Surprising last minute announcement from the Canadiens regarding Brendan Gallagher and Anthony Richard

In the last few seconds, the Montreal Canadiens released an official statement regarding forward Anthony Richard.

This unfortunately confirms what we reported this morning.

Richard is out of the lineup in favor of Evgenii Dadonov. Also note (on the good news side) that Brendan Gallagher is officially back in the lineup. This means that Michael Pezzetta must skip his turn.

A surprising decision and one that not everyone is happy about.

For the full press briefing:

More details will follow. Remember that Martin St-Louis' team will face the Florida Panthers tonight at 7:00 pm.

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