Pre-Game Skate (4/2/16): Montreal Canadiens @ Florida Panthers

The Panthers will play their second to last home game tonight. They will chase history as well, as a victory tonight will result in a new franchise record for wins in a season!


The Numbers

Team Breakdown

 Florida PanthersMontreal Canadiens
Record43-25-9 (1st Atlantic)36-36-6 (6th Atlantic)
GF/60 (5v5)2.52.3
GA/60 (5v5)2.02.3
CF/60 (5v5)49.957.8
CA/60 (5v5)51.155.1
PDO (5v5)101.899.5
Power Play16.7% - 44 for 263 (23rd)16.3% - 40 for 246 (26th)
Penalty Kill80.0% - 204 for 255 (23rd)82.3% - 200 for 243 (11th)

Individual Leaders

 Florida PanthersMontreal Canadiens
PointsJaromir Jagr - 61Max Pacioretty - 57
GoalsJaromir Jagr & Vincent Trocheck - 25Alex Galchenyuk & Max Pacioretty - 27
AssistsJussi Jokinen - 41P.K. Subban - 45
P1/60 (5v5)Jaromir Jagr - 1.92Alex Galchenyuk - 1.67
iCorsi/60 (5v5)Nick Bjugstad & Vincent Trocheck - 12.8Max Pacioretty - 21.8
CF% rel (5v5, SA)Jussi Jokinen - +6.3%Max Pacioretty - 5.7%
PenD (5v5)Aleksander Barkov - +11Paul Byron - +9

Goalie Matchup

 Roberto LuongoMike Condon
Record32-19-620-23-6
Sv%.921.905
AvgShDA (feet)32.3836.64
ReboundAg/602.082.06
RushShotAg/602.133.41
GAA2.372.67

* – Stats are courtesy of Corsica.Hockey and Hockey-Reference.com


Projected Lineups

Florida Panthers

#11 Jonathan Huberdeau#16 Aleksander Barkov#68 Jaromir Jagr
#36 Jussi Jokinen#27 Nick Bjugstad#18 Reilly Smith
#24 Jiri Hudler#23 Rocco Grimaldi#26 Teddy Purcell
#42 Quinton Howden#41 Greg McKegg#48 Logan Shaw

#51 Brian Campbell#5 Aaron Ekblad
#7 Dmitry Kulikov#44 Erik Gudbranson
#46 Jakub Kindl#6 Alex Petrovic

#35 Al Montoya
#1 Roberto Luongo

Montreal Canadiens

#67 Max Pacioretty#27 Alex Galchenyuk#11 Brendan Gallagher
#81 Lars Eller#14 Tomas Plekanec#17 Torrey Mitchell
#42 Sven Andrighetto#51 David Desharnais#41 Paul Byron
#43 Daniel Carr#34 Michael McCarron#24 Phillip Danault

#79 Andrei Markov#74 Alexei Emelin
#36 Brett Lernout#6 Greg Pateryn
#71 Joel Hanley#44 Darren Dietz

#39 Mike Condon
#35 Charlie Lindgren


Link Time

The Barkov Line Is Doing Well: The Panthers first line has heated up of late, but they’ve been running well a little longer than you may have thought.

It’s A 3-2 Hockey League: I took a look at the significance of scoring three goals in a game. The general idea is, as the title suggests, that the NHL is a 3-2 hockey league.


Closing Thoughts

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About AJ Bruhn

AJ is the Managing Editor of The Sunshine Skate, and can be reached on Twitter below.

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