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Dach Delivers | RECAP: VAN @ MTL

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

FINAL | Game 14, Home Game 7 | Wednesday November 9, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

5-2

CANUCKS

Vancouver

Kirby Dach, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Jonathan Drouin – Sean Monahan – Evgenii Dadonov

Mike Hoffman – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Joel Armia 

Defence pairings

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Arber Xhekaj

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Goaltenders

Sam Montembeault – Jake Allen

Scratches

Chris Wideman, Josh Anderson (suspension), Juraj Slafkovsky (suspension)

Injuries

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Emil Heineman (finger), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain)

Game Report

Taking a penalty and giving up a goal while shorthanded all within the first minute of the game was not an ideal start for the Canucks, and it went downhill from there. Vancouver is a team in disarray right now.

For the Canadiens, it was important to take advantage. Montreal feasted on Canucks mistakes in the first period taking a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes.

The Habs top line scored three of the five goals tonight with Nick Suzuki notching a goal in his sixth straight game. Kirby Dach will get back to developing as a second line centre someday but for now he is enjoying patrolling the wing. Dach had two goals tonight, giving him nine points in his last six games.

Rookie Arber Xhekaj chipped in with his second of the season. Xhekaj logged 19:19 minutes of ice-time, a high in his short career. Then there was Mike Hoffman who scored his third goal in the past two games.

And let’s not forget Johnathan Kovacevic who picked up the first point of his NHL career.

The Canucks didn’t mount much of an attack until the third period but the Canadiens defence was there when Sam Montembeault was having difficulty managing his rebounds.

Missing from this game were two Canadiens serving suspensions, Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky. It was announced earlier in the day that Slafkovsky was suspended two games for boarding Red Wings forward Matt Luff during Tuesday night’s game. Luff will have surgery on Thursday and is expected to be out 10-12 weeks.

Up Next

The Canadiens now have a couple of days to get ready for the Pittsburgh Penguins who visit the Bell Centre on Saturday night.

Plus

▲  Kirby Dach, Nick Suzuki, Mike Hoffman, Brendan Gallagher, Jordan Harris, Arber Xhekaj, Johnathan Kovacevic, Kaiden Guhle

Minus

▼  Jonathan Drouin, Joel Edmundson

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Military Appreciation Night | PREVIEW: VAN @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   CANUCKS
29 Shots 33
47 Face-off % 53
1-for-4 Power Play 0-for-2
6 Penalty Minutes 10
9 Hits 16
37 Corsi For 49
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (7-6-1) 3 1 1 5
Canucks (4-7-3) 0 0 2 2
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Suzuki (9)-PPG, Xhekaj (2), Dach (3), Hoffman (4), Dach (4)
  • VAN: Schenn (1), Hoglander (1)
  • MTL: Montembeault (W) (3-1-1)
  • VAN: Demko (L) (1-7-2)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Kirby Dach  MTL
  2. Brendan Gallagher  MTL
  3. Mike Hoffman  MTL

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “I really liked our first period. I think it’s one of our best from start to finish. It’s not easy to play a third when you lead by four goals.”

Kirby Dach on his linemates

  • “Obviously it’s been fun playing with those two guys.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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