Canadiens lines
The Montréal Canadiens' lines as deployed against the Sabres (W 4-3 OT) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET — home to the Sharks.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
- PP1SlafkovskýLWSuzukiCCaufieldRWBolducRWHutsonD4:04
Kreider also took 1:25 with L4.
- PP1SlafkovskýLWKreiderLWSuzukiCCaufieldRWHutsonD1:42
Evans also took 1:03 with L3.
What changed since Wed, Oct 14
The top line held: Slafkovský, Suzuki and Caufield together again. Moved: Anderson (L3 → L2), Kreider (L3 → L2), Newhook (L3 → L2), Bolduc (L2 → L3), Danault (L2 → L3), Texier (L2 → L3) and 4 more. In the lineup: Kapanen and Reinbacher. Out of it: Beck and Engstrom.
In net this season
Jakub Dobes has started 4 of the Canadiens' 8 games, Jacob Fowler 4, Samuel Montembeault 0. Jacob Fowler started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 4 | 8 | .842 | Wed, Oct 14 |
| Jacob Fowler | 4 | 5 | .901 | Sat, Oct 17 |
| Samuel Montembeault | 0 | 3 | — | — |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Canadiens live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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