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Holding On For a ‘W’ | RECAP: MTL @ SEA

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

FINAL | Game 26, Away Game 14 | Tuesday December 6, 2022
CP Arena, Seattle, WA

CANADIENS

Montreal

4-2

KRAKEN

Seattle

Jake Allen, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Juraj Slafkovsky – Jake Evans – Josh Anderson

Evgenii Dadonov – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Rem Pitlick – Chris Wideman

Defence pairings

Mike Matheson – Johnathan Kovacevic

Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle

Arber Xhekaj – Jordan Harris

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

none

Injuries

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Mike Hoffman (upper-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), David Savard (upper-body), Sean Monahan (lower-body)

Game Report

Some nights it’s not very complicated. The Canadiens were outplayed, badly. But their goaltender made the saves and the Kraken goaltender did not.

It may seem like a familiar story but Montreal got off to a slow start. The Habs were outshot 11-to-4 in the first period but escaped with a 1-1 tie. Johnathan Kovacevic opened the scoring with his first NHL career goal. The 25-year-old has forged a non-linear path to the NHL through the NCAA, AHL and via waivers to the Canadiens.

And who answered for Seattle? Shane Wright scored his first NHL goal. The script could not have been written more perfectly.

The game was decided in the second period. Once again, the Habs were outshot 8-to-4. But the Canadiens scored on three-of-four shots in the middle frame including two goals in a seven second span, a new franchise road record.

A quick scoreboard check halfway through the third period revealed that Montreal was still stuck on single digits. Through 50 minutes of play, the Canadiens had recorded just nine shots on goal. Seattle had 22.

The Habs looked gassed for most of the third period, but unlike in Vancouver, were able to hold on to collect two points.

Up Next

The Canadiens return home from their Western road trip with a couple of days to prepare for their Saturday night matchup against the Los Angeles Kings at the Bell Centre on Saturday.

Plus

▲  Josh Anderson, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Jake Allen  

Minus

▼  Michael Pezzetta, Evgeni Dadonov, Joel Armia, Rem Pitlick, Chris Wideman, Mike Matheson 

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Slafkovsky vs Wright | PREVIEW: MTL @ SEA

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   KRAKEN
16 Shots 33
50 Face-off % 50
0-for-4 Power Play 0-for-3
6 Penalty Minutes 8
25 Hits 17
28 Corsi For 48
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (13-11-2) 1 3 0 4
Kraken (15-7-3) 1 1 0 2
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Kovacevic (1), Caufield (15), Anderson (7), Pitlick (1) 
  • SEA: Wright (1), McCann (12)
  • MTL: Allen (W) (8-9-0)
  • SEA: Jones (L) (12-5-2)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Cole Caufield  MTL
  2. Jake Allen  MTL
  3. Shane Wright  SEA

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Jake Allen

  • “We are lucky to have been able to play again so quickly. It’s tough to play two games in two nights, but it was important to have the chance to redeem yourself.”

Johnathan Kovacevic

  • “I worked all my life to be able to score this first goal. I am happy to have obtained it and that we won this game.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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