GDT: 10/20/08 Florida @ Montreal 7:30PM EDT RDS (HD) VERSUS (HD)

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FLORIDA PANTHERS

2008-2009 record: 2-2-0

Probable Lineup:

Zednik-Weiss-Booth
Stillman-Horton-McLean
Olesz-Campbell-Dvorak
Belak-Kreps-Peltonen

Bouwmeester-Welch
Ballard-Boynton
Skrastins-Murphy

Starting Goalie: Tomas Vokoun (2-2-0; GAA: 2.96; SV%: 0.899)



Backup: Craig Anderson (0-0-0; GAA: 6.00; SV%: 0.833)

Injuries: McCabe (back; 2 weeks), Allen (knee; DTD)

Keys to victory:
Play a patient game
Special teams will have to be good (PK and PP)
Rely on Vokoun at key times



MONTREAL CANADIENS

2008-2009 record: 4-0-1

Probable Lineup:

S.Kostitsyn-Plekanec-Kovalev
Latendresse-Koivu-Tanguay
Lapierre-Lang-Kostopoulos
Begin-Chipchura-Dandenault

Markov-Komisarek
Hamrlik-O'Byrne
Bouillon-Gorges

Starting Goalie: Jaroslav Halak (1-0-0; GAA: 1.00; SV%: 0.960)



Backup: Carey Price (3-0-1; GAA: 1.92; SV%: 0.939)

Injuries: A.Kostitsyn (head; DTD), Higgins (groin; DTD), Laraque (groin; DTD)

Keys to victory:
Play hard and fore check hard
SHOOT THE PUCK and crash the net
Special teams is a big key

TEAM COMPARISON

2007-2008 Season Series
Tied 2-1-1

LAST MEETING:

Date	Winner	Score	First Star
February 13th, 2008		2-1 (OT)	Alex Kovalev

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS

Team	PK%	PK Rank	PP%	PP Rank
	70.6	28	14.3	18
	84.0	14	21.7	10

TEAM SCORING LEADERS

Florida

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
David Booth	4	3	1	4	+4
Nathan Horton	4	1	3	4	-2
Stephen Weiss	4	1	3	4	+2

Montreal

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
Saku Koivu	5	2	6	8	+7
Andrei Markov	5	0	8	8	+7
Alex Tanguay	5	3	3	6	+6

KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH

VS
Jay Bouwmeester Alex Tanguay

[Boardish]

I'll be there!

First game of the season at the Bell Center for me!

[Shred]

You still have the old Habs vs Phoenix picture! Also, GO HABS GO! Also, I wish I knew who the Panthers to watch guy was...

[chris96]

I'll be there!! Second game of the season (well first was a preseason game so..)

[Rushin Joo]

Another 2-1 OT game coming up?

[HabsDood]

Originally Posted by Shred

You still have the old Habs vs Phoenix picture! Also, GO HABS GO! Also, I wish I knew who the Panthers to watch guy was...

Weiss?

[Rushin Joo]

Originally Posted by HabsDood

Weiss?

Bouwmeester

[dzd ncnfzd]

Not Halak in Goal?

[CPrice]

Should be a good game, I'll try and find a link tomorrow for those who don't have RDS.

[Beakermania*]

Go Habs Go...

[x-bob]

Originally Posted by Boardish

I'll be there!

First game of the season at the Bell Center for me!

Same here ! I just got myself tickest in the prestige section, row BB !! First time I have ever been so low!

[TheDamned]

Originally Posted by x-bob

Same here ! I just got myself tickest in the prestige section, row BB !! First time I have eer been so low!

Wow!
You lucky SOB! Enjoy the match.

[Scotianhab]

Let's Go Habs!

[Charlie Milles*]

Too boring for me.

[The Stovepipe Cup]

Question about the game tomorrow guys, this is the first time I have good seats outside of the top rows of the upper bowl - as well it says on them media members - do all lower bowl tickets say that or are these tickets allowing me to access the players after the game and share a thought or two with them

[JMMR]

Yeah 2-1 is a good guess for the score.
I am excited to see Sergei with Kovalev for a full game.

[buddahsmoka1]

Florida is allowing 3.5 goals/game, let's hope this continues tomorrow.

[The n00b King ©*]

5-1 Habs.

[x6 Pacioretty 7x]

ill get to see the first 2 periods before I gotta go to hockey practice.


GO GO!!!!

5-2 Habs

[benji]

Originally Posted by Angrychair

Bouwmeester

Gaborik.

[Born in 1909]

Originally Posted by Crazy Eight

Too boring for me.

A few seasons ago... yeah, Florida on a Monday night was boring

But not woth the team we've got this year

And the Habs are not even playing their best hockey... yet

[ari1160]

go go

koivu will get his 600th points

[pb1300]

While I would wish you guys good luck tonight, it wouldnt be sincere since I want the Cats to win tonight. Both teams always seem to play well against each other, so I think its going to be a good contest. Its a nice test for the Cats, to see where we are against some of the better teams in the league. I will tell you all that you should expect to see a MUCH different Panther team than you have seen in the past. DeBoer has the team in the face of the opposition, and constantly on the rush. Totally different from the defensive boring-ness Martin brought to the team. It should be a quite exciting game. Good luck (fingers crossed)

[RoadDoggFL]

Originally Posted by pb1300

While I would wish you guys good luck tonight, it wouldnt be sincere since I want the Cats to win tonight. Both teams always seem to play well against each other, so I think its going to be a good contest. Its a nice test for the Cats, to see where we are against some of the better teams in the league. I will tell you all that you should expect to see a MUCH different Panther team than you have seen in the past. DeBoer has the team in the face of the opposition, and constantly on the rush. Totally different from the defensive boring-ness Martin brought to the team. It should be a quite exciting game. Good luck (fingers crossed)

They saw a different team in the pre-season and already forgot about it. It's no use. Hope DeBoer's system works well against more talented teams.

[Blades 0f Steel]

Originally Posted by RoadDoggFL

They saw a different team in the pre-season and already forgot about it. It's no use. Hope DeBoer's system works well against more talented teams.

Yeah, preseason is a great indication. Take it easy, not everyone's going to notice that you guys have a radically different team when they're playing 5-10 rookies/AHL players.


And I can't believe how big Tanguay's forehead is without his helmet on.