The Canadiens have signed Michael Pezzetta to a one-year, $750k contract extension.
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Michael Pezzetta News
Pezzetta has been suspended for two games for an illegal check on T.J. Oshie on Saturday.
Pezzetta willl miss Tuesday's game vs. the Wild and Thursday's game vs. the Flyers after being suspended on Monday. Pezzetta is eligible to return to the lineup in Ottawa on Saturday.
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Pezzetta will be a healthy scratch on Monday.
Pezzetta played 6:08 TOI in Toronto on Saturday but is expected to be replaced by Jesse Ylonen in the lineup on Monday.
Pezzetta (upper-body) will draw into the Canadiens lineup on Saturday.
Pezzetta has missed the last six games with an upper-body injury but will play Saturday in Toronto. Pezzetta will replace Jesse Ylonen and will likely skate on the fourth line.
The Canadiens added Michael Pezzetta to the COVID-19 protocol list.
The Canadiens now have a total of 23 players on the COVID-19 protocol list. They are not scheduled to play again until next Wednesday, so they should get most, if not all of them back by then.
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Pezzetta will be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Pezzetta has skated in nine straight games for the Canadiens but will be scratched on Saturday with Chris Wideman dressing as a seventh defenseman.
The Canadiens have recalled Michael Pezzetta from Laval (AHL).
Pezzetta was a sixth-round pick of the Canadiens in 2016. He has played 115 AHL games since then and could make his NHL debut this week after replacing Cole Caufield on the NHL roster. Pezzetta has three goals and three assists (six points) in eight games with Laval this season.
The Canadiens have signed Michael Pezzetta to a one-year, two-way contract.
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