WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING AT THE BELL CENTRE<\/p>\n
30th Anniversary of the Bell Centre\u202f<\/p>\n
The Bell Centre celebrates three decades as the home of\u202fHabs\u202fhockey on the eve of its 30th anniversary.\u202fThe arena originally opened its doors as the Molson Centre on March 16, 1996, and\u202fa variety of features are planned\u202ffor Sunday\u2019s game\u202fto\u202fcommemorate\u202fthe milestone:\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
A special pregame video\u202fwill be shown on the scoreboard,\u202fhighlighting the arena\u2019s original builders as well as its most memorable moments from the\u202fpast 30\u00a0years;\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans\u202fcan take photos with former\u202fCanadiens goaltender Jocelyn Thibault\u202fand his iconic mask from the arena\u2019s inaugural game\u202fin Section 117 from 5:30 p.m. to\u202f6:30 p.m.;\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n
A commemorative T-shirt and pin will be available for sale at\u202fTricolore\u202fSports, with\u202fall\u202fprofits\u202fbenefiting\u202fthe Montreal Canadiens Alumni\u202fAssociation.\u202f<\/p>\n
Fans online can also take a trip back in time with digital features including:\u202f<\/p>\n
TEAM COMPARISONS<\/p>\n
Saturday served as a bit of a heat check for the\u00a0Canadiens. After rattling off three straight wins, Montreal dropped a 4\u20132 decision to the San Jose Sharks at home. The good news? In this league,\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0always another opportunity right around the corner. The\u00a0Habs\u00a0will get that chance just 24 hours later, and with\u00a0nearly every\u00a0team around them in the Eastern Conference playoff race picking up points on Saturday, the urgency to respond will be clear when they return to the ice on Sunday.\u00a0History is on Montreal\u2019s side, too. The Canadiens are 5-0-0 in the second half of back-to-backs this season after losing the first game. As it stands, they hold a two-point edge over Boston and Detroit for third place in the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n
The Ducks, meanwhile, also stumbled Saturday, falling 2-0 to the Ottawa Senators. Anaheim arrives in Montreal riding back-to-back losses to wrap up a four-game Eastern road swing. Still, it\u2019s been an encouraging season for a rebuilding Ducks squad that has taken advantage of a weaker Pacific Division. Entering Sunday\u2019s matchup, Joel Quenneville\u2019s group sits second in the\u00a0Pacific\u00a0and six points clear of a playoff spot. With Ville\u00a0Husso\u00a0getting the start yesterday, Lukas Dostal is expected to be\u00a0in net\u00a0tonight.<\/p>\n
SEASON SERIES<\/p>\n
Mar. 6 @ ANA: 6-5 ANA (SO)<\/p>\n
Mar. 15 vs. ANA:<\/p>\n
PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR<\/p>\n
Brendan Gallagher returns to the lineup for Montreal after being healthy scratched on Saturday for the first time in his\u00a0lengthy 13-year career. Look for the\u00a0Habs\u2019 feisty forward to bring it against the Ducks.<\/p>\n
Cutter\u00a0Gauthier is about as\u00a0dangerous\u00a0a scorer\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0been in the NHL this season. With a goal and an assist in the teams\u2019 last meeting, the Canadiens will be keen on shutting down the 22-year-old tonight.<\/p>\n
BY THE NUMBERS: DUCKS-HABS<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the\u00a0Canadiens\u00a0and\u00a0Ducks\u00a0match up by the numbers:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING AT THE BELL CENTRE 30th Anniversary of the Bell Centre\u202f The Bell Centre celebrates three decades…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-538308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538308","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=538308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}