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Montreal Canadiens News
Kaapo Kahkonen will start Tuesday vs. Anaheim

Kahkonen is coming off his first victory of the season, stopping 22 of 25 shots (.880 SV%) as the Sharks took a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs his last time out. The Finnish netminder has struggled this season, posting a 3.33 GAA and a .875 SV% across four games played. Kahkonen will face a Ducks team who just snapped a seven-game losing streak Sunday in a 4-3 overtime win over Toronto Sunday.

Kaapo Kahkonen
Montembeault will start Thursday in Buffalo.

Montembeault stopped 26 of 28 shots (.929 SV%) for his first victory of the season his last time out vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins 10 days ago. His two starts have gone up and down as he is 1-1-0 with a 2.48 GAA and a .912 SV%. His Canadiens take on a much improved Sabres team that had won three straight prior to their previous 5-1 loss to Seattle Tuesday.

Sam Montembeault
Kaapo Kahkonen will start Thursday vs. Toronto

Kahkonen had his best start of the season his last time out stopping 34 of 36 shots (.944) in a loss to New Jersey. He has struggled this season, losing all his starts (0-3-0) while posting a 3.46 GAA and a .873 SV%. He faces a Maple Leafs team that has struggled to get going so far offensively, ranking 25th in the NHL in GF (2.71).

Kaapo Kahkonen
Montembeault will start Monday vs. the Penguins.

Montembeault will get his second start in as many games after Montreal announced Jake Allen would not be available for Monday's game due to parental leave. The 25-year-old netminder struggled in his only start of the season, losing 3-1 to Washington while stopping 26 of 29 shots with little offensive help. He will look to get his first win of the season Monday against Pittsburgh.

Sam Montembeault
Kahkonen will start Saturday vs. the Blackhawks.

San Jose's backup goaltender will draw his second start of the season for the winless Sharks (0-3-0) Saturday. The 26-year-old Finnish netminder will be hoping for a bounce-back performance after allowing three goals on 18 shots (.833 SV%) against Nashville last weekend in Prague.

Kaapo Kahkonen
Laine out for 3-4 weeks with Elbow Injury

Laine scored just minutes into Columbus' season opener Wednesday but could only complete 7:49 TOI. Before leaving, the star winger collected two shots, a hit and a blocked shot, while adding the earlier-mentioned goal. His month-long absence will come as a massive blow to Columbus who just added Johnny Gaudreau during the offseason.

Patrik Laine
The Canadiens have placed Paul Byron on the Long Term Injury Reserve with a Hip Injury

33-year-old veteran Left Winger Paul Byron will be placed on the LTI due to a hip injury steaming from last season. Byron has struggled to stay healthy the last few years playing only 102 games in the last three NHL seasons. He collected seven points in 27 games in 2021-22 as he found himself out of the lineup more often than in. By placing the 12-year veteran on the LTI, the Canadiens free up $900,000 in cap space.

Paul Byron
Blais left Saturday's pre-season game with an upper-body injury and did not return.

Blais opened training camp on a line with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider but has since dropped down the depth chart and is now banged up. Blais shouldn't carry any fantasy value heading into the 2022-23 season. If he misses the Rangers' season opener, expect Vitaly Kravtsov to get into the lineup.

Sammy Blais
Kaapo Kahkonen will Start Saturday for San Jose vs Nashville.

Kahkonen will get the second of the back-to-back starts for the Global Series in Prague. The 26-year-old will get his first nod between the crease this season after posting a .916 SV% and 2.86 GAA across 16 games after getting dealt to the Sharks' at the trade deadline in 2021-22.

Kaapo Kahkonen