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Old 02-04-2017, 08:32 PM   #68
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Nashville Predators (13-9-2) at Montreal Canadiens (17-5-1)

Montreal will face the Predators at the Bell Center. Montreal is 10-3-1 home this season while the Predators are 8-5-1 on the road. The Canadiens have a 3 point lead on the Bruins and a 7 point lead on the Blue Jackets although Columbus has 2 games in hand. Montreal is ranked 25th with 2.35 goals per game. With only 1.87 goals against per game, Montreal is ranked 2nd in the NHL.

The 21 year old RW Eric McFatridge is from Coquitlam, BC. A two way forward, the scouts like his defensive game. McFatridge plays on the 3rd line playing a up and down winger role, but can be effective as a physical forward. He was selected 204th overall in the 1981 NHL Entry draft and made his NHL debut with Montreal on January 11th, 1983. This season he has 2 goals and 6 points with 22 PIMs. In 55 career NHL games, the former Blainville-Boisbriand Armada has 4 goals, 7 assists for 11 points and 34 PIMs.

The Predators are currently in 7th spot in the West with 28 points. Nashville ranks 20th with 2.54 goals per game while they are ranked 6th with just 2.33 goals against per game.

Nashville will start G Colton Read, the 20 year old has 2 wins with a 1.26 GAA and a .952 save % in 5 games. Last year he had 8 wins with a 2.75 GAA and a .876 save % in 12 games with Nashville. Montreal starts G Wilf Nestor, he has 14 wins with a 1.82 GAA and a .930 save % in 19 games.

Nashville scores 1st, RW Ernesto Sanchez gets his 8th of the year at 8:15 to make it 1-0. The period ends with Montreal outshooting the Predators 9-7.

Montreal ties it up 1-1 at 1:43 when LD Lance Lambright gets his 5th of the year. Montreal goes up 2-1 at 11:10 when LW Robert Hendriksson gets his 3rd of the year. Montreal out shot Nashville 14-9 in the period.

Montreal extends the lead to 3-1 at 10:55 when LD Dennis Engstrom gets his 2nd of the season. Montreal adds an empty netter at 19:19 as C Bryce Spencer gets his 6th to make it 4-1. For Spencer that snapped a 12 game goalless streak. Montreal out shot Nashville 12-9 in the period and 35-25 in the game. Nashville was 0 for 2 on the PP and Montreal was 0 for 7.

Montreal's LW Robert Hendriksson was the 1st star with 1 goal and an assist. The 22 year old from Galve, SWE now has 3 goals and 14 assists for 17 points and has 17 PIMs. Hendriksson had a career high of 15 goals in the 1981-82 seaason for Montreal.

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Around the NHL...........

Columbus Blue Jackets LD Maxime Rainville had a goal in a 3-2 win over the Islanders. The 21 year old from Montreal, QC now has 6 goals and 15 assists for 21 points with 6 PIMs in 22 games. Rainville had a career high of 24 assists in 1981-82 season for Columbus.

Columbus Blue Jackets LW Benjamin Morel had 3 goals in a 5-1 win over the Islanders. The 21 year old from Sept Iles, QC now has 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points with 8 PIMs in 23 games. Morel had a career high of 26 goals in the 1981-82 season for Columbus.

Winnipeg Jets RD Bob Gorrell had 3 assists in a 4-2 win over the Hurricanes. The 32 year old from Walnut Creek, CA now has 4 goals, 18 assists for 22 points with 18 PIMs in 23 games. The 1983 Conn Smythe Winner and 2-time All-Star had a career high 35 assists in the 1982-83 season with the Jets.

Chicago Blackhawks G Mark Perrott made 28 saves in a 4-0 win over the Blues. The 20 year old from Burnaby, BC now has 14 wins with a 2.32 GAA and .928 save % in 22 games. For Perrott, this is his rookie season in the NHL.
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