Canadiens Lineup
Forward strains
Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky – Sean Monahan – Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Rem Pitlick
Defence pairings
Mike Matheson – Johnathan Kovacevic
Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj – Jordan Harris
Goaltenders
Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault
Scratches
Chris Wideman
Accidents
Carey Worth (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Mike Hoffman (upper-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), David Savard (upper-body)
Recreation Report
With the Canadiens having enjoyable with a 4-0 lead after the first interval, the commentator on the printed confidently declared that the Canadiens didn’t need additional targets on this night; that they should merely make the safe play for the last word 40 minutes. Always unhealthy suggestion to take a seat down once more.
It was a wild one late into the night on the West coast. Many Habs followers who went to mattress sooner than the game was final will undoubtedly rise up to a shock.
This was a recreation stuffed with errors and turnovers from every teams along with a healthful dose of expertise and experience. The goaltending was not pretty at each end from all three netminders who appeared on this recreation.
And possibly most importantly, Montreal misplaced the suppliers of Sean Monahan. Inside the second interval, the Canadiens launched that Monahan wouldn’t be returning to the game.
It was one different sleepy start for the Canadiens with the Canucks outshooting the visitors 9-1 from the drop of the puck. Inside the latter half of the first interval, the Canadiens scored 4 cases in beneath eight-and-a-half minutes.
With the Habs on cruise administration, Vancouver took over the game throughout the latter part of the second interval. The Canucks scored twice sooner than the highest of the physique to claw once more into this recreation.
It was a barmy third interval with the two teams scoring an entire of six cases to be deadlocked after 60 minutes. Elias Pettersson scored 13 seconds into additional time as Mike Matheson misplaced an edge and went down.
Up Subsequent
For the last word recreation of their Western avenue journey, the Canadiens go to Seattle to play the Kraken on Tuesday night.
Our Recreation Day recreation preview will doubtless be revealed on Tuesday afternoon!
Plus
▲ Nick Suzuki, Jordan Harris, Cole Caufield, Kaiden Guhle, Jake Evans, Kirby Dach, Sean Monahan, Josh Anderson
Minus
▼ Sam Montembeault, Joel Edmundson, Mike Matheson, Johnathan Kovacevic, Juraj Slafkovsky, Rem Pitlick, Arber Xhekaj
Recreation Preview
Attempt the game preview proper right here: Late Night Clash | PREVIEW: MTL @ VAN
