The Habs hit the road this weekend with back to back games starting tonight in Carolina. This will already be the third meeting of the season for these two teams with each squad winning one. The Habs will betrying to play a safe road game tonight in order to save some energy for tomorrow night's game in Pittsburgh against king Crosby and the Penguins. Huet will be in nets tonight in Raleigh, while Carey Price will take to the crease tomorrow in Pittsburgh.
Keys to tonight's game for the Habs:
1) Lots of shots.
2) Win lots of face-offs.
3) Contain Staal, Whitney and Stillman.
4) Play a full 60 minutes.
5) Tight defence, especially in front of Huet.
6) Use our speed.
A few things to look for tonight:
Alex Kovalev will be playing his 100oth career NHL game tonight. Kovalev isn't looking at this game any differently than he would any other. Look for him to continue his strong play and to be quarterbacking the power play from his office on the right wing boards.
Look for the Habs to throw a lot of rubber at red-hot Cam Ward. After a sub-par year in defence of the Stanley Cup title, Cam Ward has lost 15 pounds and is looking as good in nets as ever. Ward is yet to lose a game in regulation this season, and I'm sure he'll be doing his best to keep that streak alive tonight.
Look for Michael Ryder to respond to his critics with a strong performance. Ryder has been dogging it to this point in the season and everyone knows it. He knows that the only way to silence the doubters is to produce, so let's hope he does just that. Keep an eye on him and watch to see if he's working hard out there.
Watch out for Brind'Amour in the face-off circle. To be successful against Carolina you need to be able to beat Brind'Amour on face-offs. 'The Nose Beast' is a force to be reckoned with on the draws and we'll need to do well against him, especially on the power-play. Look for Koivu to be taking a lot of the face-offs against him.
GO HABS GO!
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