Roughed Up | RECAP: WSH @ MTL

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Alexander Romanov (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 76, Home Game 37 | Saturday April 16, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

4-8

 Washington Capitals logo

CAPITALS

Washington
Alexander Romanov (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Joel Armia

Mike Hoffman – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta – Ryan Poehling – Tyler Pitlick

Defence pairings

Alexander Romanov – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry

Corey Schueneman – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Sam Montembeault – Carey Price

Scratches

William Lagesson, Mathieu Perreault, Kale Clague, , Laurent Dauphin, , Paul Byron, Jordan Harris

Injuries

Jake Allen (lower-body), Justin Barron (lower-body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

COVID-19 protocol

Game Report

The Canadiens started well in this game taking advantage of a sloppy effort from the Capitals. Montreal outshot the Caps 15-7 but they couldn’t finish their chances. Washington took a one goal lead in the first period and never looked back.

There is no way to sugarcoat this one. Sam Montembeault had another very bad start giving up a number of soft goals. At this point, it is clear that he is overwhelmed by hockey played at the NHL level.

Montembeault wasn’t the only Habs player to struggle in this game. He had plenty of company. But let’s set that aside.

The good news story came from Ryan Poehling. Poehling drove to the net all game long and came away with two goals from shear hard work. And, but for a failed breakaway attempt, he could have had a hat trick.

With the rest of the Canadiens finding it difficult to score, Poehling has three goals in the past three games in limited ice time. He also led all Canadiens centres tonight with a success rate of 67 percent at the faceoff dot.

There were also stories of class and respect in tonight’s game.

In the pre-game warmup, Capitals forward Lars Eller dared to cross the centre line to tap Carey Price on the pads to show him some love. During the game, as he waited on the boards for his shift, Alexander Ovechkin reached out to fist pump Price who occupied the backup position at the end of the bench.

And while we are looking across to the Capitals side, there’s a stick tap for a four-point  night for Anthony Mantha, grandson of former Canadiens winger Andre Pronovost.

Up Next

The Canadiens will have a day off and then will prepare to host the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Plus

▲  Ryan Poehling, Jeff Petry, Tyler Pitlick, Jake Evans, Joel Armia

Minus

▼  Sam Montembeault, Josh Anderson, David Savard, Alexander Romanov, Corey Schueneman, Cole Caufield, Mike Hoffman, Brendan Gallagher, Michael Pezzetta 

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Saturday at the Bell Centre | PREVIEW: WSH @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   CAPITALS
32 Shots 41
56 Face-off % 44
0-for-2 Power Play 2-for-6
16 Penalty Minutes 6
21 Hits 34
42 Corsi For 54
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (20-45-11) 0 2 2 – – 4
Capitals (42-23-10) 1 3 4 – – 8
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Evans (11), Poehling (7), Poehling (8), Suzuki (20)
  • WSH: Dowd (10), Mantha (8), Mantha (9), Ovechkin (47), Hathaway (13), Orlov (12), Schultz (3)-PPG, Oshie (10)-PPG
  • MTL: Montembeault (L) (7-17-6)
  • WSH: Vanecek (W) (19-11-5)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. Anthony Mantha  WSH
  2. Dmitry Orlov  WSH
  3. Ryan Poehling  MTL

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “We had a good start to the third period and we got the lead to 4-3, but they went straight to 5-3. The fifth goal hurt us. It deflated us and it was difficult to come back. They have gained confidence. It was a very difficult third period for us.”

Josh Anderson

  • “It’s part of the sport. When a player attempts dangerous checks on my teammates, it’s part of my job to get involved.”

Ryan Poehling

  • “We will not be able to replicate these match situations during the summer. There are six games left before heading home for the summer. We have to take advantage of these encounters, because they represent good training. If we do things right now, it will be easier to do them next season as well.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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1 COMMENT

  1. salut-bien chers amis allhabs,
    CH25 is a keeper.jacques lemaire prototype!
    offense.defense.special teams.cerebral.total team player.
    need to play him more.10-12 minutes of ice-time insufficient.
    remember his very first call-up a fews years back?vs the leafs.season end.we were out of the play-offs.regardless,he nets/scores a four-spot!!!game-winner in o.t.!
    trevor timmins et associes got him here.(as with so many others) need to keep him.
    les condoleances sinceres pour le depart de notre cher michel “mike” bossy.une vraie “gentleman”ainsi qu’une “moises” de bonne jouer de hockey.une scoreur “bruts et pur”!!!parmis les meilleurs de tout-temps.point a la ligne.
    que le bon dieu benisse,
    que le bon dieu benisse,
    familleCH,

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