Canadiens Lineup

Jonathan Drouin – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Artturi Lehkonen – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Joel Armia 

Tomas Tatar – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

Paul Byron – Jake Evans – Corey Perry

Joel Edmundson – Shea Weber

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Alexander Romanov – Victor Mete 

 Carey Price – Jake Allen

Xavier Ouellet

Gustav Olofsson, Laurent Dauphin, Michael Frolik, Charlie Lindgren

Ben Chiarot (hand), Tyler Toffoli (lower body)

Game Report

This was a rollercoaster of a game. It started with a full period of domination by the Canadiens outshooting Vancouver 10-2 in the opening frame. But Montreal’s possession of the first period was offset by sloppy play and dreadful defensive coverage.

Lost defensive zone draws, dangerous turnovers, poor penalty-killing and an inability by the defence to clear the front of the net led to Canucks goals. On the other side of the coin, the Canadiens showed resiliency with Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gallagher scoring tying goals after the Canucks went ahead.

According to Dominique Ducharme, it was Shea Weber and Corey Perry supplying the “good words” to their teammates on the bench to keep everyone calm.

Carey Price shut the door in the overtime and shootout with Tatar scoring the game-deciding goal.

Artturi Lehkonen was a revelation playing with Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Joel Armia leaving fans wondering why he was ever sitting in favor of Paul Byron.

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