The Canadiens were riding high heading into their Kraft Hockeyville showdown with the Florida Panthers on the back of a strong showing on Monday night against the New Jersey Devils. Their lineup heading into the clash with their Atlantic rivals contained plenty of NHL players, and gave a focus to a number of players jockeying for a potential NHL job as well. The game saw the debut of Alex Belzile in an NHL conpetition, and the Rocket MVP was looking to make a good impression.
The goaltending duties were handled by Charlie Lindgren, who was trying to match the performance of Cayden Primeau from Monday night.