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Gameday Notes Canadiens vs. Oilers

November 13, 2018, 6:28 PM ET [358 Comments]
Karine Hains
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Tonight's game will begin at 9:00 PM EST so for us east coast fans, it's going to be a late one!

The Oilers came out of the gate rushing at the start of the season and people were under the impression that last year's debacle was just going to be a one off but as I write this, Edmonton has lost its last 4 games and their line-up looks like this:

Caggiula - McDavid - Draisaitl
Rieder - Nugent-Hopkins - Chiasson
Lucic - Strome/Marody - Rattie
Khaira - Brodziak - Kassian

Defence:
Klefbom - Larsson
Nurse - Benning
Garrison/Gravel - Russell

Koskinen

So no Cam Talbot tonight and McDavid stays on a line with Draisatl.

As for the Habs, Claude Julien has said that Niemi will be in the crease tonight but he added that Price would play during this western trip (Edmonton tonight, Calgary Thursday and Vancouver Saturday).

Whatever it was that Price needed to sort out "upstairs" he doesn't seem to have done it....yet anyways...

The Habs will line up as follows:

Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Drouin - Domi - Shaw
Agostino - Kotkaniemi - Lehkonen
Deslauriers - Peca - Hudon

Schlemko - Petry
Reilly - Juulsen
Benn - Mete

It means that Juulsen comes in for Alzner so perhaps, he wasn't being "showcased". I'm afraid he's already showed everything he can do in any case.

For the second practice in a row, Shea Weber was taking part. He didn't wear a no-contact jersey but he's not taking part in the contact drills. Most journalists are now speculating that Weber could be back as soon as in a week and RDS just said that it was confirmed that he could return earlier...time will tell.

The Habs have allowed 15 goals in their last 3 games so let's hope they manage to tighten up that defence tonight and make life a little bit easier for Antti Niemi.

All that's left to say now is: Go Habs Go!
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