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After failing to win in his long-awaited return on Friday night, Carey Price will take on the Minnesota Wild tonight and try to win his first game of the season, which is a tall order against a team that’s firing on all cylinders. The 7 top points getters of the Wild are having a career season, setting personal bests in points and the rookie Matt Boldy has got 34 points in just 40 games.
On top of Price, Jordan Harris, Laurent Dauphin and Mathieu Perreault will be also be back in the line-up. Up front, Jake Evans will be giving way, as he’s dealing with a virus and Joel Armia won’t be there as he’s received permission to leave the team and return to Finland for family reasons. It’s a shame as Armia was playing his best hockey of the season of late, but family as to come first. On the blueline, it’s Corey Schueneman who will sit out to allow Harris to draw-in. Meanwhile, it was announced yesterday that Michael Pezzetta would be sitting out for 2 games after his hit to TJ Oshie’s head and no one can argue with the merits of that suspension. It’s also worth mentioning that Habs prospect Emil Heineman was seen on the ice in Brossard this morning. The youngster is currently recovering from an upper body injury sustained in Sweden and it’s a good sign to see him on the ice.
Montreal’s Michael Pezzetta has been suspended for two games for an Illegal Check to the Head on Washington’s T.J. Oshie. https://t.co/AOkhrJBlnM
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 18, 2022
For those who were hoping for a Price-Fleury duel, forget it, the Wild have already announced that Cam Talbot would be manning the net. Since Fleury was acquired before the trade deadline, the two goalies have been sharing the workload and it is Talbot’s turn to go. Fleury’s last game in Montreal was one of the highlights of this season as the crowd cheered for him as he notched career win number 500 with the Hawks in December.
ðŸ—£ï¸ FLEURY FLEURY FLEURY
— NHL (@NHL) December 10, 2021
Bravo to the fans at Centre Bell tonight and BRAVO to Marc-Andre Fleury for 500 career wins. 🌸 pic.twitter.com/TZfnrXtviD
Après avoir subi la défaite lors de son retour au jeu tant attendu vendredi, Carey Price croisera le fer avec le Wild du Minnesota ce soir et obtenir la victoire ne sera pas chose facile contre une équipe qui fait extrêmement bien cette saison. Les 7 meilleurs marqueurs du Wild son ten train de connaitre la meilleure saison de leur carrière et la recrue Matt Boldy impressionne avec 34 points en seulement 40 matchs.
En plus de Price, Jordan Harris, Laurent Dauphin et Mathieu Perreault seront également de retour dans l’alignement. à l’attaque, Jake Evans cédera sa place, lui qui souffre présentement d’un virus et Joel Armia sera également absent, lui qui a reçu la permission de retourner en Finlande pour des raisons familiales. C’est dommage puisque le finlandais jouait son meilleur hockey de la saison dernièrement, mais la famille doit toujours venir en premier. à la ligne bleue, c’est le retrait de Corey Schueneman qui permettra à Harris de réintégrer l’alignement.
Pendant ce temps, le département de la sécurité des joueurs a annoncé hier que Michael Pezzetta était suspendu pour 2 matchs suite à son coup à la tête de TJ Oshie et personne ne peut dire que ce n’est pas mérité. à‡a vaut également la peine de mentionner que l’espoir Emil Heineman a été vu sur la glace à Brossard ce matin, le jeune homme se remet présentement d’une blessure au haut du corp subi en Suède et c’est un bon signe de le voir sur la glace.
Montreal’s Michael Pezzetta has been suspended for two games for an Illegal Check to the Head on Washington’s T.J. Oshie. https://t.co/AOkhrJBlnM
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 18, 2022
ðŸ—£ï¸ FLEURY FLEURY FLEURY
— NHL (@NHL) December 10, 2021
Bravo to the fans at Centre Bell tonight and BRAVO to Marc-Andre Fleury for 500 career wins. 🌸 pic.twitter.com/TZfnrXtviD