Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Mike Hoffman – Rem Pitlick – Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Paul Byron

Artturi Lehkonen – Ryan Poehling – Joel Armia

Alexander Romanov – Ben Chiarot

Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry

Brett Kulak – Chris Wideman

Sam Montembeault – Cayden Primeau

Mathieu Perreault, Laurent Dauphin

Kale Clague (upper-body), Andrew Hammond (lower-body), Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed), Christian Dvorak (upper-body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Jake Allen (lower-body), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

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Game Report

When the two teams at the bottom of the standings meet, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the result isn’t a work of art. Some sloppy play, questionable goaltending and lucky bounces ensured that, while not a masterpiece, it was an entertaining night of hockey at the Bell Centre.

After their western road trip, the Canadiens returned to a full house at home. For the Kraken, it was their historic first ever visit to Montreal. The fans got their money’s worth treated to 60-minutes of hockey, a five-minute overtime period and a seven-round shootout.

The game also marked the season debut for Joel Edmundson. The defenceman had a few rough moments but mostly fit in seamlessly once again with Jeff Petry. Edmundson had two shots on goal, six hits and was a plus-1 in over 16 minutes of icetime.  

Petry will likely be paired with Brett Kulak again on Sunday night as Edmundson will not play on back-to-back nights for now. Edmundson will instead meet with the Habs medical team for treatment at Brossard on Sunday while his teammates are south of the border.

This was a low event hockey team with the Canadiens generating just six high danger scoring chances throughout the contest. Seattle managed just five.

The Canadiens struggled mightily on special teams. They were unsuccessful in six power-play opportunities and gave up a shorthanded goal to Seattle (almost two on the same power-play.)

It was another outstanding performance for Artturi Lehkonen who was making his presence known all over the ice. It’s unfortunate that Marty St. Louis didn’t give him an opportunity in the shootout ahead of, oh, let’s say, Michael Pezzetta.

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