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RECAP | Canadiens – Senators: Price, Domi Lead Habs to Win

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Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators Game Recap: Habs Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game Interviews, NHL Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 64, Away Game 31 | Saturday February 22, 2020
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON

CANADIENS

Montreal

3-0

SENATORS

Ottawa

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Tomas Tatar – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

Jonathan Drouin – Nick Suzuki – Joel Armia

Paul Byron – Max Domi – Ilya Kovalchuk

Artturi Lehkonen – Nate Thompson – Nick Cousins

Defence pairings

Ben Chiarot – Shea Weber

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Karl Alzner – Christian Folin

Goaltenders

Carey Price – Charlie Lindgren

Scratches

Dale Weise, Jordan Weal

Injuries

Victor Mete, Xavier Ouellet

Game Report

The Canadiens are suddenly a loose team. Without the pressure of making the playoffs, they are playing much better. Oh, and it helped that the Senators are a work in progress. 

Being loose means that Brendan Gallagher and Tomas Tatar do a little rock, paper, scissors on the bench with the winner earning the right to take the next shift. When’s the last time you saw that in an NHL game?

What about Carey Price stepping in when Ben Chiarot and Brady Tkachuk were engaged in a scuffle? The Canadiens goaltender received a two-minute minor for roughing. Yes, roughing.

Price was dominant in this game, making 30 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 48th in his career.

And when is the last time you saw Karl Alzner in a Canadiens jersey? Period.

Alzner last played for the Habs on January 10, 2019 in St. Louis. It was a solid performance by Alzner who had two shots on goal, one hit, one blocked shot and was a plus-one in just over 16 minutes of icetime.

Players didn’t even have to be in the lineup to be in fine form tonight. When a Twitter user took aim at Keith Kinkaid, reminding him that emergency backup goaltender David Ayres has the same number of wins this season as does the former Canadiens backup. Kinkaid succinctly responded, “Nice man, how many do you have?”

Entering the last week of February, the Canadiens will have three home games hosting the Canucks, Rangers and Hurricanes. But before that all eyes will turn to Marc Bergevin and what he will be able to accomplish prior to the NHL Trade Deadline on Monday afternoon.

Plus / Minus

▲  Carey Price, Max Domi, Paul Byron, Jeff Petry, Brett Kulak 

▼  Jonathan Drouin

The Numbers

 Game Statistics 
CANADIENS   SENATORS
37 Shots 30
49 Face-off % 51
0-for-2 Power Play 0-for-2
25 Penalty Minutes 25
23 Hits 41
57 Corsi For 43
 Scoring Summary
 FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
 Canadiens (29-27-8) 2 1 0 – – 3
 Senators (21-30-11) 0 0 0 – – 0
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Domi (14), Domi (15), Byron (2) 
  • OTT: no scoring
  • MTL: Price (W) 26-22-5
  • OTT: Anderson (L) 9-13-2

Stars of the Game

 NHL Official Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. Max Domi  MTL
  2. Paul Byron  MTL
  3. Carey Price  MTL

Watch

 Video Highlights 

What Did They Say?

 Post-game Quotes
Claude Julien  
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 Paul Byron

  • “It’s always nice to score (in my hometown). I have lots of friends here. My dad is watching the game at home, my mom and my brothers are here and my wife and kids are watching back home. I like playing in Ottawa. It doesn’t matter where we are in the standings, there’s always that rivalry between us. Winning makes it little better.”
  • “[Carey Price] was very good. He’s always there to make the big save. He gives us a lot of confidence.”

Karl Alzner

  • “I was a bit nervous when I got here, but I went out to the rink and checked it out and, as soon as I stepped on the ice for the warmup, it went away. You always want to create as much as possible, but right now I don’t think that’s my role.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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