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Canucks @ Canadiens: OT Woes Continue | HABS RECAP

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Canucks @ Canadiens: OT Woes Continue | HABS RECAP
(Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

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

FINAL/OT | Game 30, Home Game 12 | Friday March 19, 2021
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

2-3

CANUCKS

Vancouver
(Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Jonathan Drouin – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Josh Anderson

Tyler Toffoli – Nick Suzuki – Joel Armia 

Tomas Tatar – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

Paul Byron – Jake Evans – Corey Perry

Defence pairings

Joel Edmundson – Shea Weber

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Alexander Romanov – Xavier Ouellet

Goaltenders

 Jake Allen – Carey Price

Scratches

Artturi Lehkonen, Victor Mete

Taxi Squad

Gustav Olofsson, Laurent Dauphin, Michael Frolik, Charlie Lindgren

Injuries

Ben Chiarot (hand)

Game Report

There were rather interesting storylines surrounding this game. 

The Canadiens came back for the second straight game. Vancouver won only their second game of the season (along with 14 losses) when not scoring first. Jake Allen was in net for his 300th NHL game while equipment manager Pierre Gervais was behind the bench for his 3000th game!

But there was only one thing that mattered when it was all said and done. The Montreal Canadiens remain the only team in the NHL who have not won an overtime game, and their record worsened to 0-9 when the clock goes beyond regulation.

Dominique Ducharme continues to check his notes and play the same cards. It’s entirely logical to him. But it has failed every time.

It could be called stubborn a few games ago. Now the interim coach is simply being defiant. Ducharme won’t change tactics now and admit defeat. 

Ducharme once again deployed Phillip Danault, Paul Byron and Jeff Petry to start overtime. By the coaches logic, the reason Danault is on the ice was to gain possession. Danault promptly lost the draw (just as he did against Winnipeg.)

Intransigent, perhaps? Maybe. But more so than that, Ducharme is making rookie mistakes. He doesn’t have the confidence to discard a losing strategy and adapt as a more seasoned successful coach would do.

Up Next

Is this an overtime curse for Montreal? No, it’s a choice.

At 5-5-2, the Canadiens hold the worst home-ice record in the North division. It will be the second last reverse retro jersey night at the Bell Centre on Saturday. The Canucks will be the opponents once again in this back-to-back.

Plus

▲ Jake Evans, Corey Perry

Minus

▼ Joel Edmundson, Xavier Ouellet, Shea Weber, Tyler Toffoli

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Canucks @ Canadiens: Allen to Start

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   CANUCKS
31 Shots 28
66 Face-off % 34
2-for-4 Power Play 0-for-2
4 Penalty Minutes 8
27 Hits 11
49 Corsi For 42
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (13-8-9) 1 0 1 0 – 2
Canucks (16-16-2) 0 2 0 1 – 3
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Perry (6)-PPG, Suzuki (6)-PPG
  • VAN: Gaudette (4), Hoglander (6), Miller (9)
  • MTL: Allen (OTL) 4-3-4
  • VAN: Demko (W) 12-10-1

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. J.T. Miller  VAN
  2. Jake Allen  MTL
  3. Thatcher Demko  VAN

Watch

Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Dominique Ducharme

  • “You got to look at everyone’s strengths and I think our offensive guys are smart, good hands and so on — they don’t beat guys with pure speed, they build things together. So, do I want (Tyler) Toffoli, (Jonathan) Drouin and let’s say, whatever, (Josh) Anderson starting and not having the puck and having to defend and waste their energy there before they finally get the puck and they need to change? So, I thought everything was fine and we get the breakaway and then from there it’s overtime and we got beat on the next play. So I don’t think it comes from the way we started.”

Nick Suzuki

  • “It’s obviously not going to help us, but if we get in these situations again, coming down the stretch, something’s got to change. I don’t know if we’re in our heads about it. Andy had that breakaway, which was really close, and then they came down and the guy went around me. Everyone has to do better in overtime to get those wins.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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1 COMMENT

  1. salut rick
    merci pour l’apres-match
    je pense que t’a bien analiser et decrit les donnees
    coach il fait teteux un p’tit peu avec ses obstinances,
    jouez-les francs tireurs svp,point-a-la-ligne
    le 3 sur 3 c’est la course-pure!il n’y a pas du strategie!!!sauf,allez les gars allez.
    mais,malgres tout ca,
    on prendra le point et soit satisfait qu’on avait egaliser tard dans le match.
    impressions;
    josh anderson est tout un jouer.
    romanov va devenir un vraie atout,piere angulaire
    svp coach,jouez CH71 plus.”he’s got game”
    sur le but egalisateur de suzuki;avez-vous remarque que le goaler a fait le papillon trop vite,et laisser le top-net pour le but?martin brodeur aurait eu une autre mot a dire avec cela,,,
    demain on rivalisera de nouveau avec les cannucks
    on espere pour les 2 points,mais seulement 1 point d’ecart entre nous
    portez-vous bien
    les pensees et prieres soit avec guy

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