SPNHL Season 38 12/08/2020 Game of the Night
Montreal Canadiens 5th in East (12-16-2) @ New Jersey Devils 1st in East (23-7-0)
Tonight’s matchup includes one team battling for their playoff lives and the other looking to create some distance from the rest of the pact. Can Montreal turn this horrible start around and turn this 1-2 start of the week around or will New Jersey come back after an embarrassing 11-3 loss to the Habs just last week?
Head to Head this season:
Game 1: 6-2 New Jersey W
Game 2: 2-1 Montreal W
Game 3: 11-3 Montreal W
Starting Lineups:
Montreal Canadiens:
LW- CapBan_Clark1999
C- Xx_Kapanen_Xx
RW- xHAC_Rambo
LD- Royalkc85
RD- EL_R_O_O_K_I_E
G- Pensrul066
New Jersey Devils:
LW- TrueLegend07
C- cHELIOS-7x
RW- NTyrell14
LD- MayhemX113
RD- Cuban1616
G- Handsome_dusty
Quick stats:
Looking like Montreal is putting out their “top” line while the Devils have decided to throw in their secondary guys.
Rambo leads the Habs with 52 points in 16GPs, Royal with 11 points and 37 takeaways in 12GPs and Pensrul066 supports a 66.99 save% (yikes). True looking to backpack his backups in this one, he’s got 113 points in 28 GPs. Cuban with 59 takeaways in 21 GPs is good enough to put him in the top 5, Dusty in the net supports a 9-3 record with a 75.29 save% nice numbers for the backup.
Prediction:
If the Habs are going to win this game, they’re going to have to put up a lot of goals, if the Devils want to win this game, they’re going to have to play a good 5-man defence game while also taking advantage of their opportunities. The lines are as dead even as it can get, Montreal’s top line pretty much matches the Devil’s line 2.
End of the day, I’m going with the team with the best player on the ice: Truelegend. The Devil’s desperately don’t want to be embarrassed like they did last week and True’s going to continue his Hart like season.
Score: NJ 4-2
Truelegend: 3 goals 1 assist
Kapanen: 1 goal 1 assist
RoyalKC: 0 goals 1 assist
Ntyrell: 0 goals 3 assists
Dusty: 15 shots against 13 saves
Pensrule066: 12 shots against 8 saves