Ivan Demidov to play with Jake Evans and Emil Heineman tonight

Tonight, the Canadiens are in Washington for the second game of their first-round series. And while we knew that the 18 skaters would be the same as in Game 1, we didn’t know if that would translate into new lineups.

So, in warm-up, we kept an eye on everything… and noticed a change: Ivan Demidov took his reps with Jake Evans and Emil Heineman.

Habs warmup lines+pairings for Game 2 vs. Caps:
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Laine-Newhook-Armia
Heineman-Evans-Demidov
Matheson-Carrier
Guhle-Hutson
Struble-Savard
Montembeault
Dobes

– Eric Engels (@EricEngels) April 23, 2025

More details to come…