Second Straight Shutout | RECAP: DET @ MTL

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Cayden Primeau, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

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

FINAL | Game 78, Home Game 39 | Tuesday April 4, 2023
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

0-5

Detroit Red Wings logo

RED WINGS

Detroit

Cayden Primeau, Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Sean Farrell – Nick Suzuki – Jesse Ylonen

Mike Hoffman – Jake Evans – Brendan Gallagher

Denis Gurianov – Jonathan Drouin – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Chris Tierney – Rem Pitlick

Defence pairings

Mike Matheson – Johnathan Kovacevic

Joel Edmundson – Justin Barron

Corey Schueneman – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Cayden Primeau, Sam Montembeault

Scratches

none

Injuries

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Sean Monahan (lower-body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower-body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Arber Xhekaj (upper-body), Christian Dvorak (lower-body), Kaiden Guhle (lower-body), Josh Anderson (lower-body), Kirby Dach (upper-body), David Savard (lower-body), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower-body), Alex Belzile (lower-body), Jake Allen (lower-body), Jordan Harris (lower-body)

Game Report

The Canadiens were shutout by the Red Wings. It was the first time since 2018 that the Habs were blanked in two consecutive games. The goal drought now stands at 121:25 minutes.

Perhaps fans were somewhat understanding of the mighty Hurricanes having their way with the Canadiens. But Detroit is also a rebuilding team sitting in the bottom third of the standings. Montreal offered little to nothing in the way of offence.

After creating four high-danger scoring chances in the first period, the Habs could not muster another chance in the final 40 minutes of the game. Red Wings goaltender Ville Husso made 24 saves for his fourth shutout of the season. Husso had missed two weeks since being sidelined with a lower-body injury on March 20th.

It was the second time this season that Husso earned a shutout against the Canadiens. The Red Wings blanked Montreal 3-0 at Little Caesar Arena in the Habs second game of the season on October 14th.

At the other end of the ice, it was another shaky performance from Cayden Primeau. The 23-year-old goaltender struggled with his positioning and rebound control finishing the game with a .762 save percentage. It could have been worse as Primeau was saved by Nick Suzuki sweeping a puck off the goal line in the second period. 

The boo-birds were out at the Bell Centre tonight, and who could blame them? Montreal suffered their fourth loss in a row.

Up Next

The Canadiens continue their home stand hosting the Washington Capitals at the Bell Centre on Thursday night. 

Plus

▲  none

Minus

▼  Cayden Primeau, Rem Pitlick, Chris Tierney, Chris Wideman, Joel Edmundson, Corey Schueneman, Michael Pezzetta

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Primeau Gets Another Look | PREVIEW: DET @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   RED WINGS
24 Shots 21
41 Face-off % 59
0-for-3 Power Play 1-for-3
8 Penalty Minutes 8
10 Hits 12
31 Corsi For 34
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (30-42-6) 0 0 0 0
Red Wings (35-33-9) 2 2 1 5
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: no scoring
  • DET: Raymond (17), Perron (21), Luff (2), Veleno (9)-PPG, Perron (22)
  • MTL: Primeau (L) (0-2-0)
  • DET: Husso (W) (26-19-6)

Stars of the Game​

NHL Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. David Perron  DET
  2. Jordan Osterle  DET
  3. Ville Husso  DET

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What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Marty St. Louis

  • “A lot of self-inflicted stuff tonight; it wasn’t a lack of engagement so to speak. There were individual mistakes tonight and there were self-inflicted stuff that ended up in the back of our net.”
  • “It’s definitely a shame. Tonight, we had good intentions. We were shooting each other in the foot. Our execution wasn’t great.”

Brendan Gallagher

  • “We have a line-up that’s capable of competing. Right now we’re not executing well enough and that’s the reason we’ve had the results the last couple games.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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1 COMMENT

  1. salut-bien chers amis,
    merci pour le post-game
    not good enough!gotta show up
    finish it out with pride and committment.
    leadership,leadership,leadership,,,
    rookies and the kids can only do so much.
    they look to their elders for instruction,menteurship et support.it is essentiel.(maybe from coaching staff too,eh)
    evident we are lacking in that category.
    poor kid in nets,primeau.feel for him.the pressure to perform must be enormous.he tries his best.just cant get the results.
    4 to go.finish strong.leave it on the ice.
    pride of jerseyCH
    it is crying out,,,
    merci pour l’ecoute
    portez-vous bien
    familleCH,

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