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Montreal Canadiens Game 8 Preview: Canadiens vs Sharks

By Matthew Candy

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Teammates check on Mike Hoffman #68 of the Montreal Canadiens after he scored and drew a high-sticking penalty against the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on October 26, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Teammates check on Mike Hoffman #68 of the Montreal Canadiens after he scored and drew a high-sticking penalty against the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on October 26, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) /
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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.

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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, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 04: Logan Couture #39 of the San Jose Sharks in action against the Anaheim Ducks at SAP Center on October 04, 2021 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 04: Logan Couture #39 of the San Jose Sharks in action against the Anaheim Ducks at SAP Center on October 04, 2021 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

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

<> at Scotiabank Arena on October 13, 2021 in Toronto, Canada.
<> at Scotiabank Arena on October 13, 2021 in Toronto, Canada. /

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

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