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Canes Dominate Habs | RECAP: CAR @ MTL

Rick Stephens

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

FINAL | Game 77, Home Game 38 | Saturday April 1, 2023
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

0-3

HURRICANES

Carolina
Sam Montembeault, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Vitor Munhoz/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Jonathan Drouin – Nick Suzuki – Jesse Ylonen

Sean Farrell – Alex Belzile – Mike Hoffman

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Brendan Gallagher

Denis Gurianov – Rem Pitlick – Joel Armia

Defence pairings

Mike Matheson – Johnathan Kovacevic

Joel Edmundson – Justin Barron

Jordan Harris – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Sam Montembeault, Jake Allen

Scratches

Chris Tierney

Injuries

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Sean Monahan (lower-body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower-body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Arber Xhekaj (upper-body), Christian Dvorak (lower-body), Kaiden Guhle (lower-body), Josh Anderson (lower-body), Kirby Dach (upper-body), David Savard (undisclosed), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (undisclosed)

Game Report

This game was a mismatch from the drop of the puck. The Hurricanes dominated this game in every respect. But at the same time, Carolina kept one eye focused on the second season where they should be considered a Cup contender.

So rather than turn up their effort level to the maximum and risk any injury, they simply did enough to completely control the pace of this game. They restricted Montreal to their own zone for most of the game.

The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 50-14; shot attempts were 72-23. However, high-danger scoring chances were just 7-5 for Carolina.

So while it was a busy night for Sam Montembeault, he wasn’t overly tested by Canes shooters. At the other end of the ice, Antti Raanta made 14 saves for his fourth shutout of the season.

The Canadiens were on their back foot for the 60 minutes. They spent the entire night chasing the puck. It was a playoff tune-up for Carolina but fatiguing for the home team.

In the category of unusual statistics, the Canadiens have not defeated the Hurricanes in regulation (8-0-1) since the Sebastian Aho offer sheet by Marc Bergevin. 

Tonight the Habs were taught a lesson reminding them just how far they are from the elite NHL teams. Montreal suffered their third loss in a row.

Up Next

The Canadiens continue their home stand hosting the Detroit Red Wings at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night.

After the game, the Canadiens announced that David Savard is done for the season with a knee injury.

Plus

▲  Nick Suzuki

Minus

▼  Joel Edmundson, Denis Gurianov, Rem Pitlick, Alex Belzile, Mike Hoffman, Chris Wideman

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Armia Returns | PREVIEW: CAR @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   HURRICANES
14 Shots 50
39 Face-off % 61
0-for-3 Power Play 1-for-2
4 Penalty Minutes 6
16 Hits 9
23 Corsi For 72
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (30-41-6) 0 0 0 – – 0
Hurricanes (48-18-9) 1 2 0 – – 3
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: no scoring
  • CAR: Skjei (17), Statsny (9), Aho (34)-PPG
  • MTL: Montembeault (L) (15-16-3)
  • CAR: Raanta (W) (17-2-3)

Stars of the Game​

NHL Three Stars
  1. Brent Burns  CAR
  2. Paul Stastny  CAR
  3. Seth Jarvis  CAR

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What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “We were frustrated. There was frustration, but we didn’t have enough gas in the tank to do anything about it.”
  • “It’s a team that was ready, that will be in the playoffs, and we weren’t ready.”

Nick Suzuki

  • “They dominated us in all facets of the game, and it’s not a good recipe for success.”
  • “We had no answers, no executions. It was one of our worst games in a while.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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