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Without A Fight | RECAP: VAN @ MTL

Montreal Canadiens vs Vancouver Canucks, Game Recap: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 24, Home Game 12 | Monday November 29, 2021
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

1-2

CANUCKS

Vancouver

(Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Artturi Lehkonen – Nick Suzuki – Cole Caufield

 Tyler Toffoli – Christian Dvorak – Josh Anderson

Jonathan Drouin – Jake Evans – Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta – Ryan Poehling – Joel Armia

Defence pairings

Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry

Alexander Romanov – David Savard

Mattias Norlinder – Sami Niku

Goaltenders

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

Cedric Paquette

Injuries

Chris Wideman (upper-body), Joel Edmundson lower-body), Brett Kulak (lower-body), Mike Hoffman (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (eye),  (undisclosed), Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

Game Report

Typically after a day where major administrative changes are made, players, perhaps feeling somewhat at fault, come out of the gate firing on all cylinders. But the Canadiens did not. Not even the presence of their captain in the pre-game soccer warmup helped this squad.

Instead, it was Canucks still reeling from their 14th loss of the season on Sunday night who dominated from the drop of the puck. Eight minutes into the first period, shots were 12-1 for Vancouver as they enjoyed a 1-0 lead.

From that point there was some pushback by Montreal who rattled off the next 11 shots in a row before the end of the period. By driving to the net, Ryan Poehling picked up the Canadiens only goal of the game. It was Poehling’s fourth goal in 10 games this season.

The Canucks wrestled back control of the game in the second period firing 21 shots in the direction of Jake Allen but just four were of the high danger variety.

The Canadiens faded as the game went on managing only three high dangers hots of their own in the final 40 minutes.

In the battle between the bottom feeders it was Vancouver who prevailed. The Canadiens suffered their first regulation loss to the Canucks in six years.

Up Next

The Canadiens have a couple of days to prepare for the Avalanche at the Bell Centre on Thursday night.

Plus

▲  Ryan Poehling, Joel Armia, Ben Chiarot, Jake Allen

Minus

▼  David Savard, Brendan Gallagher, Jeff Petry, Josh Anderson, Jake Evans, Sami Niku, Michael Pezzetta

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Maintaining Focus | PREVIEW: VAN @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   CANUCKS
34 Shots 42
52 Face-off % 48
0-for-2 Power Play 1-for-2
4 Penalty Minutes 4
23 Hits 14
53 Corsi For 59
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (6-16-2) 1 0 0 0
Canucks (7-14-2) 1 1 0 2
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Poehling (4)
  • VAN: Pettersson (4)-PPG, Garland (7)
  • MTL: Allen (L) (5-10-1)
  • VAN: Demko (W) (7-10-1)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
  1. Conor Garland  VAN
  2. Jake Allen  MTL
  3. Jonathan Drouin  MTL

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What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Dominique Ducharme

  • Ducharme said that he doesn’t know if Shea Weber and Jeff Gorton will cross paths while the captain is in Montreal for doctors appointments.

Brendan Gallagher

  • “[Marc Bergevin] always helped me find my game or helped me off the ice whatever it was – he was somebody I could always count on and that’s a relationship we’ll continue to have going forward.”

Josh Anderson

  • “Having [Shea Weber] in town brings a little bit more energy knowing that he’s here… It’s good to get some things off your chest and have a guy like Webs to talk to.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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