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Empty Road Trip | RECAP: MTL @ WSH

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Empty Road Trip | RECAP: MTL @ WSH
Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Canadiens.com)

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

FINAL | Game 3, Away Game 2 | Saturday October 15, 2022
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC

CANADIENS

Montreal

1-3

 Washington Capitals logo

CAPITALS

Washington
Kaiden Guhle, Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Canadiens.com)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Sean Monahan – Kirby Dach – Evgenii Dadonov

Juraj Slafkovsky – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Jonathan Drouin  – Jake Evans – Mike Hoffman

Defence pairings

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Goaltenders

Sam Montembeault – Jake Allen

Scratches

Rem Pitlick, Michael Pezzetta, Corey Schueneman

Injuries

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Joel Edmundson (back), Logan Mailloux (shoulder), Emil Heineman (finger), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain), Joel Armia (upper-body)

Game Report

The Canadiens inability to generate offense; we talked about it on the Canadiens Connection podcast. The book is out on how to derail a Marty St. Louis coached team.

After a rather evenly-played first period, the Canadiens ability to create opportunities in the offensive zone simply dried up. Montreal had just ONE high-danger scoring chance in the final 40 minutes of the game. Something missing from the head coach’s toolkit is the ability to make in-game adjustments.

But what of the positives to take from this game?

Nick Suzuki scored his first goal of the season and his first as captain of the Canadiens. Assisting on the goal was Arber Xhekaj, his first point in the NHL.

When Anthony Mantha knocked Kaiden Guhle’s helmet off with a sneaky elbow, the 20-year-old defenceman took on the bigger Capitals forward earning himself his first fighting major. Guhle showed no ill effects from an apparent injury in the first period of Friday’s game, playing 20:29 against Washington.

On faceoffs, Jake Evans (73%), Sean Monahan (69%) and Kirby Dach (63%) were each over 60 percent at the dot.

Time to Close the Book

Lastly, let’s consider the sad state of Jonathan Drouin. After a truly underwhelming training camp and two games as a healthy scratch, Drouin didn’t blacken the scoresheet in any way in 15:16 of ice-time, including 2:12 on the power-play. No shots on goal, no hits, no blocked shots. Nothing. 

Drouin looks disinterested in being part of this team. He hasn’t given Marty St Louis any reason to keep him in the lineup. And Drouin is not doing Kent Hughes any favors in crafting a trade for him out of Montreal.

Up Next

The Canadiens return home to enjoy a day off on Sunday. They take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.

Plus

▲  Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach, Jordan Harris, Johnathan Kovacevic, Arber Xhekaj, Chris Wideman

Minus

▼  Jonathan Drouin, Mike Hoffman, Christian Dvorak, Cole Caufield, Sam Montembeault

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Saturday in DC | PREVIEW: MTL @ WSH

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   CAPITALS
22 Shots 29
60 Face-off % 40
0-for-3 Power Play 1-for-2
9 Penalty Minutes 11
21 Hits 26
42 Corsi For 46
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (1-2-0) 0 1 0 – – 1
Capitals (1-2-0) 0 3 0 – – 3
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Suzuki (1)
  • WSH: Sheary (2), Mantha (2), Oshie (1)-PPG
  • MTL: Montembeault (L) (0-1-0)
  • WSH: Kuemper (W) (11-0)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. Darcy Kuemper  WSH
  2. T.J. Oshie  WSH
  3. Nick Suzuki  MTL

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What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Martin St. Louis

  • “It was seven or eight minutes in the second period that hurt us.”
  • “It’s hard to comment on everyone’s game, so many things are happening.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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1 COMMENT

  1. salut-bien chers amis,
    a very pedestrian washington team
    very beatable.not to be.we were more pedestrian.
    reflections?
    need to play CH71 more.4th line minutes erodes his game.
    dadinov has high end skill.pair him with slofkovsky?
    gallagher is our irrepressable leader.heart and soul.cannott see CH without him!
    guhle is just outstanding.poise,skill and stabilite.reminds me of someone we just recently sent away?
    david savard is a wise olle veteran(love the guy).but he skates like one too.3 speeds.slow.slower.and reverse.
    big CH72.love the kid.the kid can play.give him time.
    chris wideman is a saviour for us.handles the puck well.leads the rush.on the p.p.deputises the kids.
    dach is not out of place.will continue to impress.(but alex romanov for him?never and a day!!!)
    CH55 needs to play!!!his leadership skills and effort are contagious.he allows his teamates to play big!!!
    next stop,sid the kid and pittsburgh.
    ryan poehling,jeff petry and companie will be another good test for us.jake allen will keep us in the match.
    cheers,

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