CANADIENS
Montreal

6-1

MAPLE LEAFS
Toronto

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings 

[one_half]Andrighetto – Galchenyuk – Gallagher
Lehkonen – Plekanec – Radulov
Carr – Desharnais – Shaw
Danault – Mitchell – McCarron[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Beaulieu – Weber
Markov – Petry
Emelin – Sergachev
[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders

Price
Condon

Scratches

Paul Byron, Brian Flynn, Max Pacioretty, Al Montoya

Game Report

The Montreal Canadiens closed out the pre-season with a dominating performance fueled by a close-to-opening-day lineup. The Habs finished the exhibition schedule with just one regulation loss in seven games played.

Shea Weber and Carey Price took part in their first per-season action and each had an immediate impact. Weber scored his first goal in a Canadiens jersey in over 25 minutes of ice-time. Price did not allow a goal at even strength enroute to making 28 saves.

Newcomers Andrew Shaw and Alexander Radulov had two points each. Rookies Michael McCarron and Artturi Lehkonen each had a goal while Daniel Carr had two assists.

It was a strong game by the entire team and should make the decisions more difficult about the final cuts. However, an illness to Paul Byron and injuries to Jeff Petry and Brian Flynn may make the task a little easier, at least for the short term.

All eyes will be on Mikhail Sergachev to see whether the Canadiens will return their first round pick to the OHL. Sergachev has had a mixed performance throughout training camp, but tonight Michel Therrien called it his best game.

The Canadiens will have two days off on Friday and Saturday returning to Brossard for practice on Sunday. Marc Bergevin has a press conference scheduled for next Tuesday which could be the day that the final roster is presented.

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▲     Andrew Shaw, Daniel Carr, Michael McCarron, Artturi Lehkonen, Alexander Radulov, Alexei Emelin, Shea Weber, Andrei Markov, Carey Price

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1. Andrew Shaw  MTL
2. Shea Weber  MTL
3. Michael McCarron MTL

• “[Mike McCarron] played well. He was engaged in tonight’s game. He scored a nice goal.”
• “I thought that [Mikhail Sergachev] was solid. I thought it was his best game.”
• “[Shea Weber] made the percentage play at the right time. That’s leadership, as far as we’re concerned.”

Carey Price

• On cuffing Zach Hyman: “That was real serious (laughs). That’s just to let him know that I’m there.”

Artturi Lehkonen

• “[Shea Weber] is a man amongst kids. He brings confidence to the whole team. He’s an awesome player.”

Nathan Beaulieu

• On Carey Price helping his defencemen: “I went back for the puck three times on one shift and didn’t touch the puck once.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

Emelin with a stiff check on Hyman. The #Habs defenceman took note of Hyman in the crease last shift. #gohabsgo

— All Habs (Canadiens) (@AllHabs) October 7, 2016

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