ABOUT THE HABS

-- The Habs are 3-1 to start the season, having dropped their opener to Toronto and since reeled off three straight wins.

 

-- Montreal is getting some outstanding offensive production from its defensive corps, even with P.K. Subban not currently part of the picture. Andrei Markov (4G, 1A) and Raphael Diaz (0G, 5A) are tied for the team lead in scoring. In fact, Markov has scored the game winner in all three of the Habs' wins.

 

-- The Canadiens have told rookies Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher that they'll stay with the team for the remainder of the season. Galchenyuk was the club's first-round draft choice from the Sarnia Sting in 2012 while Gallagher was a fifth-round pick out of the Vancouver Giants in 2010.

 

-- Montreal will be without forward Max Pacioretty for up to a month after he underwent emergency appendectomy surgery on Saturday.

 

-- The Jets were 1-3 vs. the Canadiens last year and were horrid in Montreal, falling 7-3 and 3-0.

 

MONTREAL

CANADIENS

 

30 Peter Budaj

31 Carey Price

 

8 Brandon Prust

14 Tomas Plekanec

15 Petteri Nokelainen

17 Rene Bourque

20 Colby Armstrong

21 Brian Gionta

22 Tomas Kaberle

26 Josh Gorges

27 Alex Galchenyuk

32 Travis Moen

45 Mike Blunden

51 David Desharnais

53 Ryan White

55 Francis Bouillon

61 Raphael Diaz

68 Yannick Weber

72 Erik Cole

73 Brendan Gallagher

74 Alexei Emelin

79 Andrei Markov

81 Lars Eller

 

WINNIPEG JETS

 

31 Ondrej Pavelec

35 Al Montoya

 

4 Paul Postma

5 Mark Stuart

6 Ron Hainsey

8 Alex Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Olli Jokinen

13 Kyle Wellwood

14 Anthony Peluso

16 Andrew Ladd

17 James Wright

18 Bryan Little

19 Jim Slater

22 Chris Thorburn

23 Alex Ponikarovsky

24 Grant Clitsome

25 Zach Redmond

26 Blake Wheeler

33 Dustin Byfuglien

39 Tobias Enstrom

55 Mark Scheifele

80 Nik Antropov

(Lineups subject to change)

 

-- Ed Tait

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 29, 2013 C3