Canadiens shuffle lines ahead of Thursday's tilt with Colorado
The Montreal Canadiens will return to the ice on Thursday night after not playing since Monday against Vancouver. Montreal went on to lose that game by a score of 2-1, and ahead of Thursday's tilt with Colorado, head coach Dominique Ducharme shuffled his lines.
Nick Suzuki will remain on the third line for tonight's game, while rookie forward Cole Caufield has been demoted to the fourth line. Additionally, rookie defenceman Mattias Norlinder will be scratched for a second consecutive game.
Brett Kulak will return to the line-up after missing the last four games with a lower-body injury.
Brendan Gallagher and Sami Niku have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol, the Canadiens announced this morning.
Canadiens line-up vs Colorado
Toffoli-Dvorak-Anderson
Drouin-Poehling-Armia
Lehkonen-Suzuki-Evans
Pezzetta-Perreault/Paquette-Caufield (unclear if Perreault or Paquette draws in)
Chiarot-Savard
Kulak-Petry
Romanov-Wideman
Allen
Montembeault
Puck drop for tonight's game is scheduled for 7pm ET on TSN2 and RDS.
Source: Montreal Canadiens.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Claude Giroux | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oliver Kylington | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||