Canadiens Lineup

Jonathan Drouin – Nick Suzuki – Tyler Toffoli

Tomas Tatar – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

Artturi Lehkonen – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Joel Armia

Paul Byron – Jake Evans – Corey Perry

Ben Chiarot – Shea Weber

Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry

Brett Kulak – Alexander Romanov

Jake Allen – Carey Price

Victor Mete

Joel Teasdale, Brandon Baddock, Michael Frolik, Michael McNiven

Josh Anderson

Game Report

If you’re an optimist, the Canadiens picked up a point tonight. However, there was not much optimism among Habs fans after this game. This loss hurt.

The Canadiens played as well as they have this month. Supercharged with emotion, Montreal had speed, they had good sticks and they were physical. They dominated possession with 78 shot attempts and played solid in the defensive zone.

Jake Allen was the beneficiary of the Habs best effort in the past ten games. Allen faced just two shots in the third period and was called upon to make just 17 saves in the first 60 minutes.

Nick Suzuki had a strong game scoring from an almost impossible angle while playing just over 21 minutes. But it was Phillip Danault that coach Dominique Ducharme tapped to start the overtime. Danault lost the faceoff and the Jets, deploying three forwards, picked up the game winner just 36 seconds into the extra frame.

The Canadiens had every reason to win this game, and they almost did. But skill and timely finish by the Jets, along with excellent goaltending from Connor Hellebuyck prevailed.

Montreal has lost five straight with only two wins in the last ten games. Jake Allen has lost his last three starts. And Ducharme is 0-2 to begin his tenure as interim head coach.

The fix is not going to be easy nor quick.

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