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Rick Stephens

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

FINAL | Game 27, Home Game 13 | Saturday December 10, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

2-4

KINGS

Los Angeles
Jake Allen, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Juraj Slafkovsky – Kirby Dach – Mike Hoffman

Evgenii Dadonov – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Rem Pitlick

Defence pairings

Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

none

Injuries

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

Game Report

Like a broken record, the Canadiens had a slow start at the Bell Centre. The Kings scored twice in 19 seconds midway through the first period to take a stranglehold on this game. Los Angeles had a dominant opening frame outshooting their hosts 16-to-5.

For the first 40 minutes, Kirby Dach was back at centre looking quite comfortable in his natural position. But needing some offence, Marty St. Louis reunited Dach with his first line mates, Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield.

The Kings extended their lead in the third period. Montreal briefly made a game of it with goals by Mike Hoffman and Caufield. But an empty-net goal sealed this game. 

The Canadiens looked sluggish throughout having been idle since Tuesday. A revamped lineup to adjust for injuries seemed to cause confusion and missed coverage.

This was the second game this season for the powder blue Reverse Retro 2.0 jerseys. In their only other appearance, the Canadiens were beaten 5-1 by the New Jersey Devils.

Up Next

The Canadiens are back in action on Monday night as they host the Calgary Flames at the Bell Centre.

Plus

▲  Mike Hoffman, Kaiden Guhle, Kirby Dach

Minus

▼  Arber Xhekaj, Chris Wideman, Joel Armia, Evgeni Dadonov, Nick Suzuki, Rem Pitlick,  Michael Pezzetta, Juraj Slafkovsky, Christian Dvorak

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Hoffman Returns | PREVIEW: LAK @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   KINGS
22 Shots 35
38 Face-off % 62
0-for-3 Power Play 0-for-4
8 Penalty Minutes 6
24 Hits 15
40 Corsi For 43
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (13-12-2) 0 0 2 – – 2
Kings (15-11-4) 2 0 2 – – 4
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Hoffman (6), Caufield (16)
  • LAK: Kopitar (8), Arvidsson (8), Edler (1), Kempe (9)
  • MTL: Allen (L) (8-10-0)
  • LAK: Copley (W) (2-0-0)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Anze Kopitar  LAK
  2. Kevin Fiala  LAK
  3. Drew Doughty  LAK

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “If you throw the puck deep into their territory and use your speed to prevent them from making their play — including preventing them from seeing the play develop in the reflection of the glass — then you can apply pressure. We will continue to study this and try to learn how to do better.”

Jake Allen

  • “It’s Saturday night we should have some jump but it definitely not the start we wanted and definitely not the game we wanted to play. It’s not our brand of hockey but we’ll re-group tomorrow and we have another tough test against the Flames on Monday.”

Mike Hoffman

  • “I felt pretty good, considering I haven’t played for three weeks. I got my breath back, and my legs, so it’s been pretty good.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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