Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Jonathan Drouin – Sean Monahan – Mike Hoffman

 Juraj Slafkovsky – Jake Evans – Joel Armia 

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Jordan Harris

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Michael Pezzetta, Rem Pitlick, Johnathan Kovacevic

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Emil Heineman (finger), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain), Evgenii Dadonov (virus)

Game Report

The Canadiens have struggled to generate offence this season and, in particular, are still waiting to get secondary scoring. It may sound repetitive, but tonight goals came from Montreal’s top line. Nick Suzuki led the way with two goals, Kirby Dach had three assists and Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist.

The captain is now riding a four-game goal streak, a personal high. It was the first career three-point game for Dach.

Kaiden Guhle was the Canadiens best defenceman, logging 22:35 and recording two assists. Guhle’s pinpoint  pass through two sticks setup Juraj Slafkovsky for his third goal of the season.

It was a tough night for Joel Edmundson playing his first game in the Bell Centre this season. Edmundson had a team-high eight recorded giveaways, leading to a breakaway and goals against. A badly-timed pinch led to another goal against.

Josh Anderson was dismissed from the game with 9:52 left in the third period. For  delivering a dangerous hit on Alex Pietrangelo, Anderson received a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct. 

Joel Armia achieved a milestone playing the 400th game of his career.

The Canadiens lost to the NHL’s best team, but they scored four times and battled hard until the end.

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