On Thursday night, the Montreal Canadiens will host the Los Angeles Kings. It will be the 155th meeting between the two clubs, which met for the first time in 1967
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The Canadiens maintain a comfortable lead in the overall matchup with a 93-39-20-2 record.
Let’s dig through the history of the Montreal and Los Angeles rivalry and see how well you know the franchises.
What Canadiens player scored the famous power-play goal to send Game 2 of the 1993 Stanley Cup Final to overtime?
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Mathieu Schneider
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John LeClair
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Stéphan Lebeau
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Éric Desjardins
Who is Montreal’s all-time leading scorer against Los Angeles?
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Guy Lafleur
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Larry Robinson
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Guy Carbonneau
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Brendan Gallagher
Which Hall-of-Famer goalie was credited with the loss in the first meeting between the Canadiens and Kings in 1967?
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Jacques Plante
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Gump Worsley
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Rogie Vachon
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Tony Esposito
Which Canadiens defenseman from the 1993 team eventually played three seasons in Los Angeles?
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Mathieu Schneider
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J.J. Daigneault
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Donald Dufresne
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Patrice Brisebois
Who is the Canadiens goalie with the most wins against the Kings?
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Ken Dryden
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Rogie Vachon
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Patrick Roy
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Michel Larocque
Who was the last Canadiens player with a hat trick against the Kings?
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Éric Desjardins
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Max Pacioretty
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Vincent Damphousse
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Juraj Slafkovsky
Although there was no goal, which Montreal player had the only penalty shot opportunity against Los Angeles?
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Martin Ručinský
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Guy Lafleur
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Mats Näslund
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Jonathan Drouin
Which of these players didn’t play for both the Canadiens and Kings?
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Larry Robinson
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Mike Cammalleri
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Chris Chelios
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Bryan Smolinski
Which former Canadiens netminder never beat the Kings in five appearances?
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Andy Moog
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Jaroslav Halak
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Jose Theodore
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Jake Allen
Which Quebec-born player leads the Kings in career points against the Canadiens?
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Vincent Lecavalier
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Luc Robitaille
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Marcel Dionne
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Éric Bélanger
Check tomorrow morning’s game takeaways story for the answers to tonight’s trivia questions.
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