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Goal Burst | RECAP: MTL @ STL

Rick Stephens

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

FINAL | Game 9, Away Game 4 | Saturday October 29, 2022
Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO

CANADIENS

Montreal

7-4

BLUES

St. Louis
Cole Caufield, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Mike Hoffman – Sean Monahan – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Juraj Slafkovsky

Defence pairings

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

  Jonathan Drouin, Rem Pitlick, Evgenii Dadonov

Injuries

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

Game Report

We have been preaching it since the start of the season. With wins expected to be at a premium for the Canadiens this season, the power-play can be the great equalizer.

Coming into this game, Montreal had the 31st ranked power-play in the NHL with just one power-play goal in 24 opportunities this season. With two goals via the man advantage tonight, they have tripled their total. 

Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky scored on the power-play as part of a three goal second period for the Canadiens. After trailing 3-1 midway through this game, Montreal scored five unanswered goals on Jordan Binnington to take the lead for good. 

Christian Dvorak did all of the scoring for the visitors in the third period picking up his first three goals of the season for his only NHL hat trick.

Up Next

The Canadiens will have a day off in St. Louis on Sunday and then continue their road trip with a game in St. Paul on Tuesday night.

Plus

▲  Christian Dvorak, Cole Caufield, Jordan Harris, Kirby Dach, Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson, Johnathan Kovacevic

Minus

▼  Arber Xhekaj, Jake Evans, Michael Pezzetta

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Lineup Shuffle | PREVIEW: MTL @ STL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   BLUES
23 Shots 29
50 Face-off % 50
2-for-3 Power Play 1-for-2
6 Penalty Minutes 8
15 Hits 28
33 Corsi For 45
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (5-4-0) 1 3 3 – – 7
Blues (3-4-0) 1 2 1 – – 4
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Suzuki (4), Caufield (6), Slafkovsky (2)-PPG, Caufield (7)-PPG, Dvorak (1), Dvorak (2), Dvorak (3)-EN
  • STL: Kyrou (2), Acciari (1), Kyrou (3)-PPG, Tarasenko (3)
  • MTL: Allen (W) (3-3-0)
  • STL: Binnington (L) (3-2-0)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Christian Dvorak  MTL
  2. Cole Caufield  MTL
  3. Jordan Kyrou  STL

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “It’s a fun environment right now, and we have to earn that fun. The fun is something you earn every day, and I think we’re doing that. Whether we win or lose the game, I think we’re earning our fun.”
  • “I thought it was Slaf’s best game – not because he scored, not because he played on the power-play, but I feel like every shift he got, I feel like he got on base and he had his homerun ball on that power-play, he took advantage of it and scored.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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