Jacob Fowler set to start against the Penguins as Canadiens reveal projected lines
We have action from Martin St-Louis' press conference in Pittsburgh. We received the confirmation we were waiting for.
Jacob Fowler is named the starting goaltender for the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight.
It will be a first career start for Fowler in the National Hockey League, but that's not all!
Martin St-Louis announced several other changes.
1 - Jacob Fowler replaces Jakub Dobes and gets the start tonight.
2 - Arber Xhekaj is sent to the press box, in favor of young Adam Engstrom, who is inserted into Martin St-Louis' lineup.
3 - Owen Beck will be in uniform, replacing Jake Evans (absent for personal reasons).
4 - Zachary Bolduc returns to the club's top line.
Adam Engstrom will be in the lineup against the Penguins. Arber Xhekaj will not be in uniform
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Projected lines:
Caufield-Suzuki-Bolduc
Slafkovský-Kapanen-Demidov
Anderson-Beck-Texier
Davidson-Veleno-Gallagher
Matheson-Dobson
Struble-Hutson
Engstrom-Carrier
Fowler
Slafkovský-Kapanen-Demidov
Anderson-Beck-Texier
Davidson-Veleno-Gallagher
Matheson-Dobson
Struble-Hutson
Engstrom-Carrier
Fowler
Jacob Fowler, 21 years old, is a 6-foot-2, 213-pound goaltender who has a 10-5-0 record this season with the Laval Rocket, with a goals-against average of 2.09 and a save percentage of 0.919.
Fowler now joins Dryden, Roy and Price on a short but iconic list of Habs goalies whose NHL journeys began in Pittsburgh.
Puck is set to drop at 7:00 p.m. for this much-anticipated matchup, as Fowler takes on Sidney Crosby and the Penguins live from Pittsburgh.
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