Canadiens Lineup

Artturi Lehkonen – Nick Suzuki – Tyler Toffoli

Laurent Dauphin – Ryan Poehling – Mike Hoffman

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Josh Anderson

Michael Pezzetta –  Lukas Vejdemo – Cedric Paquette

Ben Chiarot – Alexander Romanov

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Kale Clague – Chris Wideman

Sam Montembeault – Cayden Primeau

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David Savard (lower-body), Christian Dvorak (upper-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body), Jake Allen (lower-body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), Mathieu Perreault (lower-body), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

Joel Armia, Cole Caufield

Michael McNiven, Sami Niku

Game Report

It was an all-Canadian matchup at the Bell Centre on Saturday night. On Hockey Day in Canada!

That used to mean something special.

Without fans, the atmosphere in the building was flat. And for the first ten minutes of the game, there was a decided lack of energy on the ice. 

The Oilers started goaltender Stuart Skinner who, despite the lack of activity around him, looked rather beatable. He was having great difficulty with the puck, handling it like a grenade.

But at the other end of Sam Montembeault was not sharp. The Canadiens were down 3-0 after the first period. And with 40 minutes played Montembeault got the hook after giving up six goals on 16 shots.

The Canadiens have suffered with AHL-caliber goaltending for much of the season and that was the case again tonight. 

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