{"id":556098,"date":"2026-04-19T15:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556098\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:42:30","slug":"six-canadiens-appear-set-to-sit-out-game-1-vs-lightning-including-brendan-gallagher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556098\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Canadiens appear set to sit out Game 1 vs. Lightning, including Brendan Gallagher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/660106.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) is congratulated by goaltender Jacob Fowler (32), defenseman Noah Dobson (53) and center Alex Newhook (15) after their victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center.\" title=\"Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes (75) is congratulated by goaltender Jacob Fowler (32), defenseman Noah Dobson (53) and center Alex Newhook (15) after their victory against the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: James Guillory-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s game day for the Montreal Canadiens, and we now know the six players who will be watching from the stands tonight in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports live from Tampa Bay that Brendan Gallagher, Joe Veleno, Adam Engstrom, David Reinbacher, Jacob Fowler, and Samuel Montembeault are currently on the ice.<\/p>\n<p>These are the Montreal Canadiens\u2019 extras for Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>There is one notable surprise on that list: Brendan Gallagher, who will be watching from the stands\u2014a tough break for the veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Fowler and Samuel Montembeault are also both out of the lineup, which means Jakub Dobes will be the starter tonight (with Fowler serving as backup, apparently).<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens leave six players out for Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Up front, Gallagher and Veleno are indeed confirmed as extras.<\/p>\n<p>On defense, Engstrom and Reinbacher will watch the game from the stands, so Martin St-Louis will rely on Alexandre Carrier, Arber Xhekaj, and Jayden Struble to begin this first-round series.<\/p>\n<p>Could one of these six players be brought back into the lineup if the series doesn\u2019t go in the Montreal Canadiens\u2019 favor?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely possible!<\/p>\n<p>It was journalist Renaud Lavoie who reported the scene live from Tampa this morning.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your opinion on these decisions by Martin St-Louis?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of lineup changes, let\u2019s also remember this regarding the Tampa Bay Lightning, following the most recent comments from head coach Jon Cooper:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m anticipating he&#8217;ll be ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jon Cooper on Dominic James<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>11 MINUTES AGO|11 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Six Canadiens appear set to sit out Game 1 vs. Lightning, including Brendan Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Are the Montreal Canadiens making a mistake by leaving Brendan Gallagher out?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: James Guillory-Imagn Images It\u2019s game day for the Montreal Canadiens, and we now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,635,5,3567,4528,412,264,21,5147,4,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-556098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-canadiens-lineup","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-jacob-fowler","12":"tag-joe-veleno","13":"tag-martin-st-louis","14":"tag-montreal","15":"tag-montreal-canadiens","16":"tag-montrealcanadiens","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116432139543158843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}