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Canadiens @ Jets: Price is Perfect | HABS GAME 2 RECAP

Rick Stephens

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

FINAL | Round 2, Game 2 | Friday June 4, 2021

Canadiens lead series 2-0
Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, MB

CANADIENS

Montreal

1-0

JETS

Winnipeg
Carey Price (Photo by Jason Halstead/Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Tyler Toffoli – Nick Suzuki – Cole Caufield

Artturi Lehkonen – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

Paul Byron – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Josh Anderson

Joel Armia – Eric Staal – Corey Perry

Defence pairings

Ben Chiarot – Shea Weber

Joel Edmundson – Jeff Petry

Brett Kulak – Erik Gustafsson

Goaltenders

Carey Price – Jake Allen

Scratches

Tomas Tatar, Michael Frolik, Alexander Romanov, Charlie Lindgren

Black Aces

Alex Belzile, Laurent Dauphin, Lukas Vejdemo, Jesse Ylonen, Cale Fleury, Otto Leskinen, Xavier Ouellet, Cayden Primeau, Michael McNiven

Injuries

Jonathan Drouin (undisclosed), Jon Merrill (undisclosed), Jake Evans (concussion)

Game Report

This series was billed as a battle of two of the best goalies in hockey and fans were treated to an excellent display of their work tonight. Not a single goal was scored in five-on-five play tonight by either team.

Carey Price stopped all 30 shots that he faced, including eight tough saves in the final three minutes of the game. Connor Hellebuyck had a lighter workload but was solid with only a short-handed goal by Tyler Toffoli getting by the Winnipeg goaltender. With the Jets pressing in the third, Hellebuyck stood tall on a couple of odd-man chances by Montreal.

The Jets came out with energy and jump controlling play for the first ten minutes of the game. The game then slowed as the Canadiens clogged the middle of the ice with the two teams playing a tight-checking affair. Opportunities were hard to come by at both ends of the ice.

With the Jets playing catch up most of the third period was played in the Montreal zone. Price came up big to keep Winnipeg off the scoresheet. It was clear that the Jets strategy was to get bodies in front of the net taking the eyes away from Price.

Winnipeg was committed to playing a physical game outhitting Montreal by a wide margin 49-20. Jets forwards were determined to soften up the Canadiens top-four defencemen who are logging huge minutes. While interim head coach Dominique Ducharme continues to pen Erik Gustafsson and Brett Kulak in the lineup, the coaching staff sees the bottom pairing as too much of a liability to play together on a regular shift.

The Canadiens head home with a 2-0 lead in the series riding a five game winning streak. Price has been named the first star in four straight games.

Up Next

Game two of the series will take place on Friday night in Winnipeg. We could see Tomas Tatar slot into the lineup for Evans. Coach Ducharme has run out of excuses for leaving Alexander Romanov in the press box. But it’s clear that Erik Gustafsson is not the answer.

Plus

▲  Carey Price, Shea Weber, Ben Chiarot, Joel Armia, Artturi Lehkonen, Tyler Toffoli  Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Minus

▼  Erik Gustafsson, Brett Kulak, Phillip Danault

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Canadiens @ Jets: Answering With A Win | HABS GAME 2 PREVIEW

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   JETS
24 Shots 30
45 Face-off % 55
0-for-1 Power Play 0-for-2
4 Penalty Minutes 2
20 Hits 49
38 Corsi For 49
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (6-3) 0 1 0 – – 1
Jets (4-2) 0 0 0 – – 0
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Toffoli (3)-SHG
  • WPG: no scoring
  • MTL: Price (W) 6-3
  • WPG: Hellebuyck (L) 4-2

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Carey Price  MTL
  2. Connor Hellebuyck  WPG
  3. Tyler Toffoli  MTL

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Dominique Ducharme

  • “We’re consistent. Back when the playoffs started against the Maple Leafs, we found ways to get ourselves in trouble. We’ve improved. The confidence is growing. Everybody is on the same page. I like our execution and the way we’re playing defensively. With confidence comes patience. We’re confident that by playing our style of game, the results will come. Our decisions with the puck are good and we’re being rewarded.”

Phillip Danault

  • “[Carey Price] is solid. He’s really in the zone and he wants to win. He gives a chance to win every game. He gives us wings.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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