Canadiens Confirm Tonight's Starter vs Kraken, and It Speaks Volumes About Jakub Dobes

It is indeed Dobes who will be in net for the Canadiens tonight against the Seattle Kraken, and this confirms a change in goaltending for Martin St-Louis' team.

As some journalists have just mentioned, if anyone still had doubts, this announcement confirms that, at present, Jakub Dobes is the number one goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens!

What a turnaround.

See the official Canadiens announcement regarding this:

As the excellent Anthony Marcotte (from BPM Sports) mentions, Dobes is currently the number 1 goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens.

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Samuel Montembeault, 28 years old, has a 2-3-0 record this season, with a goals-against average of 3.82 and a save percentage of 0.842.

In his career, Montembeault has a goals-against average of 3.22 and a save percentage of 0.898 in the NHL.

Jakub Dobes, 24 years old, has a 5-0-0 record this season, with a goals-against average of 1.77 and an incredible save percentage of 0.940.

In his career, Dobes has a goals-against average of 2.49 and a save percentage of 0.917 in the NHL.

Dobby will try to win his sixth game in six starts, very impressive! It's a late one as puck drops at 10:30 p.m. at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle and will be broadcast on RDS and TSN2.

Details to follow.