helpers since the regular season resumed following the 4 Nations break. He's already established a new career-high mark in goals with 32 and is on pace to post a new personal best in points as well.
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Canadiens' Nick Suzuki: Scores, assists Tuesday
Suzuki posted a goal and an assist in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Canucks. He also recorded two hits and a plus-3 rating.
Suzuki snapped a two-game pointless streak with an excellent showing Tuesday, finding the back of the twine just 1:06 into the first period and later setting up Cole Caufield's goal in the second frame. Suzuki has notched five multi-point performances over his last eight games, and he's been among the most productive players in the league since the regular season resumed after the 4 Nations, tallying 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in that eight-game stretch.
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Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky: Three points in win
Slafkovsky recorded a goal and two assists in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Canucks. He also notched two PIM, four shots on goal, a blocked shot, a hit and a plus-3 rating.
Slafkovsky went pointless in the previous two games, but he bounced back admirably here and delivered one of his most well-rounded games of the campaign. The 20-year-old winger has been playing at a high level in recent weeks and has cracked the scoresheet in five of his last eight contests, tallying four goals and four assists over that span.
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Canadiens' Sam Montembeault: Gives up two goals Tuesday
Montembeault stopped 29 of 31 shots in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Canucks.
Montembeault hasn't lost in regulation in any of his past six starts, going 5-0-1 with a 2.11 GAA and an excellent .924 save percentage over that span. He's not allowed more than three goals in any appearance over that stretch, but since the Canadiens are set to take on the Kraken on Wednesday in the second leg of a back-to-back set, the 28-year-old will receive the night off with Jakub Dobes set to start.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| GF AVG | GA AVG | Power Play | |
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| Team |
2.92 (17th) |
3.24 (26th) |
21.7 (19th) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
|---|---|
| K. Guhle D Kaiden Guhle D | Quadriceps |
| K. Dach C Kirby Dach C | Knee |
| C. Price G Carey Price G | Knee |
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