Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Juraj Slafkovsky – Kirby Dach – Mike Hoffman

Evgenii Dadonov – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Rem Pitlick

Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

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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.

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