RECAP | Canadiens – Islanders: Armia Delivers Habs Shootout Win

Rick Stephens

November 6, 2018

FINAL SO \| Game 14, Away Game 6 \| Monday November 5, 2018 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY.
CANADIENS Montreal	4-3	ISLANDERS New York
Joe Armia (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press)
Lineup Forward lines and defense pairings [one_half]Tatar – Danault – Gallagher Drouin – Domi – Hudon Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi – Armia Deslauriers – Peca – Shaw [/one_half] [one_half_last]Benn – Petry Reilly – Juulsen Ouellet – Mete [/one_half_last] Goaltenders Niemi Price Scratches Scherbak, Alzner Injuries Weber, Schlemko, Plekanec, Byron Game Report More often than not, we have been treated to a Montreal squad who has come out of the blocks strong. Not tonight. The Canadiens didn’t have much going for them in the first period. Defensive coverage was weak and the goaltending was worse. Antti Niemi came into the game with a 3.24 goals against average and a .898 save percentage. Those are numbers that do not engender confidence in the Habs backup. And Niemi’s shaky performance in the first period did nothing to change any minds. But something happened in the shootout. Niemi made three saves. Two other Islanders shooters missed the net. And fellow Finn, Joel Armia played the role of hero by scoring the game-deciding goal. Niemi’s struggles, which started in the pre-season, have been masked by strong performances in the shootout. He has not allowed a goal while facing eight shooters, adding two shootout wins to his record. Think of Niemi as the David Desharnais of goaltenders. Suomi was well-represented on this night as Artturi Lehkonen scored midway through the third period to tie the game facilitating the opportunity for the shootout win. === ▲ Artturi Lehkonen, Max Domi, Joel Armia, Noah Juulsen ▼ Jeff Petry, Jordie Benn, Antti Niemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Matthew Peca, Charles Hudon, Andrew Shaw

Statistics
CANADIENS		ISLANDERS
35	Shots	24
48	Face-off %	52
1-for-3	Power Play	0-for-4
10	Penalty Minutes	8
29	Hits	23
70	Corsi For	50

Scoring

FINAL	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
Canadiens (8-4-2)	1	1	1	0	1	4
Islanders (8-4-2)	3	0	0	0	0	3

Scorers	Goalies
MTL: Drouin (4), Domi (8)-PPG, Lehkonen (2); game-deciding goal: Armia NYI: Cizikas (4), Filippula (5), Cizikas (5)	MTL: Niemi (W) 4-1-0 NYI: Greiss (SOL) 4-2-2

NHL Three Stars
	Max Domi MTL Casey Cizikas NYI Jonathan Drouin MTL

Video Highlights

Post-game Press Conference

Claude Julien

“I thought we had a slow start. We weren’t good and we couldn’t continue to be that way. The guys responded and we played a real solid second period and got back in the game and we found a way to tie it in the third. Not every game is going to be perfect but how you react in certain situations is important.”

Max Domi

“Winning’s great. But, when you come back from behind like that in someone else’s arena, it’s even better.”

New York coach Barry Trotz

‘We were awful, plain and simple. The right team won tonight. That was our worst game of the year.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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