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A Point in the Peg | RECAP: MTL @ WPG

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

FINAL/OT | Game 11, Away Game 6 | Thursday November 3, 2022
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, MB

CANADIENS

Montreal

2-3

JETS

Winnipeg

Josh Anderson, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Jonathan Drouin – Sean Monahan – Joel Armia

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Juraj Slafkovsky

Defence pairings

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Joel Edmundson

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

Mike Hoffman, Michael Pezzetta, Chris Wideman

Injuries

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Logan Mailloux (shoulder), Emil Heineman (finger), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain), Evgenii Dadonov (undisclosed)

Game Report

There was something so familiar about this game. Row after row of fans in red jerseys were seated throughout the building. Our old friends were in charge of the broadcast: Dan Robertson in the booth doing play-by-play and John Lu as the pre-game and intermission host.

But this game was in Winnipeg. And oddly, the power centre from the home team was from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and the 6-foot-5-inch defenceman playing for the visitors was from Brandon, Manitoba. In fact, Joel Edmundson made his season debut for the Canadiens after sitting out ten games with a back injury.

It was the first game for Johnathon Kovacevic to play against his former teammates after Montreal plucked him off waivers from the Jets. And it was a homecoming of sorts for Joel Armia who played in a Winnipeg jersey for three seasons before coming to Montreal.

This was a game of missed chances for the Jets in the first two periods allowing the Canadiens to keep pace and ensuring that the score was knotted at two after 40 minutes.

But in the third period, the Jets wore down the visitors outshooting them 11-to-4. That momentum carried into overtime where Kyle Connor sent Winnipeg fans home happy with a wrist shot that beat Sam Montembeault. The Canadiens had just one high-danger scoring chance in the third period and overtime.

The Canadiens defenceman from Brandon was matched with Arber Xhekaj to create a rugged pairing. Once situated on the felt side Xhekaj settled down and Edmundson, the two looked comfortable in their first game together.

The Canadiens top line was the only one who proved to be a consistent offensive threat.

Up Next

After picking up five of a possible eight points on the four-game road trip, the Canadiens return to Montreal for a Saturday night match against the Vegas Golden Knights at the Bell Centre.

Plus

▲  Kirby Dach, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield

Minus

▼  Jonathan Drouin, Rem Pitlick, Christian Dvorak, Josh Anderson, Brendan Gallagher

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Eddy Penciled to Return | PREVIEW: MTL @ WPG

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   JETS
22 Shots 36
47 Face-off % 53
0-for-2 Power Play 1-for-5
10 Penalty Minutes 4
23 Hits 35
32 Corsi For 48
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (5-5-1) 1 1 0 0 2
Jets (6-3-1) 1 1 0 1 3
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Suzuki (6), Dach (2)
  • WPG: Dubois (4)-PPG, Wheeler (3), Connor (2)
  • MTL: Montembeault (OTL) (2-1-1)
  • WPG: Hellebuyck (W) (5-2-1)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Pierre-Luc Dubois  WPG
  2. Nick Suzuki  MTL
  3. Kyle Connor  WPG

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What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Joel Edmundson

  • “It was nice to bang some bodies out there and get into it – that’s one of the things I missed the most about hockey.”

Arber Xhekaj on being paired with Joel Edmundson

  • “It’s great, he can protect me now. Usually I’m the one getting in there but he’s stepping in front of me – felt good, man it’s like I’ve got his back, he’s got mine and we’re both pretty big guys and it’s probably not fun to play in the corners against us.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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