Canadiens Lineup

Harvey-Pinard – Nick Suzuki – Denis Gurianov

Mike Hoffman – Jonathan Drouin – Josh Anderson

Rem Pitlick – Christian Dvorak – Jesse Ylonen

Michael Pezzetta – Chris Tierney – Alex Belzile

Mike Matheson – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Frederic Allard

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

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Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Sean Monahan (lower-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), Jake Evans (lower-body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower-body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Arber Xhekaj (upper-body), Kirby Dach (lower-body), Chris Wideman (upper-body), Joel Armia (illness), Justin Barron (upper-body), Kaiden Guhle (upper-body)

Game Report

The Canadiens completed their road trip with a Sunday matinee against the Golden Knights. The ‘Vegas flu’ looked to be in play in the first period as the Habs did not show up for their 3:00 pm. local puck drop. The Knights dominated the first period outshooting the visitors 13-to-5, and opened the scoring on goals by Shea Theodore and Ivan Barbashev.

Montreal offered some push-back with a better, more engaged second period. That said, the Habs fell further behind as own zone chaos allowed Reilly Smith to score the third Vegas goal. Denis Gurianov’s defensive liabilities were rather evident in this game and Frederic Allard appeared in over his head appearing in his second NHL contest.

The Canadiens’ ‘never-die’ spirit emerged in the third frame. A newly-formed line of Jesse Ylonen and Rafael Harvey-Pinard with Nick Suzuki put on an inspired show. Ylonen’s aggressive forecheck and skilled passing was the catalyst for the Habs’ final goal.

Montreal went 1-3-0 during their four-game visit to California and Nevada.

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