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Michael Pezzetta will be in the lineup for a fourth straight game tonight

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Apr 5, 2025 1:46 PM ET

The Canadiens of Montreal will be back in action tonight, as the Philadelphia Flyers will be visiting the Bell Centre.

In preparation for this matchup, the Habs practiced this morning before addressing the media.

Even though the Habs are on a three-game winning streak, everyone was watching to see if Martin St-Louis would make any changes to his lineup.

It was possible that Oliver Kapanen and/or Arber Xhekaj could have played tonight, but once again, there will be no changes to the lineup.

Martin St-Louis himself confirmed this at the end of the press conference.

Listen to the team’s pre-game comments ahead of tonight’s game against Philadelphia

Tune in now to live pregame media ops ahead of tonight’s game against the Flyers#GoHabsGo https://t.co/2eoF26VoN2

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 5, 2025

This means Arber Xhekaj will be left out for the 4th game in a row, while Joshua Roy will miss his 5th consecutive game.

On the other hand, this means Michael Pezzetta will play his 4th consecutive game tonight, as he will once again be on the team’s fourth line.

This is only the second time Pezzetta has played as many games in a row this season, having previously done so only at the beginning of January.

Pezzetta has thus managed to earn his spot for a little while, and he must take advantage of it.

Finally, in goal, without any surprise, it will be Samuel Montembeault who will start.

Once again, this will be an extremely important game, as the Habs cannot afford to lose points, especially with the Rangers right behind them.

In short, the Habs must not fall into the trap of the Philadelphia Flyers, as they did last week.

Overtime

– Not to be missed tomorrow.

The #Gr8Chase has been nothing short of incredible.

One goal to go.

: @Capitals vs. @NYIslanders TOMORROW at 12:30p ET on @NHL_On_TNT, @SportsonMax and @Sportsnet pic.twitter.com/6coFfoqlaR

— NHL (@NHL) April 5, 2025

– Interesting.

Is the Rocket’s goalie coach better than the one in MTL?! #Stanley25 pic.twitter.com/BEgcbZxcB2

— 9millions (@9millions_) April 5, 2025

– What a moment!

«Best shower of my life» pic.twitter.com/gsOM9EabrV

— x – Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 5, 2025

– Patrick Kane also made history last night.

Ovechkin wasn’t the only one making history last night, as Patrick Kane is now the only American-born player to have 17 20+ goal seasons.

(via @NHL) pic.twitter.com/982gbF2pPe

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 5, 2025

– He surely contributed to it.

The NHL is experiencing exponential growth despite a difficult economic situation.

Hard to believe that Ovi hasn’t contributed greatly to it.

2005-2006, we were recovering from the infamous “dead puck era” and a kid emerged with tinted visor, yellow laces, and a half-jersey…

— Nicolas Cloutier (@NCloutierTVA) April 5, 2025

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