Canadiens place forward Lem Pittrick on waiver

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Canadiens announced Monday morning that they will waive Lem Pittrick at 2 p.m.

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The Canadiens claimed a Pitrick waiver from the Minnesota Wild on Jan. 12 and went 9-17-26 in 46 games against Montreal last season. The 25-year-old has been scoreless in his seven games this season and has kept a clean sheet in five, including Saturday, when he lost 6-4 to his Knights in the Vegas Golden at his center. doing.

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Pittrick was not on the ice as the Canadiens practiced at Brossard Monday morning before flying to Detroit to face the Red Wings on Tuesday. (7pm, TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM)Christian Dvorak also missed practice and took a day of therapy.

The Canadiens won’t add forward Josh Anderson to the lineup against the Red Wings after being suspended for two games by the NHL on Sunday, or when the Canadiens face the Vancouver Canucks at Bell Center on Wednesday. . The suspension was for Golden Knights’ Alex during his third period of Saturday’s game because he boarded Pietrangelo. Anderson was given a large penalty for his boarding and cheating of the game for a hit from behind.

Defenseman Mike Matheson, who has been sidelined since the beginning of the season with an abdominal strain, was skating before practice and looked set to return to the lineup.

I will update this story after practice.

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