{"id":453671,"date":"2026-02-04T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/453671\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:59:08","slug":"martin-st-louis-makes-first-decision-ahead-of-tonights-canadiens-jets-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/453671\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin St-Louis makes first decision ahead of tonight\u2019s Canadiens-Jets matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nMartin St-Louis makes first decision ahead of tonight\u2019s Canadiens-Jets matchup&#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Hockey Fanatics has no direct affiliation to the Montreal Canadiens, NHL or NHLPA<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/639542.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dec 3, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes (75) makes a save against Winnipeg Jets center Jonathan Toews (19) during overtime at Bell Centre. 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Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Martin St-Louis decided to hold a full morning skate today in Winnipeg ahead of the final game before the Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p>The players will take the ice at Canada Life Centre at 10:30 a.m. local time, which is 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Canadiens will have a 10:30am CT morning skate in Winnipeg ahead of their final game before the Olympic break.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Priyanta Emrith<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a session that figures to be important in clearing up any remaining doubts regarding the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes will obviously be on the injured players to see whether they are on the ice and if they made the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Even though expectations are very low for a return by Patrik Laine tonight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.habsfanatics.com\/nhl-team\/montreal-canadiens\/canadiens-reveal-patrik-laine-status-against-the-jets-ahead-of-olympic-break\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to Eric Engels at least,<\/a> his participation in practice would provide a clear indication.<\/p>\n<p>This session will mainly serve to confirm the identity of the starting goaltender against the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>After the recent heavy usage of Jakub Dobes, it remains to be seen whether Samuel Montembeault will get a vote of confidence before the long break.<\/p>\n<p>Final adjustments before the break and before the matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and the Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>This is the ideal opportunity for the coaching staff to lock in their line combinations one last time.<\/p>\n<p>With the administrative roster moves from the previous day, things could get interesting, especially if Kent Hughes completes a trade before 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>We should have a clear picture around noon regarding the available personnel for this matchup.<\/p>\n<p>The decisions made this morning will dictate the tone of this final game before the temporary shutdown of the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>Will Alexandre Texier return to the lineup?<\/p>\n<p>Will Kirby Dach move back to the wing on the top line?<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>2 HOURS AGO|302 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Martin St-Louis makes first decision ahead of tonight\u2019s Canadiens-Jets matchup<\/p>\n<p>Should Samuel Montembeault get the start tonight against the Jets?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Martin St-Louis makes first decision ahead of tonight\u2019s Canadiens-Jets matchup&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,37777,10397,448,1531,34983,37776,82,449],"class_list":["post-453671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jakub-dobes","tag-martin-st-louis","tag-nhl","tag-patrik-laine","tag-practice","tag-samuel-montembeault","tag-sports","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}