The Montreal Canadiens will head into the SAP Center on Thursday night to take on the San Jose Sharks. Montreal has not won a game in San Jose since the 1999 season.
After a convincing 6-1 win against the Red Wings at the Bell Centre on Saturday night, Montreal was trounced 5-1 by the newly founded Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night. The Canadiens are hoping for a bounce back performance against the Sharks and an offensive spark as they have only scored more than one goal once through the first seven games of the season. Early on in the season, the Habs are searching for answers which better come soon or the winds of change could find their way drifting through Montreal.
Canadiens PowerPlay Percentage: 8% (32nd in the NHL)
Canadiens Penalty Kill Percentage: 64% (29th in the NHL)
Canadiens Goals Against/Games Played: 3.57 (6th in the NHL)
Here is the tale of the tape regarding both teams:
San Jose Sharks
2021-2022 Season Record: 4-2-0, 3rd in Pacific Division
Head Coach: Bob Boughner
Captain: Logan Couture
Injuries: Nikolai Knyzhov (undisclosed)
Projected Lineup:
Forwards
Jonathen Dahlen- Logan Couture – Timo Meier
William Eklund – Tomas Hertl – Kevin Labanc
Matthew Nieto – Nick Bonino – Rudolfs Balcers
Andrew Cogliano – Jasper Weatherby – Alexander Barabanov
Defence
Mario Ferraro – Brent Burns
Jacob Middleton – Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek – Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Goaltenders
James Reimer
Adin Hill
Montreal Canadiens
2021-2022 Season Record: 1-6-0, 8th in Atlantic Division
Head Coach: Dominique Ducharme
Captain: Shea Weber
Injuries: Shea Weber (undisclosed – indefinite), Carey Price (personal – indefinite), Joel Edmundson (person – indefinite), Paul Byron (hip – December)
Projected Lineup
Forwards
Mike Hoffman – Nick Suzuki – Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin – Christian Dvorak – Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli – Mathieu Perreault – Cole Caufield
Artturi Lehkonen – Cedric Paquette – Joel Armia
Defence
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Sami Niku – Brett Kulak
Alexander Romanov – David Savard
Goaltenders
Jake Allen
Samuel Montembeault