Canadiens Recreation Day: Carey Worth can be again in objective in opposition to Flames

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Carey Worth can be in objective for the Canadiens once they play the Flames Saturday night time in Calgary (7 p.m., SNE, CITY, TVA Sports activities, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).

Worth has allowed just one objective in every of his final 4 begins whereas posting a 3-0-1 file with a 0.98 goals-against common and a .963 save share. For the season, Worth has a 8-4-4 file with a 2.59 goals-against common and a .906 save share.

The Canadiens misplaced 2-1 to the Flames Thursday night time in Calgary when Jake Allen was in objective.

The Canadiens are in fourth place within the North Division with a 12-7-7 file, 4 factors forward of the fifth-place Flames, who’re 12-12-3. The Canadiens maintain a sport in hand with the highest 4 groups making the playoffs.

Artturi Lehkonen, who has been a wholesome scratch for the final 4 video games, will return to the lineup whereas Jake Evans can be a wholesome scratch. Paul Byron will take Evans’s spot at centre on the fourth line with Lehkonen and Corey Perry on the wings.

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Lehkonen has 2-2-4 totals in 20 video games this season and is pointless in his final 11 video games with just one objective in his final 17 video games. Evans has 2-3-5 totals in 25 video games and hasn’t scored a objective in his final 20 video games.

This would be the fourth sport this season between the Canadiens and Flames. They cut up two video games on the Bell Centre on the finish of January with the Canadiens profitable 4-2 and shedding 2-0.

“Final sport they have been affected person, they have been making an attempt to make us impatient and make unhealthy choices with the puck,” Canadiens head coach Dominique Ducharme mentioned about Thursday night time’s 2-1 loss to the Flames. “I feel on our aspect the vitality was slightly bit decrease. Mentally we have been drained, too, so our choices a number of instances with the puck was not the most effective they usually capitalized on that. So we bought to guarantee that we don’t fall into getting impatient. We play our sport after which we’re assured we’re going to get an excellent outcome.”

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This Recreation Day pocket book can be up to date after Saturday night time’s sport.

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The traces

Right here’s how the Canadiens’ ahead traces and defence pairings will look in opposition to the Flames:

Drouin – Suzuki – Anderson
Toffoli – Kotkaniemi – Gallagher
Tatar – Danault – Armia
Lehkonen – Byron – Perry

Romanov – Weber
Edmundson – Petry
Mete – Kulak

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No replace on Chiarot

Canadiens defenceman Ben Chiarot returned to Montreal on Thursday to be examined by workforce docs after struggling a fractured proper hand throughout a combat with the Canucks’ J.T. Miller Wednesday night time in Vancouver.

When Ducharme spoke with the media on a video convention earlier than Saturday’s sport he had no replace on how lengthy Chiarot is likely to be out of the lineup.

“We’re nonetheless ready,” the coach mentioned. “I feel he’s bought different (medical) appointments on Monday and we’ll know extra from there.”

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What’s subsequent?

The Canadiens will fly to Winnipeg after Saturday night time’s sport and have a observe scheduled for Sunday earlier than dealing with the Jets Monday night time (8 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM). The Canadiens will play the Jets once more on Wednesday night time (9 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM), earlier than returning to Montreal for six straight video games on the Bell Centre.

The Canadiens may have back-to-back video games in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks subsequent Friday (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) and Saturday (7 p.m., CBC, CITY, TVA Sports activities, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) on the Bell Centre.

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