TEAM GUIDE

MONTREAL CANADIENS
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built)....................................Bell Centre (21,273, 1996)
Mailing Address...................... 1909 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal
Montreal, Quebec H3B 5E8
Telephone.......................................................................... 514.932.2582
Fax .................................................................................... 514.932.8285
Website............................................................................canadiens.com
Twitter...........................................................................@CanadiensMTL
Founded.....................................................................................1909-10
Stanley Cup Titles.................. 24; 1916, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946,
1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968,
1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1993
Colors.......................................................................Red, White and Blue
DIRECTORY
Owner, President and CEO.................................................. Geoff Molson
Executive Vice President /COO..........................................Kevin Gilmore
Executive Vice President/General Manager.....................Marc Bergevin
Head Coach..................................................................... Michel Therrien
Assistant Coach...............................................................Clement Jodoin
Assistant Coach............................................... Jean-Jacques Daigneault
Assistant Coach.................................................................... Dan Lacroix
Goaltending Coach..........................................................Stephane Waite
TEAM INFORMATION
Home Ice (Cap., Built)........................ Bridgestone Arena (17,113, 1996)
Mailing Address................................................................. 501 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone............................................................................... 615.770.2300
Fax ......................................................................................... 615.770.2309
Website...............................................................nashvillepredators.com
Twitter...................................................................................@PredsNHL
Founded.....................................................................................1998-99
Stanley Cup Titles.............................................................................None
Colors.............................................Navy Blue, Predators Gold and White
DIRECTORY
Chairman and Govenor................................................ Thomas Cigarran
President of Hockey Ops/GM/Alt. Gov....................................David Poile
President/CEO & Alt. Gov.......................................................Sean Henry
Head Coach..................................................................... Peter Laviolette
Assistant Coach................................................................... Phil Housley
Assistant Coach.............................................................. Kevin McCarthy
Goaltending Coach.......................................................... Ben Vanderklok
WILD vs. MONTREAL CANADIENS
2015-16 Wild Record: 2-0-0 (1-0-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 1-0-0 at Montreal)
All-Time Wild Record: 8-6-3 (5-2-1 at Xcel Energy Center, 3-4-2 at Montreal)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
MTL 0 0 1 – 1 7 8 10 – 25 0-1 1-2 Condon (20-22)
12/22 MIN 1 0 1 – 2 8 7 7 – 22 0-1 1-2 Coyle (3) Kuemper (24-25) *19,105
MIN 2 1 1 – 4 11 9 2 – 22 1-2 2-4 Granlund (3) Dubnyk (30-31)
3/12 MTL 1 0 0 – 1 6 11 14 – 31 0-2 2-4 Condon (18-21) *21,288
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
MTL 1 0 1 – 2 13 19 24 – 56 0-3 (0.00) 3-6 Condon (0-2-0, 38-43)
MIN 3 1 2 – 6 19 16 9 – 44 1-3 (33.3) 3-6 Kuemper (1-0-0, 24-25); Dubnyk (1-0-0, 30-31)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: The Wild won the season series against the Canadiens with a 2-1 victory at Xcel Energy Center (12/22) and a 4-1 win at Bell Centre (3/12)…C
Mikael Granlund (2-1=3) and RW Nino Niederreiter (1-2=3) each led Minnesota with three points…C Charlie Coyle (1-1=2) and LW Thomas Vanek
(0-2=2) notched two points apiece…C Erik Haula and RW Jason Pominville netted a goal each…G Darcy Kuemper stopped 24-of-25 shots in the first
contest…G Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves to earn the win in the second contest…LW Daniel Carr and D Mark Barberio each scored for Montreal…G Mike
Condon went 0-2-0 with a 2.55 GAA and a .884 SV% in two starts.
WILD LEADERS: C Eric Staal leads Minnesota with 38 points (19-19=38) in 42 games against Montreal…Pominville has 35 points (13-22=35) in 54
games…LW Zach Parise has 25 points (14-11=25) in 31 games.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 3-1-1 with a 2.77 GAA and a .909 SV% in five career starts vs. the Canadiens…Kuemper is 2-1-0 with a 2.62 GAA and a .893
SV% in four games (three starts).
CANADIENS LEADERS: D Shea Weber leads Montreal with 24 points (6-18=24) in 40 games against Minnesota…C David Desharnais has 10 points
(1-9=10) in seven contests…D Andrei Markov has nine points (3-6=9) in 13 games…LW Max Pacioretty owns seven points (5-2=7) in seven matches.
CANADIENS GOALIES: G Carey Price is 4-3-0 with a 2.43 GAA and a .914 SV% in seven starts vs. the Wild…Condon is 0-2-0 with a 2.55 GAA and a .884
SV% in two starts…G Al Montoya is 5-0-0 with a 1.18 GAA and a .958 SV% in six games (five starts).
CONNECTIONS: Wild Chief of Amateur Scouting Guy Lapointe helped the Canadiens to six Stanley Cup championships and his jersey (#5) was retired by
Montreal on Nov. 18, 2014…Pominville hails from Repentigny, Quebec…D Marco Scandella is a Montreal native…C Torrey Mitchell netted 17 points
(5-12=17) in 103 games for Minnesota (2012-14).
FAST FACT: Minnesota owns a three-game win streak against Montreal (12/3/14-3/12/16) and has won the last three games played at Xcel Energy Center
(11/1/13-12/22/15)…Both winning streaks are the longest in franchise history against the Canadiens.
WILD vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS
2015-16 Wild Record: 1-3-0 (1-1-0 at Xcel Energy Center, 0-2-0 at Nashville)
All-Time Wild Record: 27-26-8 (16-11-4 at Xcel Energy Center, 11-15-4 at Nashville)
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Game-Winning Goaltender
Date Opp. 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays Minutes Goal (Saves-Shots) Attn.
NSH 0 1 2 – 3 7 9 8 – 24 0-1 7-14 Hodgson (1) Rinne (27-29)
11/5 MIN 0 1 1 – 2 6 14 9 – 29 2-6 2-4 Dubnyk (21-24) *19,024
NSH 0 0 0 – 0 10 8 5 – 23 0-2 8-30 Rinne (23-27)
11/21 MIN 1 2 1 – 4 8 14 5 – 27 2-4 5-16 Suter (1) Dubnyk (23-23) *19,056
MIN 0 1 1 – 2 7 6 9 – 22 0-1 5-10 Dubnyk (36-39)
12/19 NSH 2 1 0 – 3 13 14 12 – 39 1-5 1-2 Neal (1) Rinne (20-22) *17,117
MIN 0 0 0 – 0 12 13 4 – 29 0-3 2-4 Dubnyk (22-24)
1/16 NSH 1 0 2 – 3 11 5 9 – 25 1-2 3-6 Nystrom (1) Hutton (29-29) *17,302
Scoring By Period Shots By Period Power Penalties/ Goaltenders
TOTALS 1 2 3 OT F 1 2 3 OT T Plays (%) Minutes (Record, Saves-Shots)
NSH 3 2 4 – 9 41 36 34 – 111 2-10 (20.0) 19-52 Rinne (2-1-0, 70-78); Hutton (1-0-0, 29-29)
MIN 1 4 3 – 8 33 47 27 – 107 4-14 (28.6) 14-34 Dubnyk (1-3-0, 102-110)
SERIES NOTES
2015-16: Minnesota went 1-3-0 in four meetings…The Wild split its two contests at Xcel Energy Center, falling 3-2 in the first contest (11/5) and earning
a 4-0 victory in the second (11/21)…Minnesota dropped both contests at Bridgestone Arena, 3-2 (12/19) and 3-0 (1/16)…D Ryan Suter led the Wild with
four points (1-3=4)…C Mikael Granlund (1-2=3) and C Mikko Koivu (0-3=3) had three points apiece…RW Jason Pominville (0-2=2), LW Thomas Vanek
(1-1=2), D Marco Scandella (1-1=2) and LW Jason Zucker (1-1=2) each totaled two points…G Devan Dubnyk went 1-3-0 with a 2.05 GAA, a .927 SV%
and one shutout in four starts…D Shea Weber led the Predators with five assists…D Roman Josi tallied three points (1-2=3)…C Mike Fisher (1-1=2), LW
Filip Forsberg (2-0=2), RW James Neal (1-1=2) and C Mike Ribeiro (1-1=2) had two points each…G Pekka Rinne went 2-1-0 with a 2.68 GAA and a .897
SV% in three starts…G Carter Hutton earned the win in the last contest, stopping all 29 shots faced.
WILD LEADERS: Koivu leads the Wild with 36 points (7-29=36) in 38 matches vs. Nashville…LW Zach Parise has 17 points (11-6=17) in 20 games…Pominville
owns 14 points (6-8=14) in 20 contests…Suter has 12 points (1-11=12) in 17 games…RW Chris Stewart owns 11 points (3-8=11) in 27 matches.
WILD GOALIES: Dubnyk is 7-6-2 with a 2.21 GAA, a .926 SV% and two shutouts in 16 games (15 starts) against the Predators…G Darcy Kuemper is 3-0-0
with a 2.08 GAA, .921 SV% and one shutout in four starts.
PREDATORS LEADERS: Ribeiro leads Nashville with 25 points (5-20=25) in 37 matches against Minnesota… RW Craig Smith has 13 points (6-7=13) in 21
games…Fisher has 13 points (5-8=13) in 27 contests…D P.K. Subban has 11 points (5-6=11) in seven matches.
PREDATORS GOALIES: Rinne is 13-7-3 with a 2.32 GAA, a .915 SV% and three shutouts in 24 games (22 starts) vs. the Wild…G Marek Mazanec earned
the loss, stopping 19-of-23 shots in his sole career action (1/12/14).
CONNECTIONS: Suter was selected seventh overall by Nashville in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and scored 238 points (38-200=238) and 396 PIM in 542 games
before signing with the Wild as a free agent (7/4/12)…Suter ranks second on Nashville’s all-time list in plus-minus rating (plus-43), fifth in assists and
games played and T-8th in points…Dubnyk went 0-1-1 with a 4.35 GAA and a .850 SV% in two starts with Nashville (2013-14)…Nashville Assistant Coach
Phil Housley is a native of South Saint Paul.
FAST FACTS: Subban became the first defenseman to record a hat trick vs. Minnesota (3/20/11)…Twelve of the last 21 contests between the two teams
have been decided by one goal (10-8-3)…Minnesota is 5-3-2 in its last 10 games played at Bridgestone Arena and 4-3-1 in its last eight games at Xcel
Energy Center.
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
2016-2017 MATCHUPS
Thur. 12/22 Bell Centre 6:30 P.M. Thur. 1/12 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Thur. 12/15 Bridgestone Arena 7:00 P.M.
Tue. 12/27 Bridgestone Arena 7:00 P.M.
Sun. 1/22 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Sat. 2/18 Xcel Energy Center 7:00 P.M.
Sat. 4/1 Bridgestone Arena 1:00 P.M.
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