JGD 61: Taking on Julien’s Canadiens
By Mack Irwin
7 years ago
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The Jets take on the Montreal Canadiens this afternoon, at 1 o’clock CT. This will be the first game for the Canadiens since the surprise firing of Michel Therrien and subsequent hiring of Claude Julien.
This is another tough game against a good team, after a physical, intense matchup against the Penguins on Thursday. If the Jets play as well as they did on Thursday, though, they might actually win a game. You can catch this one on CBC.
JETS
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Nikolaj Ehlers |  Bryan Little |  Patrik Laine |
 Mathieu Perreault |  Mark Scheifele |  Blake Wheeler |
 Shawn Matthias |  Adam Lowry |  Joel Armia |
 Chris Thorburn |  Nicolas Petan |  Drew Stafford |
 Ben Chiarot |  Dustin Byfuglien |
 Josh Morrissey |  Jacob Trouba |
 Mark Stuart |  Paul Postma |
 Connor Hellebuyck |  Michael Hutchinson |
- No Enstrom, no Copp… but it looks like Blake Wheeler is in just two days after taking a headshot from Evgeni Malkin, thankfully.
CANADIENS
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Max Pacioretty |  Alex Galchenyuk |  Alexander Radulov |
 Paul Byron |  Tomas Plekanec |  Brendan Gallagher |
 Artturi Lehkonen |  Phillip Danault |  Andrew Shaw |
 Sven Andrighetto |  Torrey Mitchell |  Brian Flynn |
 Alexei Emelin |  Shea Weber |
 Andrei Markov |  Jeff Petry |
 Nathan Beaulieu |  Greg Pateryn |
 Carey Price |  Al Montoya |
- That first line for the Canadiens — reunited by Claude Julien — is spicy.
- Think the Canadiens are gonna be motivated to impress their new coach? And that they might be well rested at home, after a week off?
CANADIENS SNAPSHOT
- 70 points, 1st in the Atlantic, 5th in the East
- 94% chance of making the playoffs
- 52.8% score-adjusted corsi
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