Martin St-Louis made an important decision for the game against the Golden Knights
Over the past few hours, Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis made an important decision ahead of the game against the Golden Knights.
The Quebecer officially announced that Samuel Montembeault will get a fourth consecutive start, he who will have the opportunity to measure himself against one of the best attacks on the Bettman circuit this evening.
Number 35 of the Habs will have to be in resplendent form if he wishes to slow down Jack Eichel's troop, which ranks fourth in the NHL with an impressive total of 75 goals scored this season.
Furthermore, the massive attack of the Golden Knights finds itself in 2nd place, behind the Winnipeg Jets, with an efficiency rate of 30.8%.
There is no doubt that the task will be difficult, but if Samuel Montembeault continues his momentum, he who has won three of his last four appearances with a goals against average of 0.93 and an efficiency rate of 0.966, everything is possible for the Montreal Canadiens.
As for the rest of the lineup, we can expect Martin St-Louis to use the same formation as in the game against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
Everything therefore suggests that Nick Suzuki will play alongside Juraj Slafkovsky and Kirby Dach on the first unit, while Cole Caufield will find himself alongside Jake Evans and Alex Newhook on the Habs' second trio.
The third line should be made up of Brendan Gallagher, Josh Anderson and Christian Dvorak, who have had a lot of success these days.
Finally, everything indicates that Michael Pezzetta, who has only played three games since the start of the season, will once again have to watch the match from the top of the bridge, while Joel Armia, Lucas Condotta and Emil Heineman should be employed on the fourth line.
The defensive brigade should also remain unchanged, which means that Kaiden Guhle should play with Mike Matheson, while David Savard should play alongside young Lane Hutson, leaving Arber Xhekaj and Jayden Struble on the third defensive duo.
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