NHL Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Minnesota Wild

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MONTREAL CANADIENS NOTES:

À SURVEILLER CE SOIR / KEEP AN EYE ON…

  • Les Canadiens et le Wild s’affrontent aujourd’hui pour la 29e fois en saison régulière. Ces deux clubs ne se sont jamais affrontés en séries.
  • The Canadiens and Wild are facing each other for the 29th time in regular season. The two teams never faced in the playoffs.

DERNIER MATCH / LAST GAME – MTL 7 @ STL 4 (@ ENTERPRISE CENTER)
Buts MTL Goals – Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky (AN/PP), Caufield (AN/PP), Dvorak, Dvorak, Dvorak
Buts STL Goals – Kyrou, Acciari, Kyrou (AN/PP), Tarasenko
Gardien MTL Goalie – Allen (26-30)
Gardien STL Goalie – Binnington (18-24)
Avantage numérique MTL Powerplay – 2/3
Avantage numérique STL Powerplay – 1/2
Meneurs MTL Leaders – TOI (Guhle – 23:45) ; S (Caufield, Dvorak, Gallagher, Hoffman – 3) ; HT (Guhle, Xhekaj – 3) ; BS (Savard – 3)

MATCHS À VENIR / UPCOMING GAMES
3 NOV. @ WINNIPEG 20 h / 8 p.m.
5 NOV. VS. VEGAS 19 h / 7 p.m.
8 NOV. @ DETROIT 19 h / 7 p.m.
9 NOV. VS. VANCOUVER 19h30 / 7:30 p.m.
12 NOV. VS. PITTSBURGH 19 h / 7 p.m.

RAPPORT MÉDICAL DE LA SAISON / SEASON INJURY REPORT
Joueur
Player
Date Blessure
Injury
Matchs ratés
Games lost
Retour
Return
C. Price – Genou / Knee 9 –
P. Byron – Hanche / Hip 9 –
J. Edmundson – Bas du dos / Lower-back 9 –
J. Armia – Haut du corps / Upper-body 8 29/10/2022
M. Matheson – Haut du corps / Upper-body 9 –
J. Slafkovsky – Haut du corps / Upper-body 3 29/10/2022

RÉAFFECTATIONS, SIGNATURES ET TRANSACTIONS / ROSTER MOVES, SIGNINGS AND TRANSACTIONS
Les Canadiens ont cédé le défenseur Corey Schueneman au Rocket de Laval (26/10)
The Canadiens have loaned defenseman Corey Schueneman to the Laval Rocket (10/26)

NOTES DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS NOTES
STATISTIQUES D’ÉQUIPE / TEAM STATISTICS – AVANT LES MATCHS DU 31/10 – BEFORE GAMES ON 10/31
PTS (10 – 11e/11th)
V/W (5 – 5e/5th)
BP/GF (27 – 21e/21st)
BC/GA (27 – 14e/14th)
Tirs-PM/Shots-PG (29.2 – 23e/23rd)
Tirs accordés-PM/Shots allowed-PG (32.4 – 17e/17th)
MÉ/Hits (154 – 30e/30th)
MP/PIM (74 – 21e/21st)
AN/PP (11.1% – 27e/27th)
DN/PK (81.5% – 10e/10th)

LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION L’AN DERNIER / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION LAST SEASON
Adversaire
Opponent
Fiche
Record
PTS Buts pour
Goals for
Buts contre
Goals against
Atlantique 9-14-3 21 84 89
Centrale 3-9-4 10 39 65
Métropolitaine 6-17-1 13 55 103
Pacifique 4-9-3 11 43 62
Total 22-49-11 55 221 319
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

LES CANADIENS CONTRE CHAQUE DIVISION CETTE SAISON / THE HABS VS. EVERY DIVISION THIS SEASON
Division Fiche
Record
PTS Buts pour
Goals for
Buts contre
Goals against
Atlantique 2-1-0 4 7 8
Centrale 2-2-0 4 16 14
Métropolitaine 1-1-0 2 4 5
Pacifique – – – –
Total 5-4-0 10 27 27
*Inclut les buts en fusillade / Includes the shootout goals

MARTIN ST-LOUIS EN CHIFFRES / MARTIN ST. LOUIS’ NUMBERS…
Matchs/Games : 46
Victoires/Wins : 19
Fiche : 19-23-4
Points de classement/Standing points : 42

CANADIENS VS. MINNESOTA
À vie / All-Time
CANADIENS vs. MIN 9-17-1-1 (28 PJ / GP)
Dom. / Home 6-8-1-0 (15 PJ / GP)
Étr. / Away 3-9-0-1 (13 PJ / GP)
Dern. Match / Last game:
D 3-1 L @ MTL (25/10/22)
J. Allen 2-30 | M. Fleury 1-27
BG / WG: J. Eriksson Ek

10 DERNIERS MATCHS CONTRE MINNESOTA / LAST 10 GAMES VS. MINNESOTA:
25/10/22 – MIN 3 @ MTL 1
19/04/22 – MIN 2 @ MTL 0
24/01/22 – MTL 2 @ MIN 8
20/10/19 – MTL 3 @ MIN 4
17/10/19 – MIN 0 @ MTL 4
07/01/19 – MIN 1 @ MTL 0
11/12/18 – MTL 1 @ MIN 7
09/11/17 – MIN 3 @ MTL 0
02/11/17 – MTL 3 @ MIN 6
12/01/17 – MTL 1 @ MIN 7

CETTE SAISON CONTRE MINNESOTA / THIS SEASON VS. MINNESOTA
Match #1: 25/10/2022 @ MTL – D/L 3-1
Match #2: 01/11/2022 @ MIN

MEILLEURS BUTEURS CONTRE MINNESOTA / LEADING GOAL SCORERS VS. MINNESOTA:
1) Mike Hoffman (10-8-18, 22 pj/gp)
2) Brendan Gallagher (5-3-8, 13 pj/gp)
3) Sean Monahan (5-7-12, 24 pj/gp)

MEILLEURS POINTEURS CONTRE MINNESOTA / LEADING SCORERS VS. MINNESOTA:
1) Mike Hoffman (10-8-18, 22 pj/gp)
2) Sean Monahan (5-7-12, 24 pj/gp)
3) Brendan Gallagher (5-3-8, 13 pj/gp)

MENEURS MINUTES DE PÉNALITÉ CONTRE MINNESOTA / MOST PENALTY MINUTES VS. MINNESOTA:
1) David Savard (20, 19 pj/gp)
2) Josh Anderson (16, 10 pj/gp)
3) Michael Pezzetta (14, 1 pj/gp)

JOUEURS AVEC LE PLUS DE MATCHS AVEC LES CANADIENS / PLAYERS WITH THE MOST GAMES WITH THE CANADIENS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Matchs/Games
31 – Craig Rivest – 653
32 – Brendan Gallagher – 647
33 – Bobby Rousseau – 643

MEILLEURS MARQUEURS DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS’ ALL-TIME TOP SCORERS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Buts/Goals
25 – Larry Robinson – 197
26 – Brendan Gallagher – 196
27 – Pierre Mondou – 194

MEILLEURS PASSEURS DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS’ ALL-TIME ASSIST LEADERS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Aides/Assists
45 – Petr Svoboda – 190
46 – Brendan Gallagher – 188
47 – Doug Risebrough – 185

MEILLEURS POINTEURS DES CANADIENS / CANADIENS’ ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS
Rang/Rank – Joueurs/Players – Points/Points
36 – Réjean Joule – 408
37 – Brendan Gallagher – 384
38 – Bert Olmstead – 383

GARDIENS AVEC LE PLUS DE VICTOIRES AVEC LES CANADIENS / GOALTENDERS WITH THE MOST WINS IN CANADIENS HISTORY
Rang/Rank – Gardiens/Netminders – Victoires/Wins
1 – Carey Price – 361
2 – Jacques Plante – 314
3 – Patrick Roy – 289

GARDIENS AVEC LE PLUS DE JEUX BLANCS AVEC LES CANADIENS / GOALTENDERS WITH THE MOST SHUTOUTS IN CANADIENS HISTORY
Rang/Rank – Gardiens/Netminders – Blanchissages/Shutouts
1 – George Hainsworth – 75
2 – Jacques Plante – 58
3 – Carey Price – 49

MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:

SERIES NOTES
UPCOMING WILD GAMES GAME BROADCASTS
All-Time Wild Record: 18-7-3 (10-2-1 at Xcel Energy Center, 8-5-2 at Montreal)
2022-23:The Wild recorded a 3-1 victory in the first season meeting with the Canadiens (Oct. 25)…C Joel Eriksson Ek (2-0=2) and RW Brandon Duhaime (1-1=2) each scored for Minnesota…G Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26-of-27 shots…C Frederick Gaudreau (0-1=1) and D Jake Middleton (0-1=1) each tallied an assist…RW Cole Caufield (1- 0=1) scored for Montreal…G Jake Allen stopped 28-of-30 shots.

WILD LEADERS: D Alex Goligoski leads Minnesota with 17 points (4-13=17) in 25 contests vs. Montreal…LW Marcus Foligno owns 14 points (7-7=14) in 30 games…D Matt Dumba has nine points (2-7=9) in 12 matches…RW Mats Zuccarello owns nine points (2-7=9) in 24 contests.

WILD GOALIES: Fluery is 25-13-6 with a 2.97 GAA, a .902 SV% and two shutouts in 45 career starts vs. Montreal…G Filip Gustavsson is 0-2-1 with a 3.95 GAA and a .855 SV% in three starts against the Canadiens.

CANADIENS LEADERS: LW Mike Hoffman leads Montreal with 18 points (10-8=18) in 22 contests against Minnesota…C Sean Monahan has 12 points (5-7=11) in 24 games…RW Brendan Gallagher owns eight points (5-3=8) in 13 games…C Christian Dvorak has eight points (2-6=8) in 21 matches.

CANADIENS GOALIES: G Carey Price is 5-8-0 with a 2.66 GAA, a .901 SV% and one shutout in 14 games (13 starts) vs. the Wild…Allen is 8-5-2 with a 2.57 GAA and a .907 SV% in 19 games (16 starts)…G Sam Montembeault is 1-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .926 SV% in one career start vs. the Wild (3/8/19).

CONNECTIONS: Minnesota Goaltending Coach Frederic Chabot went 1-4-1 with a 2.63 GAA and a .899 SV% in 16 games (seven starts) with the Canadiens in parts of four seasons (1990-91; 1992-94; 1998-99)… Wild Amateur Scout Guy Lapointe helped the Canadiens win six Stanley Cups and his jersey (#5) was retired by Montreal on Nov. 18, 201…C Frederick Gaudreau hails from Bromont, Quebec…D Jon Merrill skated in 13 games for Montreal in 2020-21…C Rem Pitlick collected 11 points (6-5=11) in 20 games with Minnesota in 2021-22 and played three seasons at the University of Minnesota (2016-19).

FAST FACTS: Minnesota is 13-1-0 in its last 14 games vs. the Canadiens… The Wild recorded a nine-game win streak against Montreal (12/3/14-1/7/19), outscoring the Canadiens, 36-10…The nine-game win streak is tied for the second-longest winning streak vs. an opponent…Minnesota
has won the last eight games played at Xcel Energy Center (11/1/13- 1/24/22), its second-longest active home win streak against an opponent.

INJURIES
Marcus Foligno: upper body
Jordan Greenway: upper body

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
October 21 – 30, 2022
10/29/22 Assigned D Dakota Mermis to Iowa
10/22/22 Assigned D Andrej Sustr to Iowa
10/21/22 Recalled F Mason Shaw from Iowa, assigned
F Vladislav Firstov to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)

TEAM NOTES
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Minnesota leads the NHL with 18 overtime victories.

Overtime NHL Wins since 2021-22 Season Through October 30, 2022
Rk. Team Wins

  1. Minnesota …………………………………………………………………..18
  2. Florida ………………………………………………………………………..16
  3. Dallas…………………………………………………………………………15
  4. three tied …………………………………………………………………….13

• During the 2021-22 season, the Wild ranked second in the NHL with a franchise record 11 overtime wins and ranked tied for second with five shootout wins.

• Minnesota went 16-7 in 23 extra session games during the 2021-22 season – its most extra session contests since 23 in 2013-14. The 16 extra session wins are the second-most in team history (17 in 2006-07).

ON THE POWER PLAY
• Through nine games the Wild has converted nine of its 32 powerplay opportunities (28.1 pct.), currently the fifth-best rate in the league.

• Minnesota’s nine power play goals is tied for fourth-most in the NHL, trailing Colorado (11), Edmonton (11) and Seattle (10).

2022-23 NHL Power-Play Pct. Through October 30, 2022
Rk. Team GP PPG PPO Pct.

  1. Colorado………………….9 …………11………. 28…………………39.3
  2. Edmonton ………………..9 …………11………. 33…………………33.3
  3. Arizona…………………….8 …………9………… 30…………………30.0
  4. St. Louis…………………..7 …………5………… 17…………………29.4
  5. Minnesota ……………….9 …………9………… 32…………………28.1

• Minnesota recorded a power-play goal in each of its first five games of the 2022-23 season, the franchise’s longest powerplay goal streak to pen a season since a franchise-best six-game streak in 2010-11.

GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
• The Wild are averaging 3.33 goals per game through nine contests, the 11th-best rate in the NHL this season.

• Minnesota has scored three-plus goals in 30 of its last 33 regular-season contests, including eight of nine games this season and 22 of the last 24 games of the 2021-22 campaign.

• Dating dating back to March 16, 2022, the Wild have posted a +27 goal differential in regular-season games, the fifth-best mark in the NHL during that span behind Edmonton (+35), Vegas (+31), Boston (+31) and Calgary (+30).

• The Wild ranked fifth in the NHL in goals/game last season (3.72), netting three-plus goals in 66-of-82 games.

• Minnesota scored a franchise record 305 goals last season (not including shootout goals).