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Lines and defense pairings at morning skate – December 1

CALGARY – The Canadiens held a morning skate at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday ahead of their matchup with the Flames.

Here are the lines and defense pairings featured by head coach Martin St-Louis:

Thursday December 1
Morning skate
LW C RW
22 – Cole Caufield 14 – Nick Suzuki 77 – Kirby Dach
20 – Juraj Slafkovsky 91 – Sean Monahan 17 – Josh Anderson
63 – Evgenii Dadonov 28 – Christian Dvorak 40 Joel Armia
55 – Michael Pezzetta 71 – Jake Evans
LD RD G
8 – Mike Matheson 58 – David Savard 34 – Jake Allen
44 – Joel Edmundson 21 – Kaiden Guhle 35 – Sam Montembeault
72 – Arber Xhekaj 54 – Jordan Harris


Chris Wideman and Johnathan Kovacevic were the extras. Wideman did rotations on the fourth forward line with Michael Pezzetta and Jake Evans.

Tweet from @CanadiensMTL: Brendan Gallagher ne s’entra��nera pas ce matin et n’affrontera pas les Flames ce soir. Il est ��valu�� pour une injury au bas du corps. Brendan Gallagher won’t skate this morning and won’t face Calgary tonight. He is being evaluated for a lower-body injury.

The Canadiens recalled forward Rem Pitlick prior to the practice. He will join the team in Calgary on Thursday.

Game time is scheduled for 9:00 pm ET.

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