Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Montreal Canadiens (1-1-0) and the Calgary Flames (1-0-2) faceoff live from the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The game can be live streamed here. Montreal fans can hear all the action on TSN Radio 690 while Calgary fans can do so on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Canadiens haven't won in Calgary since 2002, and enter a road trip through Western Canada that will see the team play a tough schedule of three games in the next four nights starting with this one while the Flames have struggled to hang onto leads early on this season, but they have earned four out of a possible six points to begin the 2013-14 campaign.
"We have work to do," Flames coach Bob Hartley said per NHL.com. "We're not celebrating and we're not happy with where we're at. We should have six points. We're not going to get away from this. We're disappointed but at the same time, we're not living in the past. Today is another day and there's nothing unfortunately we can do about the results. We can only improve our process and that's what we're trying to do."
Hartley announced that Joey MacDonald will start his third straight game in net. Thus far, MacDonald is 1-0-1 and has allowed eight goals while stopping 52 of 60 shots directed at him. Last season, he was 8-9-1 with a 2.87 GAA and a .902 save percentage while playing behind the now retired Miikka Kiprusoff.
Carey Price will man the crease for Montreal after allowing five goals and stopping 56 of 61 shots through two games. Price had a 21-13-4 record with a 2.59 GAA and a .905 save percentage in 2013.
Montreal has taken some momentum with them into the trip as the team defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 in its last outing on Saturday night, and the team knows it's in for a challenge, but won't look too far ahead..
"We've got to focus on Calgary first, worry about that game and then you worry about the next game," defenseman Josh Gorges told NHL.com. "You can't worry about what the outcome is going to be at the end of four games. It's too far ahead to think that way."
Lars Eller has paved the way for Montreal through its first two games, having scored three goals and two assists for five points after going 8-22-30 last season.
The Flames have three players with four points in David Jones (2-2-4), Jiri Hudler (2-2-4) and Mark Giordano (1-3-4) while rookie and 2013 No.6 NHL Draft pick Sean Monahan has two goals and one assist through three games played.
The Canadiens will try to start their west coast trip out with a bang while the Flames hope to jump out to a lead and secure it throughout the game when the puck drops in Calgary tonight.
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