Jayden Struble and Samuel Montembeault will play tonight, but Patrik Laine will not

Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Jayden Struble and Samuel Montembeault will play tonight, but Patrik Laine will not
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Recently, Arber Xhekaj's playing time has been melting away like snow in the sun. And it will melt even more tonight.

Renaud Lavoie, who attended the Canadiens' practice today, reported that Jayden Struble was paired with Alexandre Carrier in practice this morning.

Everything indicated that the Sheriff would be sitting out tonight. And that has been confirmed by the Canadiens.

We can all agree that at this point, when Martin St-Louis wants to shake things up on the blue line, he changes his #6 defenseman. The top five guys in the hierarchy never skip their turn.

Following the Canadiens' loss and poor defensive performance, Struble will get his chance before going on vacation.

But that won't be the only change, as Samuel Montembeault will be back in net. He was the starting goalie in practice this morning… and his presence in front of the net was confirmed by the Habs.

This comes as no surprise.

Jakub Dobes has played the last four games, and it makes sense to give the Québécois a start against a weaker club before heading into the break.

We didn't expect any changes offensively—and there won't be any—since Alexandre Texier and Alex Newhook are injured. Patrik Laine is a special case, and Samuel Blais is on waivers.


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