Canadiens Lineup

Rafael Harvey-Pinard – Nick Suzuki – Joel Armia

Denis Gurianov – Jonathan Drouin – Brendan Gallagher

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Mike Hoffman

Michael Pezzetta – Chris Tierney – Jesse Ylonen

Mike Matheson – Justin Barron

Joel Edmundson – Chris Wideman

Corey Schueneman – Johnathan Kovacevic

Sam Montembeault, Cayden Primeau

Sean Farrell

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Sean Monahan (lower-body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower-body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Arber Xhekaj (upper-body), Christian Dvorak (lower-body), Kaiden Guhle (lower-body), Josh Anderson (lower-body), Kirby Dach (upper-body), David Savard (lower-body), Alex Belzile (lower-body), Jake Allen (lower-body), Jordan Harris (lower-body)

Game Report

The Canadiens goal drought is over! After being blanked for two consecutive games plus the first period of tonight’s game, Montreal exploded with a four-goal second period. And they have the penalty-killers to thank for the offense with two goals coming with the Canadiens were shorthanded.

Montreal also ended a four-game losing streak.

This was a classic let-down game for the Capitals, playing their first game after being officially eliminated from the NHL playoffs. And Washington was down to a lineup of 17 skaters, with Anthony Mantha a last minute injury scratch.

But it was the Caps who opened the scoring as Dylan Strome cleanly beat Sam Montembeault just over five minutes into the contest. The Canadiens dominated possession and the shot counter for the first period but went to the intermission trailing by a goal.

Joel Armia was star in this match almost doubling his goal total in a single game. Nick Suzuki also had a strong game. The captain’s second period goal awakened the Habs offense ending the goalless streak at over 140 minutes.

The Canadiens have just one home game left when the Boston Bruins visit the Bell Centre one week from tonight in the final match of the regular season.

Up Next

Plus

▲  Joel Armia, Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson, Jake Evans, Mike Hoffman, Johnathan Kovacevic, Brendan Gallagher, Corey Schueneman, Justin Barron

Minus

▼  Rem Pitlick, Chris Wideman, Joel Edmundson

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