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All healed up: Mike Cammalleri to return for Montreal tonight

Mike Cammalleri

After suffering a scary skate blade to the leg last week, Montreal’s Mike Cammalleri is looking set to return to action tonight against Pittsburgh after missing his last three games.

With the Habs struggling early in the year, getting Cammalleri back to action to help their offense find their way is a huge relief. Cammalleri’s return also means bad things for Pittsburgh as he’s been a nightmare for the Penguins to deal with the last two years.

Last season in three games against Pittsburgh, Cammalleri had three goals and an assist as the Habs won all three of those games. Two years ago, Cammalleri was the main offensive weapon against Pittsburgh in the playoffs scoring seven goals and adding an assist in the seven game series that saw the Canadiens upset the Pens.

Cammalleri’s sudden return is a bit of a surprise as he was initially reported to be out for a few weeks thanks to the laceration on his leg courtesy of an errant Yannick Weber skate blade. Perhaps the exchange rate helps make it so that a few weeks means less than a week and a half.

The Penguins had better be ready to shadow #13 tonight, he’s the guy that helps the Habs go.